Новости за 13.12.2015

SAO PAULO Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets on Sunday to demand President Dilma Rousseff's ouster in the first nationwide protests since formal impeachment proceedings began against the leftist leader. A congressional committee is considering her impeachment for allegedly violating budget laws to increase spending during her 2014 re-election campaign. But many Brazilians are more upset about a deepening recession and a corruption scandal that has ensnared many in her party.

BANGUI Voters in Central African Republic cast their ballots on Sunday in a constitutional referendum seen as crucial to ending nearly three years of violence, as heavy fighting erupted in the capital amid a call by rebels for the process to be cancelled. The former French colony descended into chaos in early 2013 when mainly Muslim Seleka rebels seized control in the majority Christian nation. Their abuses led to reprisals by Christian anti-balaka militias, sparking inter-religious violence... Читать дальше...

MOSCOW Russia on Sunday warned Turkey to stop staging what it called provocations against its forces in or near Syria after one of its warships fired warning shots at a Turkish vessel in the Aegean to avoid a collision.

BRUSSELS A proposal to give the European Union executive the power to send forces unbidden into member states to defend the common European frontier will face resistance from some countries when it is published this week.

JERUSALEM An Israeli army veteran from the country's Arab minority has joined Islamic State insurgents in Syria, an Israeli security official said on Sunday, confirming a local media report. Israel says dozens of Muslim Arab citizens have illegally travelled to Islamic State's Syrian or Iraqi fiefdoms, raising concerns they might return radicalised and trained to carry out armed attacks at home

PARIS It was an agreement born from a fear of failure, delivered by the smoothness of French diplomacy. Six years earlier, countries had bitterly walked away from global climate talks in Copenhagen without a deal. The decision to reassemble in Paris to try again at getting almost 200 countries to sign a pact on cutting carbon emissions was a gamble: another collapse could the end world’s ability to forge a common approach to dealing with climate change.

PARIS It was an agreement born from a fear of failure, delivered by the smoothness of French diplomacy. Six years earlier, countries had bitterly walked away from global climate talks in Copenhagen without a deal. The decision to reassemble in Paris to try again at getting almost 200 countries to sign a pact on cutting carbon emissions was a gamble: another collapse could the end world’s ability to forge a common approach to dealing with climate change.

WASHINGTON Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump had a new target on Sunday, calling fellow White House contender Ted Cruz "a little bit of a maniac" as the U.S. senator surpassed him in an Iowa poll.Cruz's dogged pursuit of conservative Iowa voters has paid off in the form of a 10-point lead over Trump in the state, which has one of the earliest presidential contests. Unlike the other Republicans in the 2016 White House race, the U.S

ISTANBUL A group of armed men stormed a festival in southern Turkey devoted to the traditional alcoholic drink raki over the weekend, firing shotguns into the air and shouting anti-alcohol slogans, Dogan News Agency reported on Sunday. The Hurriyet newspaper showed footage online of a group of men running through a crowded bazaar in the city of Adana, shouting and firing a gun into the air. Plainclothes police later arrested four suspects for allegedly hitting tables with the long knives used to carve up kebabs, Dogan said. Читать дальше...

DUBAI An Iranian committee is examining potential candidates to be the next Supreme Leader, former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Sunday, breaking a taboo of talking publicly about succession in the Islamic Republic.

RIYADH Saudi Arabians voted 17 women into public office in municipal elections in the conservative Islamic kingdom on Saturday, the first to allow female participation, a state-aligned news site reported on Sunday before all official results were announced.

BEIJING Fosun International is in communication with lenders, investors and ratings agencies as its chairman assists authorities with an investigation, the company's chief executive said on Sunday. Speaking on a conference call, chief executive Liang Xinjun reiterated that Chairman Guo Guanchang was able to take part in major decisions involving the company and that the firm's operations remained normal. He added the company was "not in crisis", and its financial situation was "very healthy"

BEIRUT Intense air and missile strikes on a school district and other areas in insurgent-held Damascus suburbs killed dozens of people on Sunday, including children, a monitoring group and local rescue workers said.

BEIJING An investigation with which Fosun International Chairman Guo Guangchang is assisting authorities is mostly about his personal affairs, the company's president Wang Qunbin said on Sunday without providing further details. Guo is currently in Shanghai, the company's chief executive Liang Xinjun said on the same conference call. Fosun said on Friday that Guo, one of China's best-known entrepreneurs, was assisting authorities with an investigation, a day after local media said the group had... Читать дальше...

MOSCOW A fire swept through a psychiatric clinic in a village in the Voronezh region south of Moscow late on Saturday killing 23 people, Russia's Investigative Committee said on Sunday.

ZURICH Getting and sharing data quickly is the key to tracking down the people behind terrorist attacks, a senior money-laundering expert told a Swiss newspaper, calling for broader official powers that could infringe on traditional civil liberties. Daniel Thelesklaf, chairman of the Council of Europe's MONEYVAL advisory panel on combating money-laundering and terrorism finance, said his group was actively studying how terrorist cells in Europe function and secure funding. "Then we need quick... Читать дальше...

DHAKA World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik Basu said on Sunday Bangladesh's economy was capable of growing by 8 percent a year during the next three to four years. Current growth is 6.5 percent

BEIRUT Air and missile strikes on a school district and other areas in insurgent-held Damascus surburbs killed at least 28 people on Sunday, including two children and a school principal, a group monitoring the Syrian war said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said unidentified war planes hit the town of Douma, 10 miles (15 km) northeast of the capital, and surface-to-surface missiles fired by the Syrian army also hit the surrounding areas, including Eastern Ghouta.

BANGUI Heavy fighting broke out in a Muslim enclave of Central African Republic's capital Bangui on Sunday as voters went to the polls to cast their ballots in a constitutional referendum seen as crucial to restoring stability, witnesses said. Gunfire and the explosions of rocket propelled grenades were heard in the PK5 neighbourhood soon after U.N. peace keepers moved in to protect poll workers and residents who had been prevented from voting

BEIJING Guo Guangchang, one of China's best-known entrepreneurs, is helping police with an investigation that mostly concerns his personal affairs, the president of Guo's investment conglomerate Fosun International said on Sunday. Fosun had confirmed on Friday that Guo, a self-styled student of investor Warren Buffett, was assisting authorities with a probe, a day after local media said the group had lost contact with its billionaire founder.

Under attack for its demolition drive during winter, Railways on Sunday defended removal of 1,200 slum dwellings in West Delhi, saying the action was taken after giving "several notices to the encroachers".

To rousing cheers and tears of relief, envoys from 195 nations approved an accord to stop global warming, offering hope that humanity can avert catastrophic climate change and usher in an energy revolution.

World No.1 Belgium have been rewarded with the most difficult group which forces them to take on Euro 2012 finalists Italy.

Automakers fear an immediate loss of 'hundreds of crores of rupees' due to ban on new diesel vehicles in the national capital, as confusion reigns supreme in the industry over delivery of already-booked inventory.

Akram however said the PCB should not even think about boycotting the World T20 for any reason.