Новости за 13.02.2016

LONDON (AP) — Is it possible to discuss an emotive topic like the death penalty with both passion and reason? Steve Coogan hopes so.

MUNICH (AP) — Russia's prime minister accused the West on Saturday of rekindling the Cold War, telling a meeting of top defense officials, diplomats and national leaders that sanctions imposed…

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state TV and an opposition activist group say government forces have captured another village near Aleppo, tightening the noose around rebel-held parts of the northern city.

BERLIN (AP) — The documentary "Fire at Sea," about the Italian island of Lampedusa where thousands of immigrants arrive in Europe, opens as one of two documentaries in competition for the Gold…

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Congo have dismantled a major ivory network, arresting three traffickers in a blow to poaching operations that threaten the survival of the African forest…

VIENNA (AP) — Antonio Piani appears to have beaten the odds stacked against refugees finding work in Europe, but the hotel where he works was set up specifically to employ people like him.

MUNICH (AP) — France's prime minister is warning that the terrorist threat is a long-term one and there will be other major attacks.

MUNICH (AP) — Germany's foreign minister pressed for progress on a year-old peace plan for eastern Ukraine as he met Saturday with senior officials from Russia, Ukraine and France, saying he h…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama hosts Southeast Asian leaders at an unprecedented summit in California starting Monday as he looks to deepen ties with the region's fast-growing econom…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Officials at one Lane County high school are optimistic a recent change in state rules may let them keep the school's long-held Native American mascot name and image after all.

"He's coming to talk tough to us. In Mexico there are a lot of economic and security problems, there is a lot of egoism, and he comes with a message of peace and hope that we need." — Tania Va…

Corvallis played well from the start and rolled to a 71-54 Mid-Willamette Conference win over Dallas.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Lydia Ko took a one-stroke lead into the final round of the New Zealand Women's Open after shooting a 5-under 67 Saturday.

DALLAS — Corvallis High held off Dallas 46-43 in a Mid-Willamette Conference road win.

The Crescent Valley girls swim team is poised to make another run at a district title after the first day of the Mid-Willamette Conference swim meet at Osborn Aquatic Center.

SCIO — Santiam Christian has five wrestlers still alive in the championship brackets of the 3A Special District 2 tournament at Scio High School.

TORONTO (AP) — Klay Thompson believes, even if he knows many don't.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The back nine didn't go according to plan for Phil Mickelson during the second round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, and the par-3 14th hole at Monterey Penins…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two Portland glass companies have agreed to stop the use of a carcinogenic metal at the request of the state environmental agency, the Oregonian reported.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's main high school civics textbook has become a new battleground in a culture war embroiling the country — pitting politicians against educators in a debate over how mu…

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — An elderly woman with dementia in a Lake Oswego assisted-living facility had no idea her only living relative, a niece in Seaside, was stealing $350,000 from her.

There wasn’t anything all that flashy about No. 8 Oregon State’s performance against last-place Colorado on Friday night.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nuns who faced possible eviction from San Francisco's gritty Tenderloin district because of a rent increase have won a reprieve.

PHILOMATH — In last season’s 4A playoffs, North Marion ended Philomath’s dreams of a state championship. Earlier this season, the Huskies handed the Warriors their only loss in Oregon West Con…

DENVER (AP) — The mother of Columbine High School shooter Dylan Klebold says she didn't know anything was wrong with her son before the 1999 attack, and she prayed for his death when she heard…