http://www.cdeclips.com/China Daily RSSCopyright © 2008- China Daily Hong Kong Limited, All Rights Reservedhttp://www.cdeclips.com/web_xml/RSS/ChinaDaily_RSS_europe.xmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 08:36:22 GMThttp://www.cdeclips.com/web_xml/RSS/china_daily_logo.jpghttp://www.cdeclips.com/WARSAW, Poland — An unusual 3-D film created by Polish historians shows the shocking sea of rubble that Warsaw was reduced to during World War II, bringing the city's wartime history home to young people often unaware of the extent the destruction.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48767http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4876730 Jul 2010 09:31:47 +0800BRUSSELS — Paul Ilegems, a retired professor of art history, has a vision of heaven. It involves a simple Belgian pommes frites stand where "human souls ascended eat their fries undisturbed."http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48769http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4876930 Jul 2010 09:31:47 +0800LONDON — London will be ready a year ahead of schedule to stage the 2012 Olympics, officials said on Tuesday, as Olympic greats gave Games venues a test run two years to the day before the festivities open.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48707http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4870729 Jul 2010 09:41:09 +0800LONDON — BP's embattled Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward will be replaced by American Robert Dudley on Oct 1, the company said Tuesday, as it reported a record quarterly loss and set aside $32.2 billion to cover the costs of the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48637http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4863728 Jul 2010 09:07:51 +0800MADRID — A Spanish man who underwent the world's first full face transplant appeared before TV cameras on Monday for the first time since his surgery, thanking his doctors and the family of the donor.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48631http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4863128 Jul 2010 09:07:50 +0800NAGYKOVACSI, Hungary — On the way home from a hard day's work, Ferenc Nagy often gets the urge to pop into his favorite boozer for another round of binge reading.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48632http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4863228 Jul 2010 09:07:50 +0800LONDON — BP is expected to install an American troubleshooter as chief executive on Tuesday, replacing Tony Hayward, who has come under fire for his handling of the worst oil spill in US history.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48560http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4856027 Jul 2010 09:23:57 +0800AgenciesLONDON — Archaeologists say they have discovered a monument similar to Stonehenge near the ancient British stone circle, dubbing it the most exciting find at the site for 50 years.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48554http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4855427 Jul 2010 09:23:41 +0800AgenciesBERLIN — The death toll from a stampede at a "Love Parade" techno music festival in Germany rose to 19 on Sunday and police pursued an investigation into how the mass panic occurred.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48487http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4848726 Jul 2010 09:36:57 +0800AgenciesLONDON — These aren't your average family snapshots.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48488http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4848826 Jul 2010 09:36:21 +0800AgenciesSAINT-NAZAIRE, FRANCE — France will build at least two high-tech amphibious assault ships for the Russian navy, President Nicolas Sarkozy announced on Friday, on a visit to a western shipyard.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48482http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4848226 Jul 2010 09:36:21 +0800AgenciesLONDON — It might be the inspiration of the Tour de France, the traffic or the unexpectedly hot weather, but London has gone cycle crazy this summer — and biking cafes are now the coolest spots in town.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48434http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4843424 Jul 2010 13:08:28 +0800AgenciesPARIS — A pair of reclusive clouded leopard cubs were born two months ago in a rare birth in captivity for the species and are doing well, a Paris zoo said on Wednesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48363http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4836323 Jul 2010 09:21:31 +0800AgenciesPARMA, Italy — It's a modern-day version of Marco Polo's journey halfway around the world — but is anyone at the controls?http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48287http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4828722 Jul 2010 09:23:23 +0800AgenciesMOSCOW — Russian beachgoers got a shock when they saw a donkey soaring in the blue skies over the balmy beaches on the Sea of Azov in southern Russia last week, police said on Tuesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48288http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4828822 Jul 2010 09:23:23 +0800AgenciesVIENNA — Colorful, creative and a little bit crazy. The fight against AIDS can be all that as activists demonstrated on Tuesday at the Global Village on the sidelines of the World AIDS Conference in Vienna.