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| Thousands protest U.S. bases on Okinawa after Japan woman's murder | |  The protest marked a new low for the United States and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in their relations with the island and threatens plans to move the U.S. Marines Futenma air station to a less populous part of the island. "Japan is part of Japan and when you hurt your little finger the whole body feels pain.
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| Former contestant from Mexico's 'The Voice' dies of gunshot wounds | | | A one-time finalist on the Mexican version of the TV singing competition "The Voice" died on Saturday two days after being shot in Chicago. Alejandro Fuentes, 45, was shot on Thursday after refusing a gunman's order to get out of his car, according to media reports. Fuentes, a finalist in 2011 on "The Voice", owned a studio and school in the city, and had just left his birthday celebration, the reports said. |
| Tension at funerals for Orlando victims with protest, irate driver | |  By Bernie Woodall and Roselle Chen ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Funerals for two of the 49 victims killed in the shooting at a nightclub in Florida were marked by tense scenes on Saturday, as an impatient driver was accused of injuring two law enforcement officers and one burial took place under the watch of anti-gay protesters. Two Osceola County Sheriff's deputies on motorcycles were injured at the funeral procession for Jean Carlos Mendez in Kissimmee, Florida, some 20 miles (32 km) south of Orlando, when a driver cut through the cortege and struck them with her car, according to a statement on the sheriff's Facebook page. The deputies were taken to the hospital, where both were in stable condition, said the sheriff's spokeswoman, Twis Lizasuain.
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| Hong Kong's stateless children lost in translation as refugee claims soar | |  The number of stateless children born to refugees is growing in Hong Kong, where claims from asylum seekers have more than tripled in the last two years, alarming residents and lawmakers. While Europe grapples with an influx of people desperate to escape fighting in Syria, asylum seekers from Asian nations such as Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Vietnam are flocking to Hong Kong, along with a sprinkling from Africa. Hong Kong has approved just 52 of more than 8,000 claims since 2009.
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| Town, mourning murdered lawmaker, urges calm before Britain's EU vote | |  By Paul Sandle BIRSTALL, England (Reuters) - In the town where a British lawmaker was shot and stabbed to death, her family, friends and the people she represented called for an end to the vitriolic campaigning that has marred the debate in the run up to Britain's vote on EU membership. Cox's sister Kim Leadbeater said an outpouring of love in the last 48 hours showed that the "silent majority" of British people shared Cox's belief in fairness and justice. "When Jo would get abuse on Facebook or Twitter we would talk and we would sometimes cry together, but she would still focus on the positive and talk about the silent majority who didn't always shout the loudest but who she knew were in her corner." The killing of Cox, who was elected to parliament just over a year ago, stunned the close-knit Yorkshire community, politicians of all hues and voters across Britain.
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| U.S. advocates see LGBT rights at a watershed after Orlando shooting | |  By Julia Harte and Jonathan Allen ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - In the days following the slayings of 49 people at a gay nightclub, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community pulled together in prayer vigils and benefit drag shows and basked in a broad showing of support many said they had never experienced. For Victor Guanchez, that support was personified in President Barack Obama, who met Thursday with survivors at a sports arena in downtown Orlando. Obama told him it wasn't necessary, that Guanchez was strong and would recover well.
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| Egyptian court hands ex-president Mursi another life sentence | |  Egypt's former president Mohamed Mursi was handed another life sentence on Saturday, after a court found him guilty of espionage and leaking state secrets. Mursi, leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, has already been sentenced in three other cases, including the death penalty for a mass jail break during the 2011 uprising against former president Hosni Mubarak and a life sentence for spying on behalf of Palestinian group Hamas. The court on Saturday also said the death penalty had been approved for six others accused alongside Mursi, including three journalists sentenced in absentia.
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| Belgium charges three men with terrorism offences after overnight raids | |  By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian prosecutors charged three men with terrorism offences on Saturday following overnight raids that took place amid heightened security in Belgium and France due to the Euro 2016 soccer tournament. Three months after Islamist bombers killed 32 people in Brussels, police searched dozens of houses across the country and arrested 12 people the night before Belgium's Euro 2016 game against Ireland. Some media reports said the suspects had planned attacks against fans watching the Euro 2016 games in Brussels, and had possibly been targeting Saturday afternoon's Belgium vs Ireland match.
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