Новости за 07.03.2016

PARIS - French energy company EDF said Monday that one of its senior vice presidents has resigned and been replaced. French media reported that Thomas Piquemal quit over concerns about the financing of a new nuclear power plant in southwest England.

BANGALORE, India - Thousands of dead fish washed up on the banks of a polluted lake on Monday in India's southern technology hub of Bangalore.

MOSCOW - The Russian track and field federation said Monday it will investigate new doping-related allegations against Russian coaches.

HELSINKI - Finnish ship turbine and power plant maker Wartsila Corp. says some personnel have manipulated the results of fuel consumption tests conducted on its marine engines.

WOLFSBURG, Germany - Wolfsburg hopes it will not come to regret the two goals it conceded in the final 10 minutes in Gent in the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16 showdown.

BEIJING - Twelve Chinese families with relatives aboard missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 filed a lawsuit in a Beijing court on Monday, one day before the deadline for pursuing litigation against the carrier.

ANKARA, Turkey - Olympic 1,500-meter silver medalist Gamze Bulut of Turkey is under investigation by the International Association of Athletics Federations for a possible doping violation, the fifth runner from the 2012 Olympic final to face drug allegations.

BALTIMORE - The CVS Pharmacy that was destroyed during the riots in Baltimore last April has reopened.

GRAND FORKS, North Dakota - Formal charges are pending against two University of North Dakota football players who were arrested for alleged drug offenses over the weekend.

LONDON - Victoria Pendleton has been given a ride at the prestigious Cheltenham Festival, barely a year after taking up horse racing following her retirement from cycling.

VIENNA - The head of the U.N. nuclear agency suggests that Iran's initial compliance with an atomic deal is only a first step, saying Tehran must continue to honor its commitments in the years ahead.

STOCKHOLM - Former Denmark striker Jon Dahl Tomasson has been named assistant coach for the national team.

LONDON - Kensington Palace has released photos of Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge and their children George and Charlotte on a ski holiday in the French Alps.

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's state-run news agency says security forces have arrested two suspected Islamic State militants and seized plastic explosives and a suicide vest.

STOCKHOLM - Norwegian police and military officials say one person has been killed when a tank collided with a car on a county road during a major military exercise in central Norway.

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia defended on Monday its decision to allow Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, a suspected war criminal, into the country for a summit of Muslim nations.

WASHINGTON - An American company that bills itself as a pioneer in tracking emerging epidemics made a series of costly mistakes during the 2014 Ebola outbreak that swept across West Africa - with employees feuding with fellow responders, contributing to misdiagnosed Ebola cases and repeatedly misreading the trajectory of the virus, an Associated Press investigation has found.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Slovakia's president will ask Prime Minister Robert Fico, whose party got the most votes in the country's parliamentary election, to try to form a new government, he said Monday.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The tiny South Pacific state of the Marshall Islands began legal proceedings Monday against India at the United Nations' highest court, as part of cases against three of the world's nuclear powers aimed at breathing new life into disarmament negotiations.

TOKYO - A Tokyo zoo said Monday it will work on improving the living conditions for its 69-year-old elephant after an animal welfare expert recommended simple additions such as infrared heaters and new toys instead of moving her to a sanctuary.

SEOUL, South Korea - When North Korea makes threats to nuke its enemies, as it has twice over the last several days, outsiders often have one of two reactions: to dismiss it as yet another example of empty propaganda or to panic.

MOSCOW - Russia says it is aiming to step up humanitarian aid to Syria's war-battered people by opening up its military facilities in Syria for international aid cargos.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Jurors could soon decide whether two hotel companies should be held partially responsible for a stalker taking nude videos of sportscaster Erin Andrews and posting them online.

WARSAW, Poland - A candidate for Poland's ruling Law and Justice party has won a Senate seat in a by-election, considered an important show of support for the party that has been criticized abroad for its sweeping constitutional changes.

VALPARAISO, Indiana - Parkview Elementary School kindergartners are getting a lesson in Spanish thanks to legislation that created a Dual Language Immersion pilot program grant.