Новости за 25.02.2016

ZURICH - The Latest on the FIFA presidential election (all times local):

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodia's tough-talking prime minister said Thursday he has authorized helicopters to fire rockets at smugglers of illegally cut timber.

NEW YORK - Stocks are eking out slight gains in early trading as the market builds on a modest climb from the day before.

NEW YORK - A 25-foot Coast Guard vessel flipped over early Thursday while assisting a 76-foot fishing boat that ran aground in an inlet off New York City, resulting in dramatic rescue efforts but no serious injuries, authorities said.

ROME - Italy's Senate is poised to grant legal recognition to civil unions, as the last holdout in Western Europe takes a step to give some rights to gay couples after a bitter, years-long battle.

FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts - The Massachusetts Secretary of State's office has ruled that police can withhold from the public video of the encounter between officers and disoriented and shirtless New England Patriots' player Chandler Jones.

MOUNT HEALTHY, Ohio - Police in suburban Cincinnati are on the lookout for a bald man they say has been stealing hair growth and memory aid products from stores.

WAVERLY, Virginia - Storms systems brought tornadoes to the East Coast - killing four in Virginia - heavy snow that canceled hundreds of flights in the Midwest and power outages that left hundreds of thousands across several states in the dark.

BERLIN - The Latest on the migrant crisis in Europe (all times local):

BEVERLY HILLS, California - When it came to gaining the trust of the subjects featured in her latest Oscar-nominated documentary, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy had an advantage.

ASBURY PARK, New Jersey - Prosecutors say a New Jersey woman tried to rob an expectant mother of her purse, causing her to miscarry.

KALAMAZOO, Michigan - A lawyer for the family of a man charged in a deadly Michigan shooting rampage tells ABC's "Good Morning America" that he was acting depressed in the days before the shootings, but they know no motive for the killing of six people and injuring of two others.

ROME - Italy coach Jacques Brunel has again been forced to change his injury-hit side ahead of the visit of Scotland on Saturday, with both teams looking for their first win of the Six Nations.

PRAGUE - Czech Justice Minister Robert Pelikan has agreed to extradite an Ivory Coast national to the United States to face weapons charges.

WASHINGTON - Live from Los Angeles, introducing Lady Gaga at the Academy Awards, it's Vice President Joe Biden.

DUBLIN - Politicians are issuing their final appeals for support ahead of Ireland's election Friday, a contest that could produce a hung parliament and weeks of political uncertainty.

TOKYO - The operator of Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant acknowledged Thursday it failed for two months to announce that meltdowns had occurred in the cores of three of the reactors.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Florida Georgia Line and Cam will perform at the 51st annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

BEIRUT - Syrian government troops backed by Russian airstrikes recaptured a town in Aleppo province from Islamic State militants on Thursday in a key advance just two days ahead of a U.S. and Russia-engineered cease-fire that is set to take effect in Syria.

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's president says at least 180 Kenyan soldiers were killed in Somalia in an extremist attack on their base in January by al-Qaida affiliate al-Shabab.

WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. companies for long-lasting manufactured goods advanced in January at the strongest pace in 10 months. Moreover, a key category that tracks business investment surged by the largest amount in 19 months.

RICHFIELD, Minnesota - Best Buy's fourth-quarter revenue slipped in a holiday shopping season that has been rugged for almost all retailers and it offered a conservative outlook to start the year.

LONDON - Some BBC employees were aware of sexual assault complaints against the late entertainer Jimmy Savile but the institution missed opportunities to stop him, an investigation commissioned by the BBC found Thursday.

CAIRO - An Egyptian court convicted four Coptic Christian teenagers for contempt of Islam on Thursday, after they appeared in a video mocking Muslim prayers, sentencing three to five years in prison and referring a fourth, who is under 18, to a juvenile detention facility.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida - Issues surrounding grand jury proceedings are to be discussed at a hearing in the case of a Florida deputy charged with manslaughter in the shooting of a man carrying an air rifle.