Новости за 05.11.2015

ANKARA, Turkey - Kurdish rebels fighting Turkey for autonomy have ended a temporary unilateral cease-fire they had declared a month ago in their bid to reduce tensions ahead of Turkey's Nov. 1 election.

LA CROSSE, Wisconsin - Flooding, snowstorms, a flu outbreak, even a fire - any of those might have slowed a group of Wisconsin nuns who say none of it has kept their order from praying nonstop for hundreds of thousands of people over the last 137 years.

BARCELONA, Spain - The Polish monsignor who came out as gay and was fired by the Vatican just before a meeting of bishops about outreach to gays, divorcees and more traditional Catholic families says that a "special kind of homophobia" exists among priests, because those who are homosexual are forced to hate themselves.

BRUSSELS - The European Union on Thursday predicted the region's economy will grow at "a modest pace" next year thanks to cheap energy and central bank stimulus, but remains hampered by low investment and high debt.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - A Bosnian court on Thursday sent an Islamic State supporter to jail for seven years for encouraging, organizing and recruiting volunteers for extremist activities in Syria.

ABOARD THE USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT - With a key Asian ally at his side, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter made a subtle jab at China on Thursday by flying aboard an American aircraft carrier plying the contested waters of the South China Sea.

MADRID - Real Madrid plays at Sevilla and Barcelona hosts Villarreal in the Spanish league this weekend, with both teams looking to stay in front before they face each other for the first time this season.

NEWBORN, Georgia - A Georgia State Patrol Trooper went beyond the call of duty after four children were left parentless on Halloween.

SHANGHAI - Adam Scott hasn't read caddie Steve Williams' book about Tiger Woods and doesn't expect it to be a distraction when Williams is working for him.

NEW YORK - Adam Silver has been heavily involved with the WNBA since the start.

LOS ANGELES - Melissa Mathison never wrote down to her audiences.

LAWRENCE, Kansas - When the Royals put away the Mets to win their first World Series championship in three decades on Sunday night, Massachusetts Street not far from the Kansas campus erupted in celebration.

WASHINGTON - Details of a sweeping Pacific Rim trade deal released Thursday set the stage for a raucous debate in the U.S. Congress but also may provide reassurances to those who worried the agreement could gut protections for the environment, public health and labor.

Some things to watch in the Big Ten during Week 10 of the season:

While the matchups determining which teams make it to the conference championship game will draw most of the attention in the Big Ten this month, some of the less-appealing games will carry a lot of weight for the also-rans trying to achieve bowl eligibility.

By now, the eight-lateral kick return for Miami's winning touchdown over Duke last weekend has joined California's storied five-lateral "Play To Beat The Band" against Stanford in 1982 in college football lore.

SHANGHAI - Rory McIlroy finally climbed out of bed 10 pounds lighter from a bout of food poisoning and made six birdies for a 68. Jordan Spieth returned from his longest break without touching his golf clubs. He also had six birdies in a round of 68. Both felt good about their start Thursday in the HSBC Champions.

LOGANSPORT, Indiana - Twelve acres of seemingly perfectly straight rows of walnut trees sit tall along U.S. 35 just northwest of Logansport.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - The attorney for an Alabama police officer accused of using excessive force on an Indian man asked a federal judge to acquit him after a second trial ended in a hung jury.

SAN DIEGO - An armed man who allegedly opened fire on police and then held them at bay in a standoff that interrupted air traffic at the San Diego airport is in custody, authorities said.

PARIS - The IAAF's former anti-doping chief has been placed under criminal investigation, suspected of taking about 200,000 euros ($220,000) in bribes in an alleged cover-up of positive Russian doping tests.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - Kentucky Republicans view Tuesday's election results as a mandate to dismantle one of the country's most heralded health care programs in the name of fiscal responsibility.

LEVI, Finland - Two World Cup ski races in Finland have been canceled because of a lack of snow.

MARKSVILLE, Louisiana - After 12 hours of examining forensics in a shooting that left a 6-year-old boy dead, Louisiana investigators will meet with the city marshals who fired on the car in which the boy was riding with his father.

ZURICH - FIFA world rankings published Thursday (last month's rankings in parentheses):