01/09/2009
Former NFL Europe teammates Warner, Delhomme set to face off (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Kurt Warner was sure he was down to his last chance to make it as an NFL quarterback in 1998 when he reported to the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe.
MORE INFO
|
01/08/2009
Cold snap in Europe takes its toll (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Europe's cold snap claimed up to 13 more lives as the region battled another day of icy weather and eastern Europe felt the effects of Russian gas cuts.
MORE INFO
|
01/08/2009
Gas crisis threatens industry in Eastern Europe (AP via Yahoo! News)
From salami makers to fertilizer producers, industries in Eastern Europe are being forced to cut output as the shut-off in Russian gas supplies risks deepening the economic crisis already plaguing the region.
MORE INFO
|
01/08/2009
Seve will resist Royal pardon if Europe fail (CNN)
Seve Ballesteros has left stand-in captain Jose Maria Olazabal in no doubts regarding his expectations when Europe take on Asia for The Royal Trophy at the Amata Spring Country Club in Bangkok on Friday.
MORE INFO
|
01/08/2009
Russia to pump gas to Europe if monitors are there (AP via Yahoo! News)
The head of Russia's natural gas monopoly Gazprom says it will resume pumping gas to Europe once international monitors are in place to check the flow through Ukraine's pipelines.
MORE INFO
|
01/08/2009
UK cuts rates as Europe's economic woes deepen (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Bleak economic data in Europe and a wave of profit warnings and job cuts worldwide renewed investors' fears on Thursday, strengthening the case for more government stimulus efforts and encouraging rate cuts.
MORE INFO
|
01/08/2009
Europe's gas crisis edges toward solution (International Herald Tribune)
Gazprom, the Russian gas monopoly, said it would resume shipments to Europe as soon as monitors were in place to verify that Ukraine was not removing gas from the network.
MORE INFO
|
01/08/2009
Israel finds more sympathy in Europe (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
European Union leaders this week flanked Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni as she told the world's news media, "We are all opposed to terrorism." For many observers in Europe, the moment underscored a little-noted but ongoing convergence between European and US-Israeli thinking – despite the tragedy and challenge that Gaza presents.
MORE INFO
|
01/08/2009
Crisis chills Europe's ties to Russia (The Christian Science Monitor)
A cold, divided, and annoyed Europe struggles to find a way to prevent Russia from turning down the heat. Eastern Europe, meanwhile, continues to shiver.
MORE INFO
|
01/08/2009
Torrid Summers Like Europe Bore in 2003 May Spark Food Crises (Bloomberg)
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Hotter summers in coming decades may spark food-supply crises that will match or exceed the damage of Europe’s 2003 heat wave , which left 35,000 people dead and reduced corn harvests by a third, scientists say.
MORE INFO
|