Новости за 13.03.2016

Funeral processions are held in Gaza for a brother and a sister killed by fragments of a missile fired by an Israeli aircraft. Rough Cut - subtitled (no reporter narration).

Funeral processions are held in Gaza for a brother and a sister killed by fragments of a missile fired by an Israeli aircraft. Rough Cut - subtitled (no reporter narration).

In line with the observance of the Holy Year of Mercy and the Lenten season, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines - Episcopal Commission on the Youth (CBCP-ECY) urged the young generation to support the local Church’s “Alay Kapwa” Lenten fund-raising program.

Candidates for the May 2016 elections in Iloilo province signed a peace covenant over the weekend.

A non-profit watchdog group on chemicals, products and wastes on Sunday urged government regulators to ban the over-the-counter sale of mercury, a highly toxic substance.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese courts convicted more than 1,400 people last year for harming national security, including taking part in terrorism and secessionist activities, China's top judge said on Sunday, double a broadly equivalent number given for 2014.

SAN FRANCISCO -- A strong earthquake struck off Saturday Atka Island in southwest Alaska, the northern most US state.

BEIJING — China's chief prosecutor says battling "infiltration, subversion and sabotage by hostile forces" is a key priority this year, with terrorists, ethnic separatists and religious extremists all in his crosshairs.

(Reuters) - World number two Andy Murray was given a tough test but pushed his way past Marcel Granollers 6-4 7-6(3) in his opening match at the BNP Paribas Open in California on Saturday.

(Reuters) - Bill Haas looked at ease on the greens at the Valspar Championship in Florida on Saturday after a putting tip from Rickie Fowler helped him move into a one-stroke lead over Graham DeLaet after the third round.

HARRISON, New Jersey (Reuters) - Premiership Rugby staged a party to promote the game in the United States on Saturday and a crowd announced at nearly 15,000 came to Red Bull Stadium for the league's first ever regular season match held overseas.

(Reuters) - Ashton Eaton's bid for a third consecutive world indoor heptathlon title will not be affected by a freakish accident that left the American needing six stitches in his head, his coach told Reuters on Saturday.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - A year ago, Micromax vaulted past Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to become India's leading smartphone brand. Today, its market share has nearly halved, several top executives have resigned, and the company is looking for growth outside India.

HARRISON, New Jersey (Reuters) - Premiership Rugby staged a party to promote the game in the United States on Saturday and a crowd announced at nearly 15,000 came to Red Bull Stadium for the league's first ever regular season match held overseas.

HARRISON, New Jersey, March 12 (Reuters) - Premiership Rugby staged a party to promote the game in the United States on Saturday and a crowd announced at nearly 15,000 came to Red Bull Stadium for the league's first ever regular season match held overseas.

MOUNT PLEASANT — Freshman Bradley Dixon singled with one out in the ninth on the 12th pitch of the at-bat, scoring Erven Roper from second to lift College of Charleston to a 5-4 victory over Mercer on Saturday at Patriots Point.

It was about 15 years ago that the city launched the Charleston Digital Corridor, an initiative to help expand the technology economy and attract high-paying jobs.

For almost 30 years, the Charleston County School District has added more and more public school-choice options for parents: magnet schools, charter schools, Montessori schools, you name it.

* Defending champion Spieth six back (Adds details, quotes)

Donald Trump could bring a welcome pragmatism to American foreign policy and something we have not seen in some time — prospects for genuine success.

At age 56, my mom, Jocelyn Farrar, was looking to the future. She completed her doctorate of Nursing Practice because she wanted to be an expert in her field, providing trauma critical care and disaster management for the elderly.

The lowest moment of Thursday night — maybe the lowest of the election and in the history of the GOP — came before the Miami debate, when Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus pledged that the RNC "is going to support the nominee, whoever that is, 100 percent."

LONDON — Last month, a co-chairman of the Oxford University Labour Club, Alex Chalmers, quit in protest at what he described as rampant anti-Semitism among members.

Burke High School graduate Raven Saunders came up short in her bid for a third straight NCAA shot put title on Saturday in Birmingham, Ala.

(Reuters) - Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes has apologized for suggesting security guards at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris may have had advance knowledge of the Islamic State attack at the venue that left 89 people dead.