Новости за 18.03.2016

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian riot police fired water cannon and tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in central Sao Paulo on Friday, while in Congress opponents of President Dilma Rousseff started the clock ticking on impeachments sessions.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Belgian federal prosecutor's office confirmed on Friday that police found the fingerprints of Salah Abdeslam, a prime suspect in November's Islamist attacks in Paris, during a raid on an apartment in Brussels this week.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Belgian federal prosecutor's office confirmed on Friday that police found the fingerprints of Salah Abdeslam, a prime suspect in November's Islamist attacks in Paris, during a raid on an apartment in Brussels this week.

GENEVA/RIYADH (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen may be responsible for "international crimes", a category that includes war crimes and crimes against humanity, the top U.N. human rights official said on Friday.

* Oil hits 2016 high on output freeze hope (Adds U.S. market open, byline, dateline; previous LONDON)

ZURICH (Reuters) - Football's governing body FIFA has signed a sponsorship deal with China's Wanda Group which will last until 2030 and includes the next four World Cups, football's world governing body said in a statement on Friday.

Thousands of Baghdad residents protest against endemic corruption, cutting through the barbed wire of the fortified Green Zone to stage what they vow will be a 10-day-long sit-in. Rough Cut - Subtitled (no reporter narration).

Thousands of Baghdad residents protest against endemic corruption, cutting through the barbed wire of the fortified Green Zone to stage what they vow will be a 10-day-long sit-in. Rough Cut - Subtitled (no reporter narration).

Thousands of Baghdad residents protest against endemic corruption, cutting through the barbed wire of the fortified Green Zone to stage what they vow will be a 10-day-long sit-in. Rough Cut - Subtitled (no reporter narration).

BERLIN (Reuters) - Former German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, the first openly gay leader of a mainstream political party, has died from blood cancer at the age of 54, his foundation said on its website on Friday.

ZURICH, March 18 (Reuters) - Soccer's governing body FIFA has signed a sponsorship deal with China's Wanda Group which will last until 2030 and includes the next four World Cups, soccer's world governing body said in a statement on Friday.

* Struggled as foreign minister, criticised for Libya vote (Adds reactions, background)

BERLIN (Reuters) - The government of Kuwait twice refused to sign a deal hammered out in negotiations with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that would have lifted the Olympic ban on the country, the IOC said on Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Rafa Benitez has called on Newcastle United's fans to create "a wall of sound" for the Spanish coach's first home game in charge on Sunday, a crunch relegation battle with north-east rivals Sunderland.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Friday unveiled criminal charges against a Chinese-born woman it says was involved in a scheme to pay bribes to a former U.N. General Assembly president.

Tourists hurt by the strong dollar spent less at its U.S. stores. Existing store sales fell in every region around the world, except Japan. Fred Katayama reports.

Tourists hurt by the strong dollar spent less at its U.S. stores. Existing store sales fell in every region around the world, except Japan. Fred Katayama reports.

Tourists hurt by the strong dollar spent less at its U.S. stores. Existing store sales fell in every region around the world, except Japan. Fred Katayama reports.

MOSCOW, March 18 (Reuters) - Russia's central bank said on Friday it expected inflation to be between 8.1 percent and 8.5 percent in June, higher than a forecast 7.4-7.6 percent in March because of a base effect. (Reporting by Elena Fabrichnaya and Alexander Winning; Editing by Jason Bush)

Inter Milan captain Mauro Icardi will miss Saturday's Serie A match against AS Roma as he is still recovering from a knee injury, coach Roberto Mancini said on Friday.

March 18 (Reuters) - Battered by war which has inflicted incalculable damage on industry, infrastructure and economy, Syria's currency hit new lows this week after Russia said it was reducing its military support to President Bashar al-Assad.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian man who tried to stab them in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the military said.

MOSCOW, March 18 (Reuters) - Russia's central bank was marginally more pessimistic on the outlook for the Russian economy in the next three years in a quarterly monetary policy update released on Friday, lowering forecasts as it expects oil prices to be weaker than previously.

U.S. drag queen, Alaska, shows what it takes to get for the RuPaul's Drag Race Battle of the Seasons tour stage each night. Alicia Powell reports.

U.S. drag queen, Alaska, shows what it takes to get for the RuPaul's Drag Race Battle of the Seasons tour stage each night. Alicia Powell reports.