2011年4月29日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

EU hits banks with credit default swap probe (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:18 PM PDT

A worker passes through a walkway in an office of Goldman Sachs in London April 20, 2010. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - The $28 trillion credit default swaps market came under investigation on Friday by the European Union, adding to official pressures bearing down on a huge and opaque business that is widely blamed for aggravating the recent banking and euro zone debt crises.

Newlyweds William and Kate kiss as world watches (AFP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 04:41 PM PDT

Kate Middleton smiles as she arrives at the West Door of Westminster Abbey in London for her wedding to Britain's Prince William.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Prince William and Kate Middleton married with a mix of glittering pageantry and spontaneity, kissing twice in front of a sea of revellers and breathing new life into Britain's monarchy.

William weds Kate as billions watch — and hope (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:47 PM PDT

As bridesmaid Grace van Cutsem, left, covers her ears, Britain's Prince William kisses his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Royal Wedding in London Friday, April, 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - With not one but two kisses and tender whispered words, Prince William and Kate Middleton smiled and blushed Friday as they started their life as future king and queen. A day of seamless pageantry inspired hopes that this royal couple might live happily ever after.

NATO: Gadhafi forces caught mining Misrata port (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:45 PM PDT

AP - NATO warships have intercepted several boats laying anti-shipping mines outside the harbor of the Libyan city of Misrata, military officials said Friday.

Ding and Trump all-square in thriller (AFP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:16 PM PDT

Ding Junhui, the first Chinese player to reach the snooker world championships last four, held the upper hand over young Englishman Judd Trump in their gripping semi-final at the Crucible in Sheffield, England.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Ding Junhui, the first Chinese player to reach the snooker world championships last four, and English giantkiller Judd Trump will go into their final session on Saturday tied at 12-12 in their world championship semi-final.

Travel writer killed in Morocco blast: newspaper (AFP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:15 PM PDT

A Moroccan policeman guards in front of the Argana cafe in Marrakesh. A British travel writer was among 16 people killed in a bomb attack on a Moroccan cafe, a newspaper that he used to work for said on Friday.(AFP/Abdelhak Senna)AFP - A British travel writer was among 16 people killed in a bomb attack on a Moroccan cafe, a newspaper that he used to work for said on Friday.

EU reaches initial deal on Syria sanctions (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 02:58 PM PDT

Reuters - European Union member states reached preliminary agreement to Friday to impose an arms embargo on Syria and consider other measures in response to Syria's crackdown on pro-democracy protests, diplomats said.

EU targets 16 major banks in swaps market probes (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 02:17 PM PDT

AP - The European Union's competition watchdog is investigating the practices of some of the world's largest banks, as well as a clearing house and a financial data firm, in the market for credit default swaps.

UN body approves probe of Syrian crackdown (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 01:54 PM PDT

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations in Geneva Faysal Khabbaz Hamoui to delivers his statement during the Human Rights Council Special Session on the situation of human rights in Syria at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, April 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini) GERMANY OUT, AUSTRIA OUTAP - Nations agreed Friday to launch a U.N.-led investigation of Syria's bloody crackdown on its uprising, demanding that its government immediately stop the violence, release political prisoners and lift restrictions on the news media and access to the Internet.

Kate channels Cinderella in Sarah Burton dress (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 01:15 PM PDT

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge stand outside of Westminster Abbey after their Royal Wedding in London Friday, April, 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)AP - It was a moment of Cinderella magic: The future queen, emerging from a Rolls Royce in a slim ivory-and-white satin gown with a dramatic neckline, sheer lace sleeves and a train that followed her straight into fashion legend.

Jews praise John Paul II on eve of beatification (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 12:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 26, 2000 file photo Pope John Paul II places a signed note with typed words into a crack in the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest shrine in Jerusalem's Old City. A visit to Rome's main synagogue. Diplomatic relations with Israel. A handwritten plea asking forgiveness for Christian persecution left at Judaism's holiest site in Jerusalem. With his landmark actions, Pope John Paul II strove throughout his 27-year-papacy to overcome the tortured two-millennia history of Catholic-Jewish relations. In a sign of appreciation for those efforts, some in the crowd at his beatification Sunday in St. Peters's Square will be Jews, including an Israeli Cabinet minister who lost most of his family in the Holocaust but was hidden by a Belgium family who raised him as a Christian. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)AP - A visit to Rome's main synagogue. Diplomatic relations with Israel. A handwritten plea asking forgiveness for Christian persecution left at Judaism's holiest site in Jerusalem.

(AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 12:08 PM PDT

AP - Kate Middleton says she and Prince William "had a great day" as they were married.

Germans arrest 3 al-Qaida suspects (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 10:47 AM PDT

AP - German police on Friday arrested three suspected members of the al-Qaida terrorist organization who officials say posed a "concrete and imminent danger" to the nation.

Royal bridesmaid, 3, is one unhappy camper (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 10:28 AM PDT

Bridesmaid Grace van Cutsem appears disinterested, as Prince William and his wife, Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London, Friday April 29, 2011,following their wedding at Westminster Abbey.(AP Photo/Chris Ison-pa) UNITED KINGDOM OUT: NO SALES: NO ARCHIVE:AP - Just about everyone seemed to be having a great time at Britain's royal wedding. But one little bridesmaid was not amused.

AP Exclusive: Syria's referral to UNSC likely (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 10:16 AM PDT

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano, left, Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Angel Gurria, center, and Director General OECED Nuclear Energy Agency(NEA) Luis Echavarri, right, smiles as they arrives for a press conference at the OECD headquarters in Paris, Thursday, April 28, 2011. Heads of IAEA and Nuclear Energy Agency of the OECD give a report on Japan's nuclear crisis. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - The International Atomic Energy Agency is setting the stage for potential U.N. Security Council action against Syria as the organization prepares a report assessing that a Syrian target bombed by Israeli warplanes was likely a secretly built nuclear reactor meant to produce plutonium, diplomats say.

Britain sees royal wedding electricity surge (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 09:31 AM PDT

AP - The surge in electricity demand following the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton easily surpassed the impact of the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.

Royal wedding fashion: tradition and modernity (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 09:12 AM PDT

Maid of honour Pippa Middleton arrives with ring bearers Westminster Abbey at the Royal Wedding in London Friday, April 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - There was tradition and modernity, sober styles and touches of whimsy: the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton showcased Britain's fashion roots, as well as the claim it's staking at the forefront of haute couture.

Report: UN agency spills online job-seeker data (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 07:33 AM PDT

AP - Thousands of applicants for jobs at the U.N. cultural agency have had their private information exposed because of a computer glitch, according to a report by German news weekly Der Spiegel.

70 Belgian sex abuse victims to sue Vatican (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 07:11 AM PDT

AP - A group of 70 people claiming to be sexual abuse victims of clergy will take Vatican and Belgian church officials to court, claiming they offered them insufficient protection from pedophile priests.

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