Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/world-news-europe.html en-en Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:35:00 +0800 5 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/world-news-europe.html http://sg.yimg.com/i/sg/mastheads/ma_nws_1.gif 30 140 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080705/tts-entertainment-britain-france-dance-f-cac1e9b.html /afp/20080705/r_t_afp_ts_uk/tts-entertainment-britain-france-dance-f-cac1e9b Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:35:00 +0800 Oscar-winning French actress Juliette Binoche is adding another string to her bow by appearing in a dance show which she is co-directing with top British choreographer Akram Khan, she said Friday. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080704/tts-france-banking-crime-societegenerale-509a08e.html /afp/20080704/r_t_afp_ts_eu/tts-france-banking-crime-societegenerale-509a08e_1 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:58:00 +0800 France's banking regulator Friday fined Societe Generale four million euros (6.3 million dollars) over "grave deficiencies" in its internal controls that enabled a massive rogue trade scandal at the bank. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080705/tts-eu-climate-warming-energy-509a08e.html /afp/20080705/r_t_afp_ts_eu/tts-eu-climate-warming-energy-509a08e_1 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:35:00 +0800 European environment ministers on Friday wrapped up a two-day meeting that exposed an East-West divide within the EU over how to slash carbon pollution across the 27-nation bloc by 2020. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080705/tts-entertainment-italy-culture-strike-o-509a08e.html /afp/20080705/r_t_afp_ts_eu/tts-entertainment-italy-culture-strike-o-509a08e Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:20:00 +0800 La Scala has been forced to cancel three performances of Puccini's "La Boheme" next week due to a strike, the famed Italian opera house said Friday on its website. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080704/twl-colombia-rebels-hostages-france-beta-6b0205e.html /afp/20080704/r_t_afp_wl_eu/twl-colombia-rebels-hostages-france-beta-6b0205e_1 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:27:00 +0800 Freed Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt was greeted Friday by President Nicolas Sarkozy after she touched down at an airbase near Paris following her release from a six-year hostage ordeal. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080704/twl-canada-quebec-france-festival-annive-6b0205e.html /afp/20080704/r_t_afp_wl_eu/twl-canada-quebec-france-festival-annive-6b0205e_1 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:15:00 +0800 Canadians celebrated the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City, the beginning of four centuries of French culture and language in North America. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080704/twl-britain-france-students-murder-0ccf4b6.html /afp/20080704/r_t_afp_wl_uk/twl-britain-france-students-murder-0ccf4b6_1 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:19:00 +0800 British police were on Friday investigating a "frenzied, brutal and horrific attack" on two French students found stabbed to death in a charred London flat. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080704/tts-eu-climate-warming-509a08e.html /afp/20080704/r_t_afp_ts_eu/tts-eu-climate-warming-509a08e_1 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:30:00 +0800 European Union environment ministers cleared some ground Thursday as they debated how to achieve the vaunted dream of slashing the 27-nation bloc's carbon pollution by 2020. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080703/tts-britain-france-students-murder-cac1e9b.html /afp/20080703/r_t_afp_ts_uk/tts-britain-france-students-murder-cac1e9b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:17:00 +0800 Two French students found stabbed to death in a burning London flat were subjected to a "frenzied, brutal and horrific attack," police said Thursday. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080703/twl-germany-crime-trial-murder-6b0205e.html /afp/20080703/r_t_afp_wl_eu/twl-germany-crime-trial-murder-6b0205e_1 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:11:00 +0800 A 69-year-old former prostitute dubbed the "Black Widow" by the German press was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the murder of four wealthy but frail elderly male companions. AFP