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48289http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4828922 Jul 2010 09:23:23 +0800AgenciesFARNBOROUGH, England — Interest around two jet fighters co-produced by China and Pakistan is taking off on the first day of their international debut. Some even say the JF-17 Thunder fighters were a major attraction of the Farnborough International Airshow, which ended here on Sunday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48214http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4821421 Jul 2010 09:28:56 +0800By Zhang HaizhouFARNBOROUGH, England — Chinese planes can make a "significant impact" on the world arms market, said an expert of a leading think tank.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48215http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4821521 Jul 2010 09:28:45 +0800By Zhang HaizhouBERLIN — Around 2 million people descended on a long swath of Germany's fabled autobahn Sunday after it was closed to cars and trucks to make way for a giant street festival, organisers said.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48130http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4813020 Jul 2010 09:27:09 +0800AgenciesFARNBOROUGH, England — Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner touched down in Britain on Sunday on its first trip outside the United States, thrilling hordes of eager planespotters who came out to see the breakthrough carbon-composite plane.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48131http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4813120 Jul 2010 09:27:09 +0800AgenciesLONDON — Spicy, steaming hot, scooped up in naan bread and washed down with a cold beer, there are few dishes more favored by the British than curry for a takeaway or a late-night meal after the pubs shut.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48132http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4813220 Jul 2010 09:27:09 +0800AgenciesFROMELLES, France — The remains of the last of 250 Australian and British soldiers whose bodies were discovered in a mass grave were being reburied on Monday on the 94th anniversary of the bloody World War I battle of Fromelles.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48134http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4813420 Jul 2010 09:27:09 +0800AgenciesMOSCOW — Russia's oil-producing region of Bashkortostan rubberstamped President Dmitry Medvedev's choice of its new head on Monday, formally ending 17 years of rule by one of the last independence-minded leaders of the 1990s.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48142http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4814220 Jul 2010 09:27:09 +0800AgenciesGRUNWALD, Poland — Thousands of fans of the Middle Ages on Saturday donned their tabards and lowered their visors to relive the heady days of 1410, when a Polish-Lithuanian army smashed the Teutonic Knights.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48049http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4804919 Jul 2010 09:34:30 +0800AgenciesHELSINKI — Divers have found bottles of champagne some 230-years-old on the bottom of the Baltic which a wine expert described on Saturday as tasting "fabulous".http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48050http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4805019 Jul 2010 09:34:30 +0800AgenciesMontreaux, Switzerland — Director Roman Polanski, freed this week after Switzerland refused a US extradition request, made his first public outing on the weekend to see his wife perform at the Montreaux Jazz Festival.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48051http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4805119 Jul 2010 09:34:30 +0800AgenciesLONDON — Britain was "very unlikely" to introduce a ban on Muslim women wearing face-covering veils despite widespread public support for such a move, Immigration Minister Damian Green said.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48052http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4805219 Jul 2010 09:34:30 +0800AgenciesLONDON — A bitter row over the gossipy memoirs of top British politician Peter Mandelson is threatening to overshadow the Labour party's election of a new leader to replace Gordon Brown.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47992http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4799217 Jul 2010 11:10:57 +0800AgenciesMADRID — Award-winning Spanish illustrator Miguel Gallardo has overcome the limitations imposed by his daughter's autism by doing what he does best — drawing.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47993http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4799317 Jul 2010 11:10:57 +0800AgenciesPARIS — A public prosecutor extended the custody of four men close to France's richest woman for 24 hours to enable further questioning about suspected tax evasion and money laundering, a spokeswoman said on Friday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47997http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4799717 Jul 2010 11:10:57 +0800AgenciesLONDON — Afghan forces should be able to take control of several provinces from Western troops by next spring, a senior British official said on Thursday, scaling back a previous British and NATO goal of starting handovers in 2010.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48000http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4800017 Jul 2010 11:10:57 +0800AgenciesLONDON — More than a fifth of the British population are missing out on access to public services and employment opportunities because they do not use the Internet, the government's digital champion said on Monday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47807http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4780714 Jul 2010 10:49:56 +0800AgenciesPAMPLONA, Spain — "It's a different dimension ... it's like floating," said Texan Larry Belcher, as he sought to put into words the feeling of being chased by a pack of thundering bulls.