Новости за 16.08.2015

Doug G. Ware
NOGALES, Ariz., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Republican Donald Trump on Sunday issued his first position paper -- a written political strategy -- and unsurprisingly, it was immigration-centric.

Fred Lambert
ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The United States and Germany are pulling Patriot missiles out of Turkey, ending a two-year mission to defend against air attacks by the Syrian military.

Fred Lambert
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the United Arab Emirates to discuss the security and economic partnership between the two countries.

Doug G. Ware
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Julian Bond, a legendary civil rights revolutionary and leader of the NAACP, died Saturday after a half century of working toward equality for minority groups.

Andrew V. Pestano
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Vice President Joe Biden attended a ceremony held Saturday in remembrance of the five U.S. servicemen killed in last month's Chattanooga, Tenn., shootings.

Andrew V. Pestano
ISLAMABAD, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The Home Minister of Pakistan's Punjab province and at least 12 others were killed in a suicide attack Sunday by the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militant Islamist group.

Andrew V. Pestano
KOS, Greece, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Dozens of migrants have begun entering a Greek passenger ship as they seek asylum amid a refugee crisis on the island of Kos.

Andrew V. Pestano
DOUMA, Syria, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- At least 80 people died in an airstrike carried out by the Syrian government in the rebel-held city of Douma, about seven miles away from Damascus.

Andrew V. Pestano
JAYAPURA, Indonesia, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A Trigana Air Service ATR 42-300 double-propeller airplane carrying 54 people went missing on Sunday in Papua, Indonesia.

Karen Butler
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Actress Eva Amurri Martino revealed this weekend she has miscarried her second child.

Karen Butler
ANAHEIM, Calif., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Orlando Bloom is to reprise his role as Will Turner in the fifth "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie "Dead Men Tell No Tales."

Karen Butler
ANAHEIM, Calif., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- "Star Wars"-themed districts are to be built at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., and Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla.

Karen Butler
NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- British actor Rupert Friend says he is "fine" after hitting himself in the head with a blank bullet while filming the action movie "Hitman: Agent 47."

Karen Butler
ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Ben Affleck spent his 43rd birthday Saturday with his estranged wife Jennifer Garner and their three kids at Universal Studios Orlando.

By Forrest Lee, The Sports Xchange
LOS ANGELES -- With temperatures soaring in the 90s and the ball carrying, the Los Angeles Dodgers performed a solid rendition of home run derby.

The Sports Xchange
Running back C.J. Spiller of the New Orleans Saints underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee on Friday, but is expected to be back for the regular season, ESPN reported on Saturday.

By Todd Karpovich, The Sports Xchange
OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- While the Baltimore Ravens quarterbacks wear purple numbers that are almost as dark as their black jerseys in training camp, it's not hard to differentiate Joe Flacco from the rest of the group.

The Sports Xchange
Running back Knowshon Moreno apparently has not signed with a team because his knee is not healthy, and he reportedly will not play this season.

The Sports Xchange
The San Diego Chargers signed quarterback Philip Rivers to a four-year extension Saturday that will keep him with the team through 2019.

By Dave Del Grande, The Sports Xchange
SAN FRANCISCO -- Jake Peavy didn't have a great game on the mound Saturday night. But he excelled at the plate.

By Andrew Wagner, the Sports Xchange
KOHLER, Wis. -- Play resumed Saturday morning at the 97th PGA Championship but Tiger Woods won't be moving on to the third round.

By Andrew Wagner, the Sports Xchange
KOHLER, Wis. -- At the midway point of his round Saturday afternoon, Jordan Spieth looked at his scorecard and got a feeling.

By Jerry Beach, The Sports Xchange
NEW YORK -- For the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday night's win was the baseball equivalent of a reading room under construction: A couple bookends with nothing in between.

By Bucky Dent, The Sports Xchange
ST. LOUIS -- John Lackey briefly thought about pleading with manager Mike Matheny for one more chance to finish what he started Saturday night.

By United Press International
On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley, the king of rock 'n' roll, died of heart failure at his home in Memphis at age 42.