2011年5月7日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Labour leader urges Lib Dems to defect (AFP)

Posted: 07 May 2011 04:40 PM PDT

Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour party, pictured in March 2011, on Sunday urged disaffected Liberal Democrat ministers to defect from the government after the junior coalition partners suffered an election meltdown.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - The leader of the Labour party on Sunday urged disaffected Liberal Democrat ministers to defect from the government after the junior coalition partners suffered an election meltdown.

DUP, Sinn Fein triumph in Northern Ireland vote (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2011 02:42 PM PDT

Electoral staff begin counting votes at the Kings Hall, Belfast, in Northern Ireland, Friday, May, 6, 2011. Ballot counting under way in Northern Ireland will determine the shape of Northern Ireland's next power-sharing government, and whether a Protestant or Catholic wins the top job. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - Northern Ireland's two major parties will return to power atop a joint Catholic-Protestant government with increased support for their policies of compromise and peacemaking, electoral returns Saturday showed.

Seve Ballesteros mourned at US tour event (AFP)

Posted: 07 May 2011 02:08 PM PDT

Seve Ballesteros, pictured in 2003, was recalled by US PGA players and officials for his style and flair as well as his golf skills on Saturday, hours after his death from respiratory failure at age 54.(AFP/File/Jose Jordan)AFP - Seve Ballesteros was recalled by US PGA players and officials for his style and flair as well as his golf skills on Saturday, hours after his death from respiratory failure at age 54.

Pope Benedict XVI visits Venice (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2011 01:45 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI waves from a motorboat upon his arrival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, May 7, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Venice Saturday for a two-day pastoral visit, the first by a pope since his predecessor John Paul II plied the canals 26 years ago in a gondola built for Venice's Byzantine-era rulers. The 27-hour visit began with a stop in a nearby town, Aquileia, where Benedict was greeted by hundreds of flag-waving faithful. The visit, taking place under tight security, includes a visit to a medieval basilica, an appearance at St. Mark's Square, an open-air Mass on the Venetian mainland and a gondola ride to the Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)AP - Pope Benedict XVI greeted thousands of faithful packed into Venice's St. Mark's Square Saturday for a pastoral visit, the first by a pope since his predecessor John Paul II plied the canals 26 years ago in a gondola styled for Venice's Byzantine-era rulers.

Beckham unharmed after LA car crash (AFP)

Posted: 07 May 2011 01:41 PM PDT

English midfielder David Beckham, pictured in February 2011, was not injured in a two-crash crash in which he was driving a car that rear-ended another vehicle on a busy freeway near Los Angeles, police said Saturday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Victor Decolongon)AFP - English midfielder David Beckham was not injured in a two-crash crash in which he was driving a car that rear-ended another vehicle on a busy freeway near Los Angeles, police said Saturday.

Spurs fail to make most of Man City slip-up (AFP)

Posted: 07 May 2011 01:34 PM PDT

Tottenham Hotspur's Danny Rose (2ndL) clashes with Blackpool's midfielder Charlie Adam (R) and striker D.J. Campbell (L) during their English Premier League football match at White Hart Lane in north London. Adam boosted Blackpool's survival hopes by scoring a penalty in a 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur -- just 70 seconds after seeing a spot-kick saved at White Hart Lane(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Tottenham Hotspur failed to take advantage of a slip-up by Champions League rivals Manchester City as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Premier League strugglers Blackpool on Saturday.

Protest against Syrian crackdown (AFP)

Posted: 07 May 2011 01:30 PM PDT

Protestors hit a poster of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad with shoes during a demonstration outside the Syrian embassy in London.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Hundreds of protesters demonstrated outside the Syrian embassy in London on Saturday, tearing up pictures of President Bashar al-Assad in protest at a deadly crackdown on anti-regime activists.

Europe faces up to boomerang Greek debt chaos (AFP)

Posted: 07 May 2011 12:44 PM PDT

Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou gives a press conference in Athens on May 2. Europe faced the spectre of Greek calls for new financial aid Saturday as Athens' AFP - Europe faced the spectre of Greek calls for new financial aid Saturday as Athens' "catastrophic" finances returned to haunt stressed eurozone states.

Mittal's fortune falls but still Britain's biggest (AFP)

Posted: 07 May 2011 12:34 PM PDT

The chief excutive of the world's biggest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal, Lakshmi Mittal, speaks on February 2011 at the company headquarters. Mittal has seen his fortune fall by some £5 billion ($8 billion, 5.7 billion euros) in the past year but remains the wealthiest person in Britain, it was revealed Saturday.(AFP/File/Jean-Christophe Verhaegen)AFP - Indian-born steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has seen his fortune fall by some £5 billion ($8 billion, 5.7 billion euros) in the past year but remains the wealthiest person in Britain, it was revealed Saturday.

Leicester top table as Leeds left on brink (AFP)

Posted: 07 May 2011 12:29 PM PDT

Leicester finished top of the English Premiership table after a 32-23 win at home to London Irish on Saturday, the final day of the regular season. Replacement wing Horacio Agulla started their fightback by sprinting over for a fine try.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Leicester finished top of the English Premiership table after a 32-23 win at home to London Irish on Saturday, the final day of the regular season.

Single adoptive mom counts herself lucky (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2011 09:32 PM PDT

In this photo taken Sept. 12, 2009, children in an orphanage for HIV-positive play on swings prior to a visit to their orphanage by British pop singer Elton John in the town of Makeyevka outside Donetsk, Ukraine. A Ukrainian official said Monday Sept. 14, 2009 that Elton John cannot adopt a 14-month-old Ukrainian child because the pop star is too old and isn't married. John said Saturday that he and his male partner wanted to adopt an HIV-infected boy named Lev whom the singer met during a visit to an orphanage. In the last few years, nations have increasingly been shutting the doors of orphanages to unmarried foreigners. Among them is Ukraine, one of the world's top countries for foreign adoptions. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)AP - Ten Mother's Days have passed since I adopted a girl as a single woman. And during those years I've occasionally been asked, if I could go back in time, would I do it all over again?

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