Новости за 09.12.2015

* SunEdison shares rise as much as 27 pct, TerraForm 34 pct (Details, background, updates shares)

* SunEdison shares rise as much as 27 pct, TerraForm 34 pct (Details, background, updates shares)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As he set off for a galaxy far, far away to make the latest "Star Wars" film, director J.J. Abrams looked beyond the sci-fi saga's past movies for inspiration.

Hollywood actor Burt Reynolds says his best performance yet to come and opens up about his greatest acting regrets. Sarah Mills reports.

Hollywood actor Burt Reynolds says his best performance yet to come and opens up about his greatest acting regrets. Sarah Mills reports.

LONDON (Reuters) - Swansea City "reluctantly" sacked manager Garry Monk on Wednesday, following a dreadful run which has seen the Welsh club plummet towards the Premier League relegation zone.

FBI director James Comey testified at a Senate Committee hearing that the San Bernardino shooters were radicalized before they met online and spoke of jihad to each other as early as late 2013. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

FBI director James Comey testified at a Senate Committee hearing that the San Bernardino shooters were radicalized before they met online and spoke of jihad to each other as early as late 2013. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

FBI director James Comey testified at a Senate Committee hearing that the San Bernardino shooters were radicalized before they met online and spoke of jihad to each other as early as late 2013. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

* EU summit set for Dec. 17-18 (Recasts with German reaction)

PARIS (Reuters) - Eleven days of negotiations produced a slimmer but still-troubled version of a climate deal on Wednesday, with negotiators from 195 countries divided over how far to go in curbing global temperature rises - and how to pay for it.

LONDON (Reuters) - A guitar with no strings attached has become a reality. British researchers have created a "stringless" virtual guitar that is putting the power of music in the palms of people's hands.The Kurv Guitar does not look much like a guitar - it consists of a button pad that fits neatly into the player's hand and an oversized, sensor-packed guitar pick that recognizes strumming movements. The player strums the air with a pick-style controller, simulating real guitar playing.

RIYADH (Reuters) - Syria's fragmented opposition and rebel groups sought common ground on Wednesday ahead of planned peace talks to end a conflict which has devastated the country and drawn forces from Cold War and Middle East rivals into ever deeper combat operations.

RIYADH (Reuters) - Syria's fragmented opposition and rebel groups sought common ground on Wednesday ahead of planned peace talks to end a conflict which has devastated the country and drawn forces from Cold War and Middle East rivals into ever deeper combat operations.

AMSTERDAM, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Dutch lender Rabobank said on Wednesday it will trim 9,000 jobs, or 19 percent of its workforce, by 2018 and as it seeks to lift profits and prepare for tougher European banking guidelines.

* Miner looking for help to battle coal price slump (Adds industry minister on NWR request, government document)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Time magazine named German Chancellor Angela Merkel its 2015 "Person of the Year" on Wednesday, noting her resilience and leadership when faced with the refugee crisis and turmoil in the European Union over its currency this year.

* French media group Vivendi is largest shareholder (Adds details from SEC filing)

MUMBAI, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A government-appointed auctioneer has sold off a Mumbai restaurant once owned by India's most wanted man, fugitive mafia boss Dawood Ibrahim, in a rare sale of seized property that attracted wary bidders and tight security on Wednesday.

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa will look to end a 16-year wait for victory over the Barbarians when they kick off their 2016 European tour against the British-based invitational side at Wembley Stadium on Nov. 5.

LOS ANGELES - American actor Rob Lowe, who rose to prominence in 1980s movies "The Outsiders" and "St. Elmo's Fire," received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron is confident that solutions will be found in every area of his renegotiation of the terms of Britain's membership of the European Union, he said during a visit to Bucharest on Wednesday.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron is confident that solutions will be found in every area of his renegotiation of the terms of Britain's membership of the European Union, he said during a visit to Bucharest on Wednesday.

CAPE TOWN, Dec 9 (Reuters) - South Africa will look to end a 16-year wait for victory over the Barbarians when they kick off their 2016 European tour against the British-based invitational side at Wembley Stadium on Nov. 5.

GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations rights watchdog called on China on Wednesday to halt torture of detainees that it said remains widespread in police stations and prisons and to close its secret illegal "black jails".