2011年6月1日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Parliamentary watchdog blasts asylum 'amnesty' (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT

The country's bid to clear its huge backlog of asylum claims has seen so many people allowed to stay it effectively amounts to an amnesty, a parliamentary investigation found Thursday.(AFP/POOL/File/Peter MacDiarmid)AFP - The country's bid to clear its huge backlog of asylum claims has seen so many people allowed to stay it effectively amounts to an amnesty, a parliamentary investigation found Thursday.

Berlusconi backs minister amid new signs of rift (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:34 PM PDT

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attends a joint news conference with Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc (not seen) at Victoria Palace in Bucharest May 30, 2011. REUTERS/Bogdan CristelReuters - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was forced to issue a statement backing Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti for the third time in just over a month, following fresh talk of a breakdown in relations.

UN panel finds Libya forces committed war crimes (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:41 PM PDT

AP - A United Nations panel said Wednesday that Libyan government forces have committed crimes against humanity and war crimes in a conflict it estimates has killed between 10,000-15,000 people.

Wal-Mart international execs toast success (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:33 PM PDT

AP - From sweat-absorbing underwear sold in Japan to Will & Kate mugs marketed in the United Kingdom, Wal-Mart on Wednesday offered a taste of the products making the company's $109 billion international business its growth engine.

Doubts grow over Queen's Derby hopes (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:57 PM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II strokes one of her horses during the Royal Windsor Horse Show in May 2011. The Queen's hopes of becoming the first ruling English monarch to win the Epsom Derby since Edward VII in 1909 receded further on Wednesday as her racing manager admitted there was a chance Carlton House might not run at Epsom on Saturday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II's hopes of becoming the first ruling English monarch to win the Epsom Derby since Edward VII in 1909 receded further on Wednesday as her racing manager admitted there was a chance Carlton House might not run at Epsom on Saturday.

Huge sperm whale removed from British beach (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:50 PM PDT

People watch as the remains of a beached whale is removed by council workers and contractors on Redcar Beach.(AFP/Mark Pinder)AFP - A 13-metre sperm whale that washed up on a British beach was Wednesday removed after a five-hour operation to cut up the carcass.

United, Delta hike fees for 2nd bag to Europe (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:46 PM PDT

AP - Baggage fees between the U.S. and Europe are rising.

Spain and Germany Bicker Over Cucumber Bacteria (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:45 PM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - In this Reuters photo, meanwhile, a farmer in southeastern Spain throws out a cucumber crop he can't sell:

Germany still in dark over mystery killer bacteria (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:25 PM PDT

Goats eat discarded cucumbers at a farm in Algarrobo, near Malaga. The European Commission lifted Wednesday its warning to consumers over Spanish cucumbers that had been suspected of causing the outbreak of E.coli that has killed at least 17 people.(AFP/Jorge Guerrero)AFP - A mysterious killer bacteria claimed another life as Germany hunted for its source Wednesday, while fears of tainted vegetables saw sales plummet across Europe and farmers threatened lawsuits.

Houllier steps down as Villa manager (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:13 PM PDT

Gerard Houllier, pictured in April 2011, stepped down as Aston Villa manager on Wednesday with immediate effect following heart trouble, the English Premier League club announced.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Gerard Houllier stepped down as Aston Villa manager on Wednesday with immediate effect, and by mutual consent, following heart trouble, the English Premier League club announced.

France probes ex-minister's orgy claim (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:55 PM PDT

AP - The French prosecutor's office opened a preliminary investigation Wednesday after a former government minister alleged that another ex-minister had participated in an orgy with young boys in Morocco.

Russian sentenced to life for murdering Chechen (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:36 PM PDT

AP - An Austrian court on Wednesday convicted three Russian men of accessory to murder and sentenced one of them to life in prison for the 2009 murder of a former bodyguard and critic of Chechnya's president.

