2011年5月21日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Groves wins grudge match to deny DeGale (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 04:46 PM PDT

George Groves (L) lands a punch on James DeGale, during their British and Commonwealth Super-Middleweight Championship title boxing fight at the O2 Arena, in London. Groves ended DeGale's unbeaten record as a professional with a narrow points victory over his longstanding riva.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - George Groves ended Beijing Olympic champion James DeGale's unbeaten record as a professional with a narrow points victory over his longstanding rival on Saturday.

New volcano eruption begins in Iceland: meteorologists (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 04:11 PM PDT

A cloud of smoke and ash is seen over the Grimsvoetn volcano on Iceland.(AFP)AFP - The Grimsvoetn volcano under Iceland's largest glacier began erupting Saturday, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said, reporting a tall plume of smoke rising from the crater.

Scientists: Iceland's Grimsvotn volcano erupting (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 03:58 PM PDT

In this image taken from amateur video, smoke from the Grimsvotn volcano, Iceland is seen from a plane Saturday, May 21, 2011. Iceland's most active volcano has started erupting, scientists said Saturday, just over a year after another eruption on the North Atlantic island shut down European air traffic for days, but the impact of this volcanic eruption is not yet known. (AP Photo/Amateur video via APTN) ICELAND OUT, TV OUTAP - Iceland's most active volcano has started erupting, scientists said Saturday — just over a year after another eruption on the North Atlantic island shut down European air traffic for days.

Iceland volcano erupts, experts play down flight risk (Reuters)

Posted: 21 May 2011 03:42 PM PDT

Smoke rises from the Grimsvotn volcano, Saturday, May 21, 2011 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Iceland's most active volcano has started erupting, scientists said Saturday — just over a year after another eruption on the North Atlantic island shut down European air traffic for days. Iceland's Meteorological Office confirmed that an eruption had begun at the Grimsvotn volcano, accompanied by a series of small earthquakes. (AP Photo/Halldora Kristen Unnarsdottir)Reuters - Iceland's most active volcano erupted on Saturday and hurled a plume of white smoke far into the air, but experts played down the likelihood it would cause similar disruption to air traffic as a volcano last year.

New boxing champ Cleverly stops Kuzimeski (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 03:26 PM PDT

Polish Boxer Aleksy Kuziemski (L) moves in against Nathan Cleverly, during their WBO World Light-Heavyweight Championship title boxing fight at the O2 Arena, in London. Cleverly's first defence of his WBO light-heavyweight title ended with a fourth round stoppage win on cuts against Kuziemski(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Nathan Cleverly's first defence of his World Boxing Organisation (WBO) light-heavyweight title ended with a fourth round stoppage win on cuts against Poland's Aleksy Kuziemski here on Saturday.

Spaniards protest before elections despite ban (Reuters)

Posted: 21 May 2011 02:29 PM PDT

Demonstrators raise their arms just after midnight as they fill up Madrid's Puerta del Sol early May 21, 2011 . Tens of thousands of Spaniards angry over joblessness protested for a sixth day on Friday in cities all over the country, and the government looked unlikely to enforce a ban on the demonstrations, fearing clashes. Dubbed Reuters - Tens of thousands of people filled Madrid's Puerta del Sol on Saturday evening to protest high unemployment and austerity measures, defying a ban on demonstrations on the eve of local elections.

Britain backs France's Lagarde to head IMF (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 02:04 PM PDT

Britain on Saturday backed French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, pictured in February 2011, to be the new head of the International Monetary Fund after Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned to fight US sexual assault charges.(AFP/File/Lionel Bonaventure)AFP - Britain on Saturday backed French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde to be the new head of the International Monetary Fund after Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned to fight US sexual assault charges.

Defiant Spanish protesters warn 'we're here to stay' (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 01:59 PM PDT

Protesters are seen under tents at the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid. Spanish youths furious over soaring unemployment kept up their week-long protest movement Saturday on the eve of local elections expected to deal the ruling Socialists a crushing defeat.(AFP/Pedro Armestre)AFP - Tens of thousands of Spanish protesters furious over soaring unemployment kept up their week-long movement on the eve of Sunday's local elections expected to hand the ruling Socialists a crushing defeat.

Bomb in N.Ireland city raises tensions (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 01:55 PM PDT

Forenic police officers inspect the scene of a bomb in Omagh, Northern Ireland in April 2011. A device exploded in Northern Ireland, police said, adding that the blast in a shopping area of Londonderry, a city close to the border with Ireland, had caused no injuries.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - A bomb exploded at a bank in Northern Ireland Saturday but caused no injuries, one day after Britain's Queen Elizabeth II ended an historic trip across the border in the Irish Republic.

England exit sees New Zealand win IRB Sevens Series (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 01:52 PM PDT

England's failure to qualify out of their group in front of a record crowd at Twickenham on Saturday saw New Zealand win the IRB Sevens World Series title with a day remaining of the London event.(IRB Sevens)AFP - England's failure to qualify out of their group in front of a record crowd at Twickenham on Saturday saw New Zealand win the IRB Sevens World Series title with a day remaining of the London event.

