2011年5月14日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Military chief urges wider targeting in Libya (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 04:05 PM PDT

The head of Britain's armed forces, General David Richards, pictured here in 2007, urged NATO to AFP - The head of Britain's armed forces urged NATO to "up the ante" in Libya by widening its bombing campaign to include infrastructure targets, in an interview with a Sunday newspaper.

Djokovic downs Murray in Rome epic (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 02:32 PM PDT

Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns against Andy Murray of Scotland during their ATP Rome Open tennis tournament semi-final match in Rome's Foro Italico. Djokovic extended his season winning streak to 36 matches with a 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7/2) win over Scotland's Andy Murray in a three-hour semi-final epic at the Rome Masters.(AFP/Filippo Monteforte)AFP - World number two Novak Djokovic extended his season winning streak to 36 matches with a 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7/2) win over Scotland's Andy Murray in a three-hour semi-final epic at the Rome Masters on Saturday.

Munster into all-Ireland Celtic League final (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 01:53 PM PDT

Munster's Ronan O'Gara (L) passes the ball during a match in 2009. Munster saw off Welsh region the Ospreys 18-11 on Saturday to set up an all-Ireland Celtic League final at their Thomond Park home ground against European Cup finalists Leinster.(AFP/Remy Gabalda)AFP - Munster saw off Welsh region the Ospreys 18-11 on Saturday to set up an all-Ireland Celtic League final at their Thomond Park home ground against European Cup finalists Leinster.

Leicester into final after derby dogfight (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 01:07 PM PDT

Toby Flood, pictured in action in March 2011, scored two penalties as reigning champions Leicester reached the English Premiership final after an 11-3 playoff semi-final win over Northampton on Saturday denied the European Cup finalists a possible double.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Reigning champions Leicester reached the English Premiership final after an 11-3 playoff semi-final win over Northampton on Saturday denied the European Cup finalists a possible double.

Next stop Baku: Azerbaijan wins Eurovision (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 04:57 PM PDT

Eldar Kasimov and Nigyar Djamal of Ell/Nikki representing Azerbaijan perform their song AFP - Azerbaijan scored a spectacular first-ever victory in the 56th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, Europe's annual pop extravaganza watched by tens of millions of people.

Belarus jails opposition leader for 5 years (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 12:40 PM PDT

Belarus opposition leader Andrei Sannikov stands in the defendant's cage during his trial in Minsk. Belarus on Saturday jailed Sannikov for five years on charges of organising protests after the disputed re-election of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.(AFP/Viktor Drachev)AFP - Belarus on Saturday jailed opposition leader Andrei Sannikov for five years on charges of organising protests after the disputed re-election of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Italian ham slice dispute lands four in hospital (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 12:34 PM PDT

A man slices a piece of ham in France. Four people were on Saturday hospitalised in Italy after a dispute over the thickness of a supermarket's ham slices turned violent, the ANSA news agency said in a report.(AFP/POOL/File/GERARD JULIEN)AFP - Four people were on Saturday hospitalised in Italy after a dispute over the thickness of a supermarket's ham slices turned violent, the ANSA news agency said in a report.

German grandchildren of Nazis delve into past (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 12:23 PM PDT

This 1936 photo made by Gottfried Gilbert and provided by Alexandra Senfft shows her grandfather Hanns Elard Luding, left, and Hermann Goering, right, standing in front of Adolf Hitler as during a Nazi party convention in Nuremberg, Germany. Ludin, was Hitler's Slovakia envoy who was involved in the deportation of almost 70,000 Jews. After Ludin was hanged in 1947, his widow raised the children in the belief their father was 'a good Nazi.' In her book, 'The Pain of Silence,' she describes how a web of lies burdened her family over decades, especially her mother, who was 14 years old when her beloved father was hanged. (AP Photo/Gottfried Gilbert courtesy of Alexandra Senfft)AP - Rainer Hoess was 12 years old when he found out his grandfather was one of the worst mass murderers in history.

