Новости за 25.02.2016

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's reformists are hoping to win their strongest presence in parliament since 2004 as hard-liners try to stave off a blow to their power in nationwide elections Friday, the first since Iran's landmark nuclear deal with the West.

MESA, Arizona - Outfielder Dexter Fowler agreed to stay with the Chicago Cubs, agreeing Thursday to a one-year contract that includes a mutual option for 2017.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vermont - Authorities say a second-grader's story about helping a farmer grow "special medicine" plants led to a big marijuana bust in Vermont.

Willie Nelson, "Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin" (Sony Legacy)

TIRANA, Albania - Albanian police have arrested an Italian man, accusing him of money laundering.

ANAHEIM, California - The Anaheim Ducks have reclaimed center Chris Wagner off waivers from the Colorado Avalanche.

NASHVILLE, Indiana - A recent hatchet attack near Bloomington against a high school exchange student from China is being investigated by the FBI as a possible hate crime.

MILAN - The gondoliers who have been plying Venice's canals for centuries now have an official uniform adorned with a logo of authentication.

ATHENS, Alabama - An Alabama mental patient who died after being shot with a stun gun began having breathing difficulties within minutes of receiving the jolt, according to a police video.

LINCOLN, Nebraska - In 2008, for the first time in 44 years, red-state Nebraska awarded one of its Electoral College votes to the Democratic presidential candidate, and aghast Republican Party leaders decided they wouldn't let it happen again.

TAMPA, Florida - New York Yankees left fielder Brett Gardner will take a slow approach at spring training because of a lingering wrist injury.

BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia is reporting the first probable case of Zika-related microcephaly in an aborted fetus as the country is on high alert for spread of the mosquito-borne virus.

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranians head to the polls Friday to vote on candidates for two separate institutions: the 290-seat parliament and the 88-seat Assembly of Experts, a clerical body empowered to choose or dismiss the country's supreme leader.

KUWAIT CITY - A Kuwaiti policeman has been killed and five policemen wounded when a hit-and-run driver ran them over at roundabout in the capital of Kuwait City.

LOWELL, Indiana - Crews were working to clear roads Thursday after dozens of cars and trucks were stranded overnight on a snowed-in roadway south of Chicago along the Illinois-Indiana state line.

MADISON, Wisconsin - The concert film "Rust Never Sleeps" shows Neil Young at his rocking best.

WARSAW, Poland - Prosecutors of Poland's historical institute are investigating the authenticity of documents the institute has released that purport to show that Solidarity founder Lech Walesa collaborated with the communist regime in the 1970s for money, the institute's head said Thursday.

RIO DE JANEIRO - Often drowned out by the dire warnings and fear surrounding Zika, some medical professionals are saying that Brazil and international health officials have prematurely declared a link between the virus and what appears to be a surge in birth defects.

LONDON - England coach Eddie Jones cast doubt on the wisdom of Ireland selecting Johnny Sexton for the teams' Six Nations match on Saturday, saying the flyhalf's parents would be concerned about his health problems.

ZURICH - Whether it's World Cup holder Germany or tiny island nations like Tonga, every country has the same power when it comes to choosing a FIFA president.

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's highest court has ruled that authorities violated the rights of two prominent journalists who were jailed on terror and espionage charges, paving the way for their release.

MESA, Arizona - The Chicago Cubs acquired right-handed pitcher Aaron Brooks from the Oakland Athletics for outfielder Chris Coghlan on Thursday.

MIAMI - A passenger from a cruise ship that was battered by a major storm in the Atlantic Ocean filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Royal Caribbean in Miami federal court, his lawyer said Thursday.

DETROIT - An investigation by Canadian safety regulators into a crash that killed two people touched off a global recall of nearly 2.9 million Toyota SUVs, according to U.S. government documents posted on Thursday.

MILAN - A debate launched during New York and London fashion weeks on speeding the delivery of new fashions to sate an impatient public was on designers' minds as Milan Fashion Week went into its second day.