Victims dismiss Vatican bid to curb abuse as empty (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 01:33 PM PDT

Sue Cox, right, and Ton Leerschool stage a protest in front of Italy's parliament in Rome, Saturday, May 21, 2011. People who were sexually abused by priests have gathered in Rome to denounce the Vatican's latest effort to show it is cracking down on clerical abuse. About 50 victims, most of them Italian, gathered for a daylong symposium on the psychological and legal issues surrounding abuse. They ended the day with a march on Italy's parliament. The Vatican emphasized the role of bishops and superiors in handling abuse cases at a time when bishops' credibility to enforce child protection policies has again been questioned. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - People who were sexually abused by priests gathered in Rome on Saturday to denounce the Vatican's latest effort to show it is cracking down on clerical abuse and demand greater accountability from the Catholic Church.

Top Egyptian cleric: Mubarak deserves mercy (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 10:57 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011 file photo Ahmed el-Tayeb the grand sheik of Cairo's Al-Azhar, the pre-eminent theological institute of Sunni Islam, talks to the media in Cairo, Egypt, two days after 21 Christian worshippers were killed in an apparent suicide bombing. Egypt's top Sunni Muslim cleric says the country's former president Hosni Mubarak should be granted mercy instead of facing prosecution, a German newspaper reported Saturday, May 21, 2011. (AP Photo/File)AP - Egypt's top Sunni Muslim cleric says the country's former president Hosni Mubarak should be granted mercy instead of facing prosecution, a German newspaper reported Saturday.

No injuries as small bomb explodes in NIreland (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 09:17 AM PDT

AP - A small bomb exploded Saturday outside a bank in the Northern Ireland city of Londonderry, police and officials said. The area had been evacuated and there were no injuries.

Libyan rebels release 4 Frenchmen detained May 12 (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 09:11 AM PDT

AP - France's foreign ministry said Saturday that Libya's rebels have freed four Frenchmen working for a private security company who were detained at a rebel checkpoint earlier this month and accused of spying.

A tearful Knox tells Italian court: 'I'm innocent' (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 08:23 AM PDT

Amanda Knox is escorted by a police officer at the Perugia court, Italy, Saturday, May 21, 2011. A tearful Amanda Knox said Saturday that being in prison is 'very frustrating and mentally exhausting' as the American student convicted of murdering her roommate insisted she is innocent and does not want to spend the rest of her life behind bars. Knox was emotional as she briefly addressed the appeals court in Perugia at the end of the session, her voice breaking at times and her eyes tearing up. She was convicted in 2009 of sexually assaulting and murdering Meredith Kercher of Britain, and sentenced to 26 years in prison. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)AP - Being in prison is "very frustrating and mentally exhausting," a tearful Amanda Knox said Saturday, insisting she is innocent of murdering her roommate and does not want to spend the rest of her life behind bars.

Rescuers: distressed whales move away from coast (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 08:04 AM PDT

AP - Rescue workers say dozens of pilot whales that risked becoming beached on a Scottish island have moved to deeper water.

Turkey: politicians resign in video scandal (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 04:57 AM PDT

AP - Six senior politicians in a Turkish opposition party resigned on Saturday amid a sex video scandal that could have far-reaching consequences in elections on June 12.

Shock after Dutch priest endorses pedophilia (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 04:20 AM PDT

AP - The Dutch Catholic Church and the Salesian order are investigating revelations that a Salesian priest served on the board of a group that promotes pedophilia with the full knowledge of his boss.

US military forges ahead with European force cuts (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 04:20 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, May 13, 2011 file photo, Soldiers of 1AD attend a color casing ceremony of the First Armored Division at the US Army Airfield in Wiesbaden, Germany. The U.S. 1st Armored Division lowered its flag this month in a ceremony that signaled the quiet return home of a unit whose tanks first rumbled onto the continent through Italy during World War II. The Wiesbaden casing of colors ceremony also marked a milestone in the ongoing transformation of the American military. The sending off of the last division deployed in Europe at the height of the Cold War symbolizes the shift in favor of smaller, lighter units that planners say are better poised to meet today's threats. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)AP - The U.S. 1st Armored Division lowered its flag this month in a ceremony that signaled the quiet return home of a unit whose tanks first rumbled onto the continent through Italy during World War II.

Bids for bizarre royal wedding hat pass $120,000 (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 03:35 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday , April 29, 2011 file picture Britain's Princess Beatrice, leaves after the wedding service in Westminster Abbey at the Royal Wedding in London. Online auctioneer eBay says that bids for one of the wackiest pieces of royal wedding headgear have approached 18,400 pounds ($30,000.) Princess Beatrice's massive, ring-and-bow-shaped hat, turned heads at the wedding of her cousin Prince William last month and has since become an Internet sensation. The Philip Treacy creation has been compared to a toilet seat or a pretzel, and has been endlessly photoshopped to feature, for example, a cat crawling through it. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer, File)AP - Auction site eBay says a bidder has offered 75,000 pounds ($120,000) for the spiraling headpiece worn by Princess Beatrice to last month's royal wedding.

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