Latest Europe Headlines  'Yes' side to EU treaty holds lead in Irish pollMay 26, 20125:42 AM ET DUBLIN (AP) — A majority of voters plan to say "yes" next week to the European Union fiscal treaty, a new poll suggested Saturday, but the prime minister warned pro-treaty voters not to be complacent because he expects the gap to narrow in the final days of campaigning.  UN observers heading to site of Syria attackMay 26, 20125:07 AM ET GENEVA (AP) — A spokesman for the United Nations' envoy to Syria says international monitors are heading to a region where activists say at least 50 people were killed by government troops.       Obese UK woman cut out of houseMay 25, 20122:32 PM ET LONDON (AP) — Emergency workers who needed to take an obese teenager from her home to a hospital in Wales had to break through a wall of the residence to get her out and into an ambulance, officials said Friday.  Clarification: Czech-Plane Crash storyMay 25, 201212:02 PM ET PRAGUE (AP) — In a story on May 23, The Associated Press called a Russian military plane that crashed while landing in the Czech Republic a jet. The An-30 aircraft had turboprop engines driving propellers, so it would be more correct to call it a turboprop. Turboprop engines are a variation of jet engines, even though they use propellers to generate thrust.  Norwegian tells about his captivity in SudanMay 25, 201211:53 AM ET OSLO, Norway (AP) — Four foreigners who were arrested by Sudanese authorities and held for three weeks were on a U.N. mine clearing mission along the disputed border with South Sudan, a relief agency said Friday.   Witness says Breivik spared him, then shot himMay 25, 201211:02 AM ET OSLO, Norway (AP) — A Norwegian who survived Anders Behring Breivik's shooting rampage on Utoya island capped two weeks of chilling witness statements from survivors on Friday, describing how the self-confessed killer first mistook him for a fellow right-wing extremist and spared him, then shot him when he found him again. 
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