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| Euro 2016 violence spreads to second French city |
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 Several hundred English and Russian fans squared off in Marseille, hurling beer bottles and chairs and drawing volleys of tear gas from riot police who struggled to contain the skirmishes in the narrow streets of the Vieux Port (Old Port). Later, in scenes that could draw sanctions from European soccer's governing body, UEFA, Russian supporters charged their English counterparts inside Marseille's Stade Velodrome moments after the final whistle of their teams' 1-1 draw. England fans were forced to scale fences to escape the charge, while shocking pictures of a father trying to protect his young son while masked Russian fans were kicking and punching retreating fans around him went viral and left fans fuming at the authorities' failure to intervene.
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| Clashes erupt in Marseille ahead of England-Russia match |
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 By Mitch Phillips MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - English and Russian soccer fans hurling bottles and chairs clashed with each other and with French riot police in Marseille on Saturday ahead of their teams' opening Euro 2016 match. There were also scuffles between visiting fans and locals, with some wielding cafe tables as weapons, in a third day of violence in the narrow streets leading off Marseille's Vieux Port (Old Port). Marseille's emergency services said about 10 people were injured during the fracas, including one middle-aged man who was knocked unconscious, and one England supporter had suffered a heart attack.
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| "Voice" singer Christina Grimmie dies after Florida shooting |
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 Christina Grimmie, a rising singing star who gained fame as a YouTube sensation and contestant on television's "The Voice," died after being shot while signing autographs at a concert hall in Orlando, police said on Saturday. Such a tragic loss." Grimmie's own Twitter account still showed a video she posted on Friday asking fans to come out to see her perform.
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| Chad's former leader Habre appeals conviction for atrocities |
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 Chad's former ruler Hissene Habre has appealed against his conviction for crimes against humanity and war crimes, a spokesman for the Special African Chamber that conducted his trial in Senegal said on Saturday. "The lawyer's commission have submitted the paperwork for Habre's appeal," said Marcel Mendy, a spokesman for the Chamber, a tribunal created in 2013 by Senegal and the African Union for human rights crimes committed during Habre's rule. The verdict capped a 16-year battle by victims and rights campaigners to bring the former strong man to justice in Senegal, where he fled after being ousted in a 1990 coup.
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