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| Armed man opens fire in German cinema complex, up to 50 hurt - media | | | BERLIN (Reuters) - A masked man with a gun and ammunition belt opened fire in a cinema complex in the small western German town of Viernheim, near Frankfurt, injuring between 20 and 50 people and barricaded himself inside, German media reported on Thursday. Bild daily and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported that elite police were on their way to the scene. The Darmstaedter Echo said 20 to 50 people had been injured. Police were not immediately available to comment. (Writing by Madeline Chambers; Editing by Paul Carrel) |
| Paris protesters march under huge police presence | |  By Ingrid Melander and Brian Love PARIS (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators marched under massive police presence in Paris on Thursday to demand that President Francois Hollande scrap labour reform plans that have sparked months of protests marked by serious violence. CGT leader Martinez accused Prime Minister Manuel Valls of pinning the blame for the escalating disorder on his group.
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| Pistorius says murdered girlfriend would want him to go free - ITV | |  By Pete Vernon JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Oscar Pistorius said that Reeva Steenkamp, the girlfriend he was convicted of murdering on Valentine's Day 2013, would want him to go free, in a television interview due to be broadcast on Friday. The Paralympic athlete, who shot Steenkamp dead through a locked toilet door, told British broadcaster ITV she would want him to dedicate his life to charity, not waste it behind bars. Steenkamp's family have not commented on his decision to give his first television interview since her death - though prosecutors have questioned why he felt unable to give testimony but was willing to talk to journalists, accusing him of showing no remorse.
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| Two England fans still in hospital, police issue witness appeal | | | Two England fans remain in hospital with serious injuries after violent disorder before, during and after their Euro 2016 opening match against Russia in Marseilles, British police chiefs said on Thursday. In a statement appealing for witnesses to attacks carried out by Russian fans, the National Police Chiefs' Council said the violence was the worst seen for many years. While a minority of England fans were involved in trouble in the French city, the worst excesses appear to have been committed by Russian fans, some of whom stormed into an enclosure occupied by England fans inside the Stade Velodrome at the end of the 1-1 draw on June 11. |
| SE Asian Islamic State unit being formed in southern Philippines - officials | | | By Randy Fabi and Manuel Mogato JAKARTA/MANILA (Reuters) - Southeast Asian militants who claim to be fighting for Islamic State in the Middle East have said they have chosen one of the most wanted men in the Philippines to head a regional faction of the ultra-radical group, security officials said on Thursday. The claim was made in a video that was recently posted on social media, possibly last week, a military intelligence official in the Philippines told Reuters. The video is significant, experts say, because it shows that Islamic State supporters are now being asked to stay home and unify under one umbrella group to launch attacks in Southeast Asia, instead of being drawn to the fight in the Middle East. |
| World watches as Britons vote on EU membership after tight campaign | |  By Elizabeth Piper and Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Britons were voting on Thursday on whether to stay in the European Union in a referendum that could change the face of Europe and is being nervously watched by financial markets and politicians across the world. Prime Minister David Cameron, who is for "Remain", called the vote under pressure from the anti-EU wing of his Conservative Party and the surging UK Independence Party (UKIP), hoping to end decades of debate over Britain's ties with Europe. The "Leave" campaign says Britain's economy would benefit from a Brexit.
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| French riot police out in force ahead of protest against jobs reform | | | By Brian Love PARIS (Reuters) - France steeled itself for more clashes between demonstrators and riot police in Paris on Thursday after the government reversed course and authorised a union-led street protest against its labour reform plans. As more than 2,000 police deployed around the capital's Place de la Bastille square to control the march, President Francois Hollande said his government would not back down in pushing for legislation that will make hiring and firing easier. "We will take this bill through to the finish line," Hollande told reporters. |
| Russian weightlifters to appeal IWF ban at CAS - Russian sports minister | |  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Thursday Russian weightlifters would challenge a ban imposed on them by the International Weightlifting Federation at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Russian news agencies reported. The appeal will be filed by the Russian Weightlifting Federation, TASS news agency cited Mutko as saying. (Reporting by Jack Stubbs; Writing by Maria Tsvetkova)
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| Kremlin: detention of state firm's ex-boss is matter for investigators - Ifax | | | MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has not discussed the detention of Yevgeny Dod, the former head of state power generator Rushydro, with the company's current general director, the Kremlin said on Thursday. "This issue is purely under the jurisdiction of investigative bodies," Interfax news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying. (Reporting by Jack Stubbs and Maria Tsvetkova; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov) |
| Bahrain summons senior Shi'ite clerics for questioning - lawyer | |  The clerics were called to a police station west of the capital Manama as an administrative court began hearing a justice ministry petition to dissolve the main opposition Shi'ite Muslim group al-Wefaq following a court order last week. The court adjourned the hearing until September 4 to give al-Wefaq time to prepare its defence, the group's lawyer Abdallah al-Shamlawi said on his Twitter account. The Bahraini government says it is acting against people and groups it accuses of fomenting sectarian tensions and of being linked to non-Arab Iran.
