Новости за 11.08.2015

Jared M. Feldschreiber
MOSCOW, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Russia's National Antiterrorist Committee said Magomed Suleimanov was among four terrorists killed by security forces in Untsukul's district of Dagestan.

John C.K. Daly
On August 6 the Egyptian government opened an expanded Suez Canal. The $8.5 billion project is intended to double the Canal's ship transits from its current rate of of 49 ships to 97 merchantmen by 2023. The cost of the upgrade was met by issuing bonds available to the Egyptian people and companies, with the bonds selling out in six days.

Phoebe Tollefson, Medill News Service
WASHINGTON, August 11 (UPI) -- A new Department of Energy report details growth in the wind energy industry and predicts continued growth through 2016.

Harlan Ullman, UPI Arnaud de Borchgrave distinguished columnist
If Republicans are truly serious about winning the White House, they need to come to their electoral senses.

Annie Martin
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Leonardo DiCaprio will portray real-life serial killer Dr. H.H. Holmes in a Martin Scorsese adaptation of Erik Larson book "The Devil in the White City."

Richard Tomkins
PARIS, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Thales is to provide the U.S. Air Force with deployable instrument landing systems for use at tactical airfields for precision guidance of aircraft.

Wade Sheridan
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Promoting shows for the Television Critics Association, "Friends" stars Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc said they weren't invited to Jennifer Aniston's wedding.

Brooks Hays
EXETER, England, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Researchers have found a newly identified parasitic disease in tadpoles -- one that could threaten global frog populations.

Jared M. Feldschreiber
KIEV, Ukraine, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Ukrainian customs officials have released a blacklist of 38 Russian books that authorities will not allow to be imported to the Eastern European country.

Fred Lambert
HUESCA , Spain, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Francisco "Paquirri" Rivera Ordóñez, a top Spanish matador, was gored during a bullfight in northeastern Spain.

Stephen Feller
NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Donated eggs frozen and used for IVF lead to live births less often than those that have never been frozen, though the difference is small.

Danielle Haynes
NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The SEC has broken up a scheme that generated more than $100 million in profits off corporate earnings reports before the information was released.

Annie Martin
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Vin Diesel posted a sweet picture of himself with his five-month-old daughter by longtime partner Paloma Jimenez.

Ben Hooper
UTRECHT, Netherlands, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A Slovenian opera singer shared video of himself singing Schubert while undergoing brain surgery in the Netherlands.

Marilyn Malara
NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- New mom Keira Knightley revealed the name of her and husband James Righton's first child during an interview with Elle magazine: Edie.

Richard Tomkins
FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy is exercising a contract option to procure additional digital modular radios and related gear from General Dynamics Mission Systems.

Wade Sheridan
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Actor Tom Hardy is set to produce and perhaps star in New Line Cinema's adaption of the acclaimed Vertigo comic book series {i:100 Bullets}.

Fred Lambert
SABON GARI, Nigeria, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A bomb detonated in a market in the village Sabon Gari, in Nigeria's Borno state, killing at least 46 people.

Ben Hooper
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- An Illinois engineer said he won nearly 1,000 Twitter contests in nine months with a bot programmed to retweet giveaway offers.

Ben Hooper
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A New Zealand man diving off the coast of Little Barrier Island captured footage of his close encounter with a pod of orca whales.

Tomas Monzon
CAIRO, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- As a heatwave continues to ravage Egypt, more deaths and injuries burden the population of Egypt with the death toll rising to at least 40.

The Sports Xchange
New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith is out up to 10 weeks with a broken jaw, the result of a "sucker punch" by teammate IK Enemkpali, head coach Todd Bowles said Tuesday.

Ben Hooper
LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A Missouri family said their homeowners association is threatening them with jail time after they refused to take down their purple playground equipment.

Ed Adamczyk
ABUJA, Nigeria, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- For the first time, Africa has gone one year without a case of polio, a landmark step in declaring an eradication of the disease.

Annie Martin
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Kim Kardashian responded to critics with a nude pregnancy photo amid continued speculation about her unborn son by husband Kanye West.