Новости за 20.01.2016

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The International Cricket Council (ICC) has suspended Galle stadium curator Jayananda Warnaweera for three years after the former test player failed to cooperate with anti-corruption officials, the global governing body said on Wednesday.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore, a wealthy multi-ethnic city state, arrested 27 Bangladeshi construction workers who supported Islamist groups including al Qaeda and Islamic State and deported 26 of them, the government said on Wednesday.

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian police officers summarily return migrants and asylum seekers to Turkey, often after stealing their belongings and using violence against them, rights group Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.

BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of deportations in Germany nearly doubled to more than 20,000 in 2015 and is expected to rise further this year as the government plans measures to speed up asylum procedures and facilitate deportations, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.

* Speculators see March-April as likely devaluation time (Adds earlier China comments on yuan)

LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - European basic resources and energy share indexes slumped to their lowest levels in more than 12 years on Wednesday, with a sharp decline in oil and metals prices scaring investors away from commodities stocks.

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Its $811 million acquisition of EZchip Semiconductor will add to Mellanox Technologies' revenue and net profit immediately, Mellanox's chief executive said on Wednesday.

* U.S. crude stocks forecast to have gained 3 mln barrels (Updates throughout, changes dateline, previous SINGAPORE)

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's anti-graft watchdog has sent inspectors to universities to monitor teachers for "improper" remarks made in class, a top official was quoted as saying on Wednesday, part of efforts to instil Communist Party rules in education.

LONDON (Reuters) - E.ON became the first big British energy supplier to announce household winter gas price cuts on Wednesday after a fall in wholesale prices, putting pressure on rivals to follow suit.

LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - E.ON became the first big British energy supplier to announce household winter gas price cuts on Wednesday after a fall in wholesale prices, putting pressure on rivals to follow suit.

ROME (Reuters) - Italian film director, Ettore Scola, whose Oscar-nominated films chronicled the growing pains, class divisions and frustrated idealisms of 20th century Italy, has died at the age of 84, his family said.

RIYADH (Reuters) - A Syrian opposition council formed in Riyadh last month said on Wednesday it will not attend peace negotiations if a third party joins the talks, a reference to a Russian bid to include other groups in the process that was due to be launched next week.

* Concerns of higher interest rates due to intervention weigh

Chinese TV airs the confession of a Swedish activist that China accuses of spreading misinformation. Reuters' Sui-lee Wee says it's the latest in a string of confessions put up for the Chinese public on state television.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that a $1-billion deepwater oil rig was not drilling in disputed territory in the South China Sea, in response to a warning from Vietnam against such activity.

NEW YORK, Jan 20 (Reuters) - After a thorny few years, emerging market bonds and equities are on track for another year of outflows driven by slowing global growth and corporate indebtedness, according to the Institute of International Finance.

A British inquiry into the death of ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is likely to conclude Russia was responsible.

A British inquiry into the death of ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is likely to conclude Russia was responsible.

A British inquiry into the death of ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is likely to conclude Russia was responsible.

A British inquiry into the death of ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is likely to conclude Russia was responsible.

* Shares fall as much as 9 percent (Adds detail, comments, shares)

* China urges Vietnam to meet it halfway, work to handle issues (Adds updated position of rig)

PARIS (Reuters) - Britain is "increasingly disturbed" by Russian air strikes on moderate opposition forces and civilians in Syria, its defence secretary said on Wednesday, adding that it was time for U.S.-led coalition forces to capitalise on recent Islamic State setbacks.

PARIS (Reuters) - Britain is "increasingly disturbed" by Russian air strikes on moderate opposition forces and civilians in Syria, its defence secretary said on Wednesday, adding that it was time for U.S.-led coalition forces to capitalise on recent Islamic State setbacks.