Новости за 09.10.2016

ATHENS, Greece — Stylianos Pattakos, the last survivor among the leaders of a 1967 coup that ruled Greece for seven years, has died at 103. The state-run Athens News Agency reported that he died following a stroke Saturday. Pattakos, born on the island of Crete on Nov. 8, 1912, was a brigadier general and commander

BERLIN — German police searched nationwide Sunday for a 22-year-old Syrian man believed to have been preparing a bombing attack, who slipped through their fingers as they were closing in on him, and were questioning a second Syrian man on suspicion he was involved in the plot. The man in custody was one of three

SUZUKA, Japan — An underwhelming performance in the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday was a setback to a McLaren Honda team that was feeling upbeat after securing points in the previous race in Malaysia. Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso put up a spirited battle at the Suzuka circuit to take the fight into the midfield,

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Ha Na Jang held off Shanshan Feng by a stroke in wind and rain Sunday in the Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship for her third victory of the year. Eight strokes ahead of Feng after a birdie on the sixth hole, the 24-year-old South Korean player bogeyed two of the next three holes

NEW DELHI — A section of the cargo terminal at New Delhi’s international airport was cordoned off Sunday after a suspected radioactive leak, but officials later said the radiation posed no danger to people and called off the emergency. The leak at Indira Gandhi International Airport was suspected to have occurred from a package containing

ISTANBUL — Kurdish militants detonated a car bomb Sunday outside a military checkpoint in southeast Turkey, killing ten soldiers and eight civilians, the prime minister said. Turkey immediately launched a military operation against the rebels in response. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim gave the death toll during a press conference in Istanbul and condemned the attack.

BEIJING — Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group’s media arm announced a partnership Sunday to co-produce films for global audiences. The deal adds to a multibillion-dollar string of Chinese ventures with Hollywood studios to capture more of the profits from China’s growing media market. Alibaba Pictures will acquire a minority stake

BEIJING — A former Chinese provincial Communist Party boss was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve Sunday as part of the country’s ongoing crackdown on corruption at all levels. The Anyang City Intermediate People’s Court in Henan Province said Bai Enpei was found guilty of taking “a huge amount of bribes” and possessing a

TOKYO — Nick Kyrgios claimed his third, and biggest, title of the year, when rallying to beat David Goffin at the Rakuten Japan Open on Sunday. The big-serving Australian won a tight match, in which there were only three breaks, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. Goffin was left to rue five spurned break points in the third

BELGRADE, Serbia — They have come a long way, spent most of their money on smugglers and camped out in the open for weeks. For Afghan migrants stranded in the Balkans there is no turning back, even as the most likely prospect many of them face in the European Union could be deportation back to

JERUSALEM — A Palestinian motorist launched a shooting spree near the Israeli police headquarters in Jerusalem Sunday, wounding eight people, two of them seriously, before being shot dead, Israeli police and emergency services said. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the attacker sped toward a busy stop of the city’s light rail and opened fire, seriously

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuanians were voting Sunday in the first round of a parliamentary election, with the governing Social Democrats facing challenges from conservatives and an agrarian party. Lithuania, the biggest of the three Baltic countries, has struggled to stem emigration since regaining independence in the early 1990s and joining the European Union in 2004.

KIEV, Ukraine — Just three days after Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Lazarenko was taken prisoner in the war in Ukraine’s east, a peace agreement was signed under which the sides agreed to an “all-for-all” prisoner exchange. A year and a half later, his wife still waits desperately for his return. The so-called Minsk Agreement on ending

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Police have apprehended the man suspected of fatally shooting two officers and wounding another in Palm Springs, California, authorities announced Sunday. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department identified him as John Felix. He will be charged with two counts of murder on a peace officer. Officials say Felix surrendered after a lengthy

TBILISI, Georgia — The governing party is strongly in the lead in Georgia’s parliamentary election after a count of votes from about two-thirds of the country’s precincts. The national elections commission said Sunday that the Georgian Dream party, which has been in power since 2012, had tallied just less than 50 percent of the votes

INCHEON, South Korea — Curtis Luck overcame a seven-stroke deficit to win the Asia-Pacific Amateur on Sunday and earn a Masters invitation that the Australian didn’t need. Already in the Masters with his U.S. Amateur victory, Luck made a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th for a 5-under 67 and a one-stroke victory over

SUZUKA, Japan — Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg capitalized on a slow start by teammate Lewis Hamilton to win the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday and widen his lead in the Formula One drivers’ championship. Rosberg, who started from pole position, controlled the race throughout and finished 4.9 seconds ahead of Red Bull driver Max Verstappen,

TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona State sputtered offensively through the first half and lost another quarterback to injury in the second. Good thing the Sun Devils have the most prolific kicker in college football history. Zane Gonzalez kicked three field goals to become the NCAA’s all-time leader and Arizona State grinded out a 23-20 victory over

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Dalyn Dawkins had 125 yards rushing and Izzy Matthews had a pair of second-half TD runs to carry Colorado State past Utah State 31-24 on Saturday night. The Rams (3-3, 1-1 Mountain West Conference) trailed 24-10 at halftime, but scored on their first drive of the second half, capped by Collin

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s eighth false start penalty of the first half brought out boos from its homecoming crowd. Luckily for the Utes, a second-half rally was enough to avoid spoiling the occasion. Quarterback Troy Williams ran for two touchdowns and threw another, helping No. 24 Utah come back to beat Arizona 36-23 on

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Marina owner Joe Taylor has a different take on whether Florida dodged a bullet during Hurricane Matthew. “We stood still. It dodged us. But we’re grateful,” the 81-year-old Taylor said. Taylor and his wife were in their second home in Portland, Oregon, last Wednesday when forecasts of widespread devastation sent him

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Hurricane Matthew still had some dangerous fight left in it early Sunday, dumping more than a foot of rain on North Carolina in a deluge that flooded homes and businesses as far as 100 miles inland. What will go down as one of the most potent hurricanes on record was blamed for

STANFORD, Calif. — After opening the season with losses to lower-division Eastern Washington and Boise State, Washington State has staged a dramatic turnaround and is now overwhelming the Pac-12’s recent powerhouses. The Cougars followed a lopsided win over Oregon that was fueled by a dominant running attack with a thorough beating of No. 15 Stanford

NATADOLA, Fiji — Brandt Snedeker ran away with the wind-swept Fiji International on Sunday, closing with a 4-under 68 for a nine-stroke victory. Coming off the United States’ Ryder Cup victory in Minnesota, Snedeker had five birdies and bogey to finish at 16-under 272 at Vijay Singh-designed Natadola Bay. He opened with rounds of 69,

SAN DIEGO — Donnel Pumphrey had 198 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown Rashaad Penny added 160 scrimmage yards and two TDs and San Diego State beat UNLV 26-7 on Saturday night. Pumphrey ran 31 times for 141 yards and caught seven passes for 57 yards. His 26th career 100-yard rushing game tied DonTrell Moore