Новости за 07.11.2015

RABAT, Morocco - Moroccan King Mohammed VI presided over a ceremony in Western Sahara to launch a new development program on Saturday, the second day of his visit to mark the 40th anniversary of the country's annexation of the mineral-rich territory.

MARIANA, Brazil - Searchers used small airplanes and a drone Saturday to look for 19 people confirmed as missing following the burst of two dams inside an iron ore mine, while authorities lowered the official death count to one.

WASHINGTON - Mikhail Lesin, a former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin who helped found the English-language news service Russia Today, was found dead in an upscale Washington hotel room, police and Russian authorities said. He was 57.

ATHENS, Greece - Authorities rescued several hundred migrants from the Aegean Sea off eastern Greek islands in relatively calm waters on Saturday, also reporting the death of a toddler.

MARYSVILLE, Michigan - A 93-year-old Michigan power plant known as "Mighty Marysville" imploded Saturday, with thousands of people in the U.S. and Canada watching its towering smokestacks collapse in a blizzard of noise and dust.

DALLAS - The license plates that were on the limousine carrying President John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated in Dallas have sold at auction for $100,000.

BERLIN - The latest news as tens of thousands of people fleeing war or seeking a better life make their way across Europe. All times local.

TORONTO - Following the Obama administration's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, the oil industry faces the tricky task of making sure the crude oil targeted for the pipeline still gets where it needs to go.

CANTON, Ohio - Authorities say an 8-year-old Ohio girl is dead after she became trapped on the second floor of her burning home.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Haitian authorities found a 4-year-old boy who was kidnapped during the killing of a missionary last month and took at least two suspects into custody, a U.S.-based church group said.

CIUDADELA, Argentina - Yanina Mendoza doesn't seem a natural voter for opposition leader Mauricio Macri, a member of one of Argentina's richest families who is running for president on pro-market credentials.

DENVER - It could take a month to sort the offenders from the victims in a widespread sexting case at a Colorado high school, and then authorities plan to file charges only if "absolutely necessary," a prosecutor said.

BERLIN - Germany's vice chancellor said Saturday he considers a proposal the interior minister made, then shelved, to give many Syrians a restricted asylum status finished - signaling that he doesn't want to set off a new round of political infighting over it.

DAMASCUS, Syria - Islamic State militants on Saturday released 37 Syrian Christians, mostly women, who were among more than 200 people from the Assyrian minority group abducted in February, activists said.

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vermont - The lawyer for a former Vermont teacher of the year who's been fired over unspecified allegations of inappropriate conduct with a student says the dismissal will be appealed.

CHEYENNE, Wyoming - Just back from a trade mission that took him to Japan and India, Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead said he expects ports in the Northwest will eventually allow coal exports from the Powder River Basin to Asia - but he doesn't know when.

AUSTIN, Texas - Authorities provided few details Saturday about the Texas state judge who was shot and wounded in the driveway of her Austin home.

INDIANAPOLIS - Taxpayers still owe $11.2 million to consultants and contractors involved with an abandoned plan to build a new criminal justice center for Marion County.

MADRID - Thousands of people from all over Spain converged on Madrid on Saturday to march against domestic violence.

SINGAPORE - The leaders of China and Taiwan met Saturday for the first time since the formerly bitter Cold War foes split amid civil war 66 years ago, and though no concrete agreement resulted, both hailed the meeting as a sign of a new stability in relations.

SAN FRANCISCO - Now 84, federal appellate court Judge William Canby made the difficult decision a few years ago to mostly stop hearing cases after a 30-year career. He was sharp and healthy, but didn't want to risk mental decline that would lead him to make mistakes, he said.

PORTLAND, Oregon - Eradicated in Oregon over half a century ago, wolves are re-establishing a foothold in the state - but their fragile comeback is deepening a cultural divide over how much protection they need.

LOS ANGELES - Catherine Hardwicke is not bitter.

LONG BEACH, New York - Environmentalists and some residents of coastal communities are fighting a proposed liquefied natural gas transfer point in the waters off New York and New Jersey, saying it could endanger the environment and be a tempting target for terrorists.

CARACAS, Venezuela - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 struck a mountainous area of Venezuela's western Merida state. Authorities say one person was killed when a rockslide hit a car.