Yahoo! News: Europe News

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• Vatican suggests bishops report abuse to police (AP)
• Eurozone divided over Greek debt solutions (AP)
• Queen Elizabeth II ready for historic Irish trip (AP)
• Film stars, models share Cannes charity catwalk (AP)
• Eurozone endorses Draghi to become next ECB head (AP)
• IMF head Strauss-Kahn accused of 2002 sex assault (AP)
• Swansea game away from Premier League (AFP)
• Strauss-Kahn arrest adds to European uncertainty (AP)
• Summary Box: Stocks slip on Tech trouble, Europe (AP)
• Treasury prices rise on Europe's credit woes (AP)
• Bill Clinton pays tribute to Germany's Kohl (AP)
• Russian tycoon to head pro-Kremlin party (AP)
• Italy seeks UN reform (AP)
• Ex-con says was forced to cut tycoon Khodorkovsky (AP)
• Swedish queen to probe father's alleged Nazi ties (AP)
• Russia wants US guarantees on missile shield (AP)
• Boxer pleads innocent in Danish terror trial (AP)
• Polish dispossessed call for return of property (AP)
• Wife of Belarusian candidate sentenced (AP)
• Trial under way for accused Russian whistleblower (AP)

Vatican suggests bishops report abuse to police (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 05:05 PM PDT AP - The Vatican has told bishops around the world that it is important to cooperate with police in reporting priests who rape and molest children and asked them to develop guidelines for preventing sex abuse by next May.

Eurozone divided over Greek debt solutions (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 04:18 PM PDT AP - Top European officials disagreed over whether to consider changing the debt repayment terms for Greek bonds, a move some experts say is inevitable and others deem too risky for the region's broader financial stability.

Queen Elizabeth II ready for historic Irish trip (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 04:10 PM PDT AP - Much of central Dublin has been closed off by police to prepare for the landmark visit of Queen Elizabeth II, who is set to become the first British monarch to set foot in the Republic of Ireland despite rising security concerns.

Film stars, models share Cannes charity catwalk (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 04:05 PM PDT AP - Fashion rolled out the red carpet for charity in Cannes on Monday, with a star-benefit a benefit runway show that saw A-listers including Naomi Campbell, Jane Fonda, Rosario Dawson and tennis man Novak Djokovic strut their stuff for a good cause.

Eurozone endorses Draghi to become next ECB head (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 03:32 PM PDT AP - European finance ministers on Monday recommended Italy's Mario Draghi to be the next head of the European Central Bank, clearing the way for his appointment to a job where he will lead the fight against the debt crisis and inflation.

IMF head Strauss-Kahn accused of 2002 sex assault (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 03:21 PM PDT AP - French voters who've shrugged at politicians' infidelities for decades are suddenly grappling with something far more serious: allegations that International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn engaged in a pattern of sexual assaults dating to at least 2002.

Swansea game away from Premier League (AFP) Posted: 16 May 2011 02:35 PM PDT AFP - Swansea booked their place in the Championship playoff final -- the so-called 'richest game in football' -- with a semi-final win over Nottingham Forest on Monday.

Strauss-Kahn arrest adds to European uncertainty (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 02:31 PM PDT AP - The arrest of International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn adds more uncertainty to Europe's debt crisis by removing a widely respected expert from talks on how to save the 17-nation eurozone.

Summary Box: Stocks slip on Tech trouble, Europe (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 02:24 PM PDT AP - EUROPE'S DEBTS: European finance ministers approved $110 billion in rescue loans to Portugal on Monday, but have yet to decide on a second rescue package for Greece. The arrest of the head of the IMF is expected to make solving Greece's problems more difficult.

Treasury prices rise on Europe's credit woes (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 02:19 PM PDT AP - Treasury prices were higher Monday as the ongoing financial crisis in Europe led investors to seek safer assets.

Bill Clinton pays tribute to Germany's Kohl (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 01:24 PM PDT AP - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has paid tribute to longtime German leader Helmut Kohl as "the most important European statesman since World War II."

Russian tycoon to head pro-Kremlin party (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 11:04 AM PDT AP - Russian tycoon and New Jersey Nets basketball team owner Mikhail Prokhorov says his decision to head a pro-Kremlin political party was an "uneasy" one.

Italy seeks UN reform (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 10:41 AM PDT AP - Italy is seeking a broad consensus to expand the U.N. Security Council, while warning that persistent efforts by four regional powers to obtain permanent seats for themselves are doomed.

Ex-con says was forced to cut tycoon Khodorkovsky (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 08:43 AM PDT AP - Mikhail Khodorkovsky's former cellmate told a Russian online publication Monday that prison authorities forced him through beatings and torture to attack the jailed tycoon and falsify a sexual harassment suit.

Swedish queen to probe father's alleged Nazi ties (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 08:11 AM PDT AP - Sweden's Queen Silvia is investigating her late father's activities in Germany and Brazil during World War II to clarify reports about possible ties to Nazis.

Russia wants US guarantees on missile shield (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 07:14 AM PDT AP - Russia wants the United States to provide Moscow with guarantees that a prospective U.S.-led missile shield wouldn't threaten its security, a senior Russia official said Monday.

Boxer pleads innocent in Danish terror trial (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 06:33 AM PDT AP - A Chechen-born amateur boxer accused of preparing a letter bomb for a Danish newspaper that printed caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad pleaded innocent to terrorism Monday at the start of his trial in Copenhagen.

Polish dispossessed call for return of property (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 06:33 AM PDT AP - Representatives of millions of Poles whose property was seized during and after World War II are calling on the government to compensate them.

Wife of Belarusian candidate sentenced (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 06:09 AM PDT AP - A court in Belarus on Monday gave the wife of a former presidential candidate a two-year suspended prison sentence for taking part in an antigovernment rally. Two days earlier, her husband had been sentenced to five years.

Trial under way for accused Russian whistleblower (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 05:44 AM PDT AP - A military court in Moscow has opened a trial against a former Russian intelligence officer accused of helping U.S. authorities to arrest a Russian spy ring.

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