Mladic cooperative when taken into custody (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:08 PM PDT

A helicopter-escorted convoy of police vehicles with flashing blue lights possibly carrying Ratko Mladic leaves Rotterdam Airport, Netherlands, Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Serbia has extradited Ratko Mladic to the U.N. war crimes tribunal where he will stand trial for genocide, 16 years after he was charged by the court for the killing of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the worst massacre of civilians in Europe since World War II. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski)AP - Ratko Mladic, who will appear in public Friday for the first time since his arrest when he goes before a war crimes judge, was "extremely cooperative" when finally taken into U.N. custody after 16 years as a fugitive, a court official said Wednesday.

Former enemies live in peace in UN detention block (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:57 AM PDT

Bicycles pass the old gate of the Detention Unit of the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal (ICTY) in the Scheveningen neighbourhood of The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, May 30, 2011. The prison is waiting for Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb General suspected of leading the bloody Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys, who was arrested in Serbia after years in hiding. Mladic is expected to be extradited to the war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands soon. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)AP - Once they were enemies, commanding armies locked in deadly struggles. But together behind bars as war crimes suspects, ethnic hatreds largely evaporate among the men whom Ratko Mladic has joined at a high security U.N. jail to await his trial on genocide charges.

Brash and violent: al-Qaida's new mouthpieces (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:20 AM PDT

Hanif Qadir, a former extremist who now runs the Active Change Foundation, a de-radicalization project in London which works with young people at risk of embracing terrorism and people convicted of terrorists offenses, stands at the foundation's youth centre, in east London, Monday, May 23, 2011. In Britain, a controversial government project involving police and educators has identified 1,000 people, most aged under 25 but some as young as 7-years-old, as vulnerable to the appeal of extremism — many of whom reguarly browse jihadist videos or websites. Youngsters swap imported extremists DVDs and clips of beheadings stored on their cellphones, and use SMS messages or Twitter to trade addresses for jihdaist websites, Qadir said.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Even before Osama bin Laden's death a month ago, a young generation of would-be terrorists had turned away from the al-Qaida leader toward a new breed of brash, charismatic ideologues.

Italian president takes center stage (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:15 AM PDT

In this photo provided by the Italian Presidency press office, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, right, welcomes Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez during a meeting at the Quirinale presidential palace in Rome, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Antonio Di Gennaro, Italian Presidency)AP - Italy has invited dozens of world leaders to lavish celebrations this week marking the birth of the modern nation 150 years ago, giving new luster to the country's scandal-free president in his largely ceremonial role.

(AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:10 AM PDT

AP - UN investigators say both Gadhafi and opposition forces committed war crimes in Libya.

Chilean mine disaster survivors in Greece (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 07:28 AM PDT

Jorge Galleguillos, one of 33 rescued Chilean miners trapped a half-mile underground for 69 days last year holds a Chilean Flag on the terrace of the Acropolis Museum, accompanied by friends and relatives, as the ancient Perthenon temple is seen in the background in Athens on Wednesday, June 1, 2011. A group of the miners are visiting Greece, and on Tuesday were given a guided tour of the museum. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - The 33 Chilean miners who survived after their mine collapsed last year are visiting Greece at the invitation of a local mining company.

Polish troops cleared in Afghan civilians' deaths (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 07:16 AM PDT

Polish Army officers and soldiers shake hands to express relief after hearing that they have been acquitted in the 2007 killing of six Afghan civilians at a military court in Warsaw, Poland on Wednesday, June 1, 2011. The prosecutors had demanded prison terms of between five and 12 years for them for having opened mortar and gun fire on a village in southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - A military court on Wednesday acquitted seven Polish soldiers in the killing of Afghan civilians in a 2007 attack in which they opened mortar and machine-gun fire on a village in Afghanistan.

US army chief: Impact of OBL death still unclear (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 07:05 AM PDT

Gen. Martin Dempsey, the current U.S. Army chief of staff, speaks at a Land Warfare conference at the Royal United Services Institute in London Wednesday, June, 1, 2011. The man picked to be President Barack Obama's top military adviser said Wednesday that the United States does not yet understand the long-term implications of Osama bin Laden's death. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - The man picked to be President Barack Obama's top military adviser said Wednesday that the United States does not yet understand the long-term implications of Osama bin Laden's death.

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