Новости за 22.03.2016

TERRE HAUTE, Indiana - In assembly-line fashion, the Franklin Elementary fifth-graders carried out their assignments Friday to prepare bags full of food so that hungry children would have something to eat over the weekend.

ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani police officer says at least 17 Hindus have died after consuming illegally-made alcohol during religious celebrations in southern Pakistan.

BRUSSELS - At least one person was killed when two explosions ripped through the departure hall at Brussels airport Tuesday, police said. All flights were canceled, arriving planes were being diverted and Belgium's terror alert level was raised to maximum, officials said.

TOKYO - An armed British ship believed to be carrying enough plutonium to make about 40 atomic bombs has left a port in eastern Japan to transport the shipment to the U.S. for storage.

NEW ORLEANS - A federal court hearing is scheduled for former NFL star Darren Sharper, who has pleaded guilty or no-contest to charges involving the drugging and rape of women in four states.

SANTA CLARITA, California - A 6-year-old girl who spent most of her life with California foster parents was removed from her home under a court order that concluded her Native American blood requires her placement with relatives in Utah.

BRUSSELS - The Latest on explosions at Brussels airport (all times local):

HANOI, Vietnam - A prominent Vietnamese blogger who is a former police officer and the son of a late government minister will be put on trial this week for alleged anti-state postings, his lawyer said Tuesday.

BEIJING - China's Food and Drug Administration has ordered local governments to track the whereabouts of poorly refrigerated and probably ineffective vaccines after police detained a woman thought to have sold nearly $100 million worth of the suspect products nationwide.

WASHINGTON - Big companies are pushing back against proposed federal rules they say would require their medical plans to cover gender transition and other services under the nondiscrimination mandate of President Barack Obama's health care law.

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Gays are a contagion, declares the banner in bold red and black lettering that hangs on the sidewalk of a bustling neighborhood in the Indonesian capital close to embassies, luxury hotels and the homes of some of the country's leaders.

HAVANA - Nudging Cuba toward democracy, President Barack Obama will cast a spotlight on political repression and economic misery here Tuesday when he meets with dissidents and speaks to the Cuban people at the close of a trailblazing trip.

HONG KONG - For decades, Hong Kong thrived as an Asian business hub thanks to its killer combination of Western freedoms, independent courts and closeness to mainland China's booming market. Now political and economic ills from the mainland are eroding that edge.

SAN DIEGO - Denied a seventh straight NCAA Tournament berth, Steve Fisher's San Diego State Aztecs are making the most of a homestand in the NIT.

CHICAGO - Chicago police say four boys have been wounded in a shooting on the city's West Side.

PITTSBURGH - Ben Howland began the millennium by giving the Pittsburgh basketball program an identity. Jamie Dixon turned it into a full-fledged Thing.

STANFORD, California - Stanford ace and projected first-round draft pick Cal Quantrill just hit the one-year mark from his Tommy John elbow surgery and hopes to be facing live hitting within a couple of weeks and perhaps get into games sometime later next month.

LOS ANGELES - The government has been adamant for weeks: FBI investigators need to unlock an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, and Apple Inc. was the only one that could do it.

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar's president-elect on Tuesday proposed an 18-member Cabinet that will include party leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the former dissident who for decades had campaigned for a democratically elected government to replace the country's military junta.

EPHRAIM, Wisconsin - In Wisconsin, a state known for beer brewing and binge drinking, there's a small picturesque tourist village northeast of Green Bay where you can't buy a drop of alcohol.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - Patrick Corbin struck out seven and allowed just an unearned run while pitching into the sixth inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat a Milwaukee Brewers split squad 3-2 on Monday night.

HEMPSTEAD, Texas - A fired Texas trooper is facing arraignment on a misdemeanor perjury charge related to his arrest last summer of Sandra Bland, a black woman who was later found dead in a county jail.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas - The U.S. Supreme Court was considering whether a Texas man who killed a city worker in 2005 should be spared from a lethal injection, as his lawyers argue that a ban on executing mentally impaired prisoners should be extended to him.

PHOENIX - Thanks to Lance Stephenson and the new guy, the Memphis Grizzlies pulled out a win in Phoenix.

ROMULUS, Michigan - Seven decades after their "we can do it" attitude proved invaluable to the Allied victory in World War II, some "Rosie the Riveters" are being honored with a flight to Washington, D.C.