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| Firefighters injured, homes destroyed in new California wildfire | |  (Reuters) - Three firefighters were injured in a central California wildfire that has scorched 5,000 acres (2,023 hectares) of parched and rugged terrain in less than a day, destroying 80 homes and forcing the evacuation of hundreds more, fire officials said on Friday. The so-called Erskine Fire broke out on Thursday at about 4 p.m. PDT (2300 GMT) in the foothills of Kern County, about 42 miles (68 km) northeast of Bakersfield, drawing in hundreds of firefighters to battle the entirely unconfined blaze. "Our firefighters have been engaged in a firefight of epic proportions, trying to save every structure possible," Kern County Fire Department Brian Marshall said at a news conference.
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| Analysis: Brexit shock triggers race to salvage EU | |  By Paul Taylor BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain's shock vote to leave the European Union - the first time a member state has chosen to pull out - sends the post-World War Two unification process that has underpinned peace and prosperity on the continent into reverse. The loss of Europe's second biggest economy and one of its two main military powers triggered a scramble to shore up the remaining 27-nation bloc, amid a rising tide of eurosceptic populism, rather than any radical move towards closer union. Britain's vote plunges the EU into its third major crisis of the decade after the euro zone debt turmoil that began in Greece and last year's influx of a million migrants and refugees.
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| 'Explosive shock' as Britain votes to leave EU, Cameron quits | |  By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has voted to leave the European Union, forcing the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron and dealing the biggest blow to the European project of greater unity since World War Two. Global financial markets plunged on Friday as results from a referendum showed a 52-48 percent victory for the campaign to leave a bloc Britain joined more than 40 years ago. The pound fell as much as 10 percent against the dollar to touch levels last seen in 1985, on fears the decision could hit investment in the world's fifth-largest economy, threaten London's role as a global financial capital and usher in months of political uncertainty.
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| Dutch anti-immigrant party chief urges 'Nexit' referendum for Netherlands | |  By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The Netherlands should hold its own referendum on whether to leave the European Union following Britain's vote in favour of exiting the bloc, the leader of the Dutch anti-immigrant PVV party, Geert Wilders, said on Friday. Wilders' Eurosceptical party is leading opinion polls in the Netherlands, one of the six founder nations of what has become the EU, ahead of a parliamentary election expected next March. "I congratulate the British people for beating the political elite in both London and Brussels and I think we can do the same," Wilders told Reuters in an interview.
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| 'Udta Punjab' exposes plight of women trapped in India's drug trade | |  By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new Bollywood film gives a rare glimpse into the exploitation and enslavement of women in India's drug trade, highlighting how the stigma surrounding women drug users leaves them vulnerable to abuse. 'Udta Punjab' (Flying Punjab), directed by Abhishek Chaubey and released last week, shows how one of India's most prosperous states has been blighted by drug use, with corrupt politicians and police complicit in the trade that largely afflicts young men. Once considered a male-only problem in India, drug addiction is rising among women, who are more likely to be subject to abuse and less likely to seek help, experts say.
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| Boston mob boss 'Whitey' Bulger's possessions to go under gavel | |  By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - A sterling silver skull ring, a library of crime books and dozens of rolls of paper towels seized from the apartment where the FBI caught former Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger will be auctioned this weekend to raise money for his victims. Bulger ruled Boston's underworld for a quarter-century before fleeing the city in 1994 after a corrupt FBI agent tipped him that arrest was imminent. All of the 86-year-old gangster's possessions save the weapons will be shown in Boston on Friday at a preview of a Saturday auction, managed by Gaston & Sheehan.
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| Malaysia PM sacks former deputy from party, still considering cabinet reshuffle | |  Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Friday sacked his former deputy from the ruling party and said he needed more time to think about a cabinet reshuffle. Former deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin was sacked from the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO), along with Mukhriz Mahathir, the son of former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad. Both have been tough critics of Najib, calling for his resignation following allegations of graft and mismanagement at scandal-hit state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad.
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| Russia concerned Brexit driving commodity market volatility - PM Dmitry Medvedev | |  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Britain's vote in favour of leaving the European Union has increased volatility on commodity markets, which concerns Russia, Russian news agencies quoted Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as saying on Friday. Medvedev said the results of the vote were important not only for Britain itself, but would also impact the global economy and the EU. Russia needs to analyse all consequences of Brexit and take actions in the interests of its economy, Medvedev said. (Reporting by Katya Golubkova; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Maria Kiselyova)
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| South African court blocks appeal by Zuma over corruption charges | |  By Tanisha Heiberg PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma failed on Friday in his appeal against a court ruling that corruption charges against him be reinstated, another setback for the leader who has been facing calls for his resignation. The ruling puts further pressure on Zuma after a damning constitutional court judgment against him in March, and comes six weeks before local elections at which the ruling African National Congress faces a strong challenge from opponents seeking to capitalize on what they see as his missteps. The court said Zuma and National Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams, who had appealed the earlier ruling alongside the president, had no grounds to do so.
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| Italy's 5-Star hails Brexit as democracy, wants Italy vote on euro | | | Italy's opposition 5-Star Movement, the country's second-most popular party, described Britain's vote to leave the European Union as a lesson in democracy on Friday and vowed to pursue its own proposal for an Italian referendum on the euro. The anti-establishment party, considered a genuine contender for government at the next general election, believes strongly in direct democracy and wants Italy to hold a "consultative" or non-binding referendum on whether to remain in the euro zone. The party's leaders avoided voicing an opinion on the result of Britain's referendum, which showed a near 52-48 percent split for leaving, but applauded the fact it had been held. |
| Three people killed in shootout in Turkish hospital - media | | | A hospital technician opened fire in a Turkish teaching hospital in the capital Ankara on Friday, killing three people and seriously wounding another, the governor's office said. The gunman, who opened fire in a pharmacy in the complex, was captured by the police, the governor's office said in a statement. |
| Indonesia says coal on hold for Philippines after seven sailors abducted | |  By Kanupriya Kapoor and Manuel Mogato JAKARTA/MANILA (Reuters) - Indonesia said on Friday a halt on coal shipments to the Philippines will remain in place until Manila can secure its waters after seven Indonesian sailors were kidnapped, the latest in a string of abductions. Philippine authorities could not immediately confirm the hostage-taking but said a Filipino woman held since September was freed on Friday by Abu Sayyaf, an Islamist militant group that has amassed tens of millions of dollars from kidnappings for ransom. It was unclear whether the sailors were taken by Abu Sayaff, which has beheaded two Canadian nationals in recent weeks after ransom deadlines passed.
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| Turkey grants immunity to security forces fighting militants | |  Turkey's parliament has granted immunity from prosecution to members of the armed forces conducting counter-terrorism operations as security forces battle Kurdish militants in fighting that has killed thousands in the past year. The law, passed late on Thursday, gives expansive powers to the military as it tries to stamp out an insurgency by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) after last year's collapse of a two-year ceasefire. Before becoming president in 2014, Tayyip Erdogan spent much of his rule as prime minister building up civilian oversight of the military.
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| Factbox: The consequences of the Brexit referendum | |  Britain is expected to submit an application to leave the European Union following Thursday's referendum, after which it would have two years to negotiate an exit. Below are possible consequences for Britain and the EU of a Brexit. ECONOMY Britain would no longer be subject to EU budget rules, which limit a government's budget deficit to 3 percent of gross domestic product and public debt to 60 percent of GDP.
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