Read more Europe stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1233/europe.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:34:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74427/belgian-named-eu-prez-after-blair-bid-fails.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTony Blair won't be the first president of the European Council. The job went to Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy today after British PM Gordon Brown withdrew Blair's nomination when it became clear he didn't have enough support. Blair tells the Guardian he isn’t surprised, because the “direction of travel”...http://www.newser.com/story/74427/belgian-named-eu-prez-after-blair-bid-fails.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 13:15:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74410/mcdonalds-gets-euro-chic-makeover.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMcDonald’s is getting a makeover, starting with one New York restaurant that now features a sleek, European-inspired look, flat-screen TVs, and free wi-fi. The redesign features employees in all-black uniforms and “Danish Modern furniture,” reports the AP —or, as Daniel Maurer writes in New York , “knockoff mod furniture, laptop outlets,...http://www.newser.com/story/74410/mcdonalds-gets-euro-chic-makeover.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:41:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73844/home-grown-islamic-terrorism-no-threat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhatever place religious extremism occupied in the troubled mind of Nidal Hasan, the United States—unlike Europe—has no reason to fear terrorism from its own Muslim population, says Max Fisher . American Muslims are far less vulnerable to al-Qaeda recruitment than their brethren across the pond, Fisher writes in the...http://www.newser.com/story/73844/home-grown-islamic-terrorism-no-threat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 8:14:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70881/early-irish-returns-show-win-for-eu-treaty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOn the second try, Ireland has delivered "a convincing win" for the European Union's reform treaty, Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said today, with the "yes" vote running about 60% nationwide in early returns. "I'm absolutely delighted for the country. It looks like a convincing win on this occasion," he...http://www.newser.com/story/70881/early-irish-returns-show-win-for-eu-treaty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 03 Oct 2009 5:26:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70815/half-of-us-babies-will-see-100.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore than half of the children born today in wealthy developed countries will live to see their 100th birthday. New research coming out of Denmark also suggests life expectancy in general has increased dramatically as medicine and diagnosis of diseases afflicting the elderly have improved. Since the 1950s, the BBC...http://www.newser.com/story/70815/half-of-us-babies-will-see-100.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 10:06:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70813/orbiting-telescope-snaps-delicious-pics-of-milky-way.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStunningly detailed images of our Milky Way galaxy showing whirling clouds of gas peppered with stars have been captured by Europe's $1.4 billion orbiting Herschel Space Observatory. Herschel has the largest mirror ever placed on an orbiting telescope and is able to capture images beyond the reach of other...http://www.newser.com/story/70813/orbiting-telescope-snaps-delicious-pics-of-milky-way.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 4:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70329/osama-warns-europe-to-leave-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOsama bin Laden wants Europe to pull its troops out Afghanistan and sever ties with the US. In a new audio message, the al-Qaeda chief admonishes European nations for putting in with a United States whose “supreme commander has no regard for human life and intentionally bombs villagers from the...http://www.newser.com/story/70329/osama-warns-europe-to-leave-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 13:15:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70185/obesity-growing-as-cancer-risk-for-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBeing fat could become the leading cause of cancer in women in Western countries in the coming years, say European researchers. Being overweight or obese accounts for up to 8% of cancers in Europe. That figure is poised to increase substantially as the obesity epidemic continues, and as major causes...http://www.newser.com/story/70185/obesity-growing-as-cancer-risk-for-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 13:00:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70070/buyers-scammed-for-millions-in-record-ebay-ripoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConsumers around the world were bilked out of millions of dollars for counterfeit golf clubs in the biggest-ever eBay scam, reports the Times of London. The clubs, as well as clothing, accessories and passes for an airline lounge, were auctioned online from 2004-2008 by a criminal network involving crooks from...http://www.newser.com/story/70070/buyers-scammed-for-millions-in-record-ebay-ripoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 3:30:03 CDT