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47808http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4780814 Jul 2010 10:49:56 +0800AgenciesBEIRUT — Four years after a devastating war between Israel and Hezbollah, the UN forces keeping them apart in southern Lebanon are under mounting strain amid fears of a fresh conflict and hostility from villagers.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47767http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4776713 Jul 2010 10:51:31 +0800AgenceLONDON — Jacky Wang has been living in Britain for more than eight years and dreams of settling here permanently. But the reality is he may have to go home soon, as Britain, under a new government, has begun limiting immigration.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47692http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4769212 Jul 2010 10:35:07 +0800China DailyBeijing / London — A controversial plan by the British coalition government to cap the number of skilled immigrants from non-EU countries seems unlikely to stop enthusiastic Chinese from pursuing higher education in the UK.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47693http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4769312 Jul 2010 10:35:07 +0800CHINA DAILYLONDON — British police were under investigation on Sunday over the death of Raoul Moat after their dramatic armed standoff ended with them firing a stun gun at him and the fugitive shooting himself dead.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47695http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4769512 Jul 2010 10:35:07 +0800AgenciesMOSCOW — The Russian girl accused by the United States of acting as a Kremlin agent and branded by the media as a flame-haired femme fatale is "no Mata Hari" but an average young woman, her mother said on Wednesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47583http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4758309 Jul 2010 10:05:57 +0800AgenciesKISLOVODS, Russia — Alexander Khloponin may be Russia's biggest optimist.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47584http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4758409 Jul 2010 10:05:33 +0800AgenciesBERLIN — It won't come as much of a consolation to heartbroken German fans, but at least Paul, Germany's now world-famous "Octopus oracle", has maintained his perfect record.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47585http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4758509 Jul 2010 10:05:33 +0800AgenciesPAYERNE, Switzerland — An experimental solar-powered plane completed its first 24-hour test flight on Thursday, proving that the aircraft can collect enough energy from the sun during the day to stay aloft all night.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47576http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4757609 Jul 2010 10:05:33 +0800AgenciesLONDON — The British Film Institute (BFI) has called on the public to adopt an Alfred Hitchcock movie in a bid to raise the 1 million pounds ($1.5 million) it needs to restore nine of the master's works.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47493http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4749308 Jul 2010 09:57:53 +0800AgenciesPORTO ERCOLE, Italy — The bones of Renaissance master Caravaggio went on public display for the first time on Sunday in this Tuscan port after lying in an unmarked grave nearby for four centuries.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47494http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4749408 Jul 2010 09:57:53 +0800AgenciesLONDON — Londoners and tourists will get the chance to play open-air table tennis at city landmarks this month in a campaign to get a million more people playing sports in the run up to the 2012 London Olympics.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47492http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4749208 Jul 2010 09:57:52 +0800AgenciesMOSCOW — The glitzy casinos of Monte Carlo and the posh Alpine ski resorts of Courchevel and St Moritz have become familiar with the Russian accent.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47408http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4740807 Jul 2010 09:45:27 +0800AgenciesWARSAW — Moderate conservative Bronislaw Komorowski narrowly won Poland's presidential election, raising pressure on the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk to deliver on economic reforms.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47340http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4734006 Jul 2010 09:37:57 +0800AgenciesBEIJING — As the European debt crisis unfolded, the euro slumped and Germany reportedly threatened to quit the euro zone, 70-year-old Romano Prodi should have been the one fretting most.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47258http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4725805 Jul 2010 09:18:03 +0800By Fu JingSIENA, Italy — It takes a year for the 17 districts that make up the quiet Tuscan town of Siena to ready themselves for a medieval race that lasts little more than a minute. But it's worth it.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47127http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4712702 Jul 2010 09:57:26 +0800AgenciesBERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel's marathon struggle to get her presidential candidate elected has severely weakened her and could force a policy shift, including changes to government austerity plans.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47130http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4713002 Jul 2010 09:57:26 +0800Agencies