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Новости за 25.02.2016

Reuters 

FBI came up with olive branch for Apple - lawyer

FBI Director James Comey gave Apple a compromise option in the governments efforts to unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernadino shooters, says Sunny Barkats, founding partner of JSBarkats, PLLC. Bobbi Rebell reports.

Reuters 

U.S. football's Solo, worried about Zika, says may skip Rio Games

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Renowned U.S. football player Hope Solo said Thursday she was unlikely to join her teammates for the Rio Olympic Games without more information about Zika as she hoped to have children and was concerned about the virus' health effects.

Reuters 

Swiss send more documents to U.S. in FIFA corruption probe

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss authorities have sent more documents, including an internal FIFA report on whether bribery helped countries win World Cup hosting rights, to U.S. investigators probing corruption in world soccer, the justice ministry said.

Reuters 

Velon announces deal to screen riders' power data

LONDON (Reuters) - Armchair fans could soon be fed performance data from the world's top riders during races after professional cycling organisation Velon announced a "game-changing" deal for the sport on Thursday.

Reuters 

Swiss send more documents to U.S. in FIFA corruption probe

ZURICH, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Swiss authorities have sent more documents, including an internal FIFA report on whether bribery helped countries win World Cup hosting rights, to U.S. investigators probing corruption in world soccer, the justice ministry said.

Reuters 

Morocco suspends contacts with EU over court ruling on farm trade

RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco said on Thursday it had suspended contact with European Union institutions over a court ruling invalidating their farm trade accord with Rabat and saying it should exclude the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

Reuters 

Finland's Fortum to take control of Polish utility Duon

HELSINKI, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Finnish utility Fortum said on Thursday it would buy a controlling stake in Polish electricity and gas seller Duon following its public tender offer that valued the company at up to 106 million euros ($117 million).

The Post and Courier 

SCISA Playoffs Roundup: Porter-Gaud, Northwood boys advance

SUMTER — The Porter-Gaud and Northwood Academy boys basketball teams earned second-round playoff victories on Wednesday, each advancing to the SCISA Class AAAA state semifinals on Friday night.

Reuters 

Sexwale wants to rebuild "broken" FIFA

FIFA presidential candidate Tokyo Sexwale says soccer's world governing body is a broken house and says he will continue to fight to win Friday's election.

Reuters 

Italy seeks to keep allies in check as Libya wrangles over govt

ROME, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Italy is resisting pressure to allow aircraft and armed drones to stage attacks on Islamic State militants in Libya from its territory, saying on Thursday that direct Western military intervention on the ground there was "unthinkable".

Reuters 

Fairy tale looks at Luisa Beccaria

Designer Luisa Beccaria offers a soft, romantic look for fall womenswear. Rough Cut - no reporter narration.

Reuters 

Fairy tale looks at Luisa Beccaria

Designer Luisa Beccaria offers a soft, romantic look for fall womenswear. Rough Cut - no reporter narration.

Reuters 

Fairy tale looks at Luisa Beccaria

Designer Luisa Beccaria offers a soft, romantic look for fall womenswear. Rough Cut - no reporter narration.

Reuters 

Germany says Facebook's Zuckerberg gets message on hate speech

BERLIN (Reuters) - Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg understands the need to stamp out hate speech on the world's biggest social network, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief of staff said on Thursday after a meeting between the two in Berlin.

Reuters 

Breakingviews: New excuses for failure

Restoration Hardware came up with a novel explanation for poor fiscal fourth-quarter results: the stock market rout. Kate Duguid and Jeff Goldfarb discuss this sadly familiar refrain.