Spaniard scoops 121 million euros in lottery win (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 12:12 PM PDT

This picture taken in 2007 shows balls used for the EuroMillions lottery. A ticket-holder, who has won 121 million euros on the Euromillions lottery, is from the southern Spanish city of Seville, national LAE lottery said Saturday.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - A ticket-holder, who has won 121 million euros on the Euromillions lottery, is from the southern Spanish city of Seville, national LAE lottery said Saturday.

Strauss takes ton off Sri Lanka ahead of Tests (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 12:09 PM PDT

England captain Andrew Strauss, pictured in February 2011, enjoyed the ideal preparation for the upcoming Test series with Sri Lanka by scoring 151 for Middlesex against the tourists at Uxbridge on Saturday.(AFP/File/Krystle Wright)AFP - England captain Andrew Strauss enjoyed the ideal preparation for the upcoming Test series with Sri Lanka by scoring 151 for Middlesex against the tourists at Uxbridge on Saturday.

Libyan opposition leader meets French president (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 10:54 AM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center, welcomes Mahmoud Jibril, representative for foreign affairs with the Libyan Transitional National Council, right, prior to a meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Saturday May 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy met Saturday with a Libyan opposition leader amid questions about the death of a French military contractor in a Libyan rebel stronghold.

4 men get preliminary terrorism charges in France (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 10:48 AM PDT

AP - French authorities have filed preliminary terrorism charges against four men as part of a probe into a suspected extremist recruitment network.

Woman beheaded on Spanish resort island identified (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 10:35 AM PDT

In this undated photo issued Saturday May 14, 2011, by The Lucie Blackman Trust and Missing Abroad organization, showing British woman Jennifer Mills-Westley who was stabbed and decapitated in a Tenerife, Spain, supermarket on Friday May 13, 2011. People reported seeing the killer run out of a supermarket in Los Cristianos on the Spanish resort island of Tenerife, carrying the victim's head, before being tackled by security guards and then arrested by police. The murder suspect is reported to be homeless Bulgarian man with a police record identified as 28-year old Deyan Valentinov, who is believed to have obtained a knife from inside the store before launching the attack on Jennifer Mills-Westley. (AP Photo / The Lucie Blackman Trust and Missing Abroad) EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO SALESAP - A British woman beheaded in a random attack at a supermarket on the Spanish resort island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands was identified Saturday as a grandmother of five.

Belarus' ex-presidential candidate sentenced (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 09:34 AM PDT

In this photo made on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, former opposition presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov sits in a cage during a court session in Minsk, Belarus. He was arrested during post election violence and massive arrests after the Dec. 19 election that returned Lukashenko to a fourth term in office. On May 14, 2011 Sannikov was sentenced to a five year jail term on charges of organising mass protests after disputed presidential elections. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)AP - A Belarusian presidential candidate was sentenced to five years in prison Saturday following a trial that he denounced as political punishment for challenging the nation's authoritarian ruler.

Migrant: Many ships failed to aid Libyan refugees (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 08:09 AM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, May 11, 2011, Nigerian migrants wait at the detention center in Hal Far, Malta. Reports of migrant boats lost and adrift for days without receiving aid are raising alarm. The U.N. refugee agency has called for better monitoring of the seas for the overcrowded boats and more aggressive intervention.(AP Photo/Lino Azzopardi)AP - The 50-foot (15-meter) wooden boat drifted across the Mediterranean for five days without food and water after its engine died, unable to propel the 117 people crammed aboard from war in Libya to safety in Europe.

Turkish troops kill 12 Kurdish rebels (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 07:21 AM PDT

In this Sept. 11, 2008 photo provided by the Department of Defense and Retired Marine Col. John Folsom, Smoke the Donkey takes part in a Freedom Walk event at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq. It took 37 days and a group of determined animal-lovers, but the donkey from Iraq is now a U.S. resident. Smoke The Donkey, who became the friend and mascot of a group of U.S. Marines living in Iraq’s Anbar Province nearly three years ago, arrived in New York this week aboard a cargo jet from Turkey. After being quarantined for two days he was released Saturday and began road trip to Omaha, Nebraska, where he is destined to become a therapy animal. (AP Photo/Department of Defense)AP - Turkey's military says troops have killed 12 Kurdish rebels trying to infiltrate the country from northern Iraq.

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