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| Jurors in Led Zeppelin copyright trial to deliberate for 2nd day | |  Jurors in Led Zeppelin's copyright infringement trial were due to begin a second day of deliberations on Thursday to decide whether the English rock band ripped off the opening chords of "Stairway to Heaven" from an American group. The lawsuit was brought in 2014 by Michael Skidmore, a trustee for the estate of the late Spirit guitarist and songwriter Randy Wolfe. It accuses Led Zeppelin of copying the opening riff to "Stairway to Heaven" from Spirit's 1967 instrumental "Taurus." The trial started on June 14, and Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page testified that they were largely unfamiliar with Spirit's music.
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| Interpol launches appeal to catch people smugglers | | | Interpol launched a public appeal on Thursday for help catching people smugglers who make billions of dollars' profit from the flow of migrants to peaceful and prosperous countries from poor and strife-torn homelands. It comes as the European Union, bitterly divided on how to handle its worst migration crisis since World War Two, focuses on stemming the inflow of refugees and migrants after 1.3 million people reached its shores last year. An Interpol study released in May showed people smugglers had made over $5 billion from the wave of migration into southern Europe last year. |
| Turkish nationalist's resignation adds to pressure on veteran leader | |  By Ercan Gurses ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's nationalist opposition leader faced a growing challenge on Thursday after a veteran party member resigned from his parliamentary role, strengthening party dissidents who see his continued leadership as a block to their electoral support. Party rebels blame slipping support for the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on Devlet Bahceli, 68, whom they see as a dour figure unable to tap into nationalist sentiments that have swollen the popularity of President Tayyip Erdogan.
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| Kenyan president signs anti-doping measures into law | |  By Isaack Omulo NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's president signed an anti-doping amendment bill into law on Thursday, after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said Kenyan legislation passed in April needed further changes if the country was to be declared compliant with WADA codes. Kenya, renowned for its distance runners, has faced frequent allegations of doping with about 40 cases reported in the past four years. The International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday that competitors from Russia and Kenya, given their countries' recent history of doping, would have to be screened individually before being allowed to participate in the Rio Games.
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| Democrats wind down gun protest after occupying U.S. House | |  By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives began winding down a "sit in" at the chamber on Thursday, but vowed to renew the fight for more gun control after the gay nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, despite strong Republican opposition. Republicans then retook control of the chamber, forced through several unrelated measures, adjourned the House and announced there would be no more votes until after the July 4 national holiday. The American people, they want us to act, they want us to do something." Gun control is a potent political issue and Americans are on edge after mass shootings in recent years in Connecticut, Colorado, California and elsewhere.
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| Suspected murderer of British lawmaker Jo Cox to face trial in November | |  The man accused of murdering British member of parliament Jo Cox in her electoral district in northern England last week was told on Thursday he will go on trial in November. Thomas Mair, 52, is accused of shooting and stabbing Cox, a 41-year-old mother of two young children, in the street as she arrived for a meeting with residents in the town of Birstall.
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| CAS to consider Russian weightlifting bans on July 6 -R-Sport | | | MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport will hear appeals against doping bans imposed on Russian weightlifters by the International Weightlifting Federation on July 6, R-Sport agency cited Russian weightlifting champion Alexei Lovchev as saying on Thursday. (Reporting by Jack Stubbs; Writing by Maria Tsvetkova) |
| Heroin use at 20-year high in U.S. drug "epidemic", U.N. says | |  By Shadia Nasralla VIENNA (Reuters) - A heroin "epidemic" is gripping the United States, where cheap supply has helped push the number of users to a 20-year high, increasing drug-related deaths, the United Nations said on Thursday. According to the U.N.'s World Drug Report 2016, the number of heroin users in the United States reached around one million in 2014, almost three times as many as in 2003. "There is really a huge epidemic (of) heroin in the U.S.," said Angela Me, the chief researcher for the report which was released on Thursday.
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