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| In sour concession speech, Peru's Fujimori vows to lead opposition | | Saturday, June 11, 2016 12:41 AM | |
|  By Mitra Taj LIMA (Reuters) - Keiko Fujimori conceded defeat on Friday to Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in Peru's tightest presidential election in decades, but she warned that her rightwing populist party would be a force of opposition during his term. Fujimori, the 41-year-old daughter of Peru's jailed ex-authoritarian President Alberto Fujimori, said the centrist former investment banker Kuczynski had only scraped together a narrow victory with the support of "promoters of hate." "We wish much luck to Mr. Kuczynski and his campaign friends who will accordingly be his allies in government," Fujimori said, flanked by the dozens of incoming lawmakers who will give her Popular Force party a solid majority in the next Congress. "The people have tasked Popular Force with being the opposition," Fujimori said.
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| Hosts France get Euro 2016 party started on peaceful Paris night | |  By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Hosts France enjoyed an uplifting start to Euro 2016 as Dimitri Payet's superb last-gasp strike bailed out Les Bleus in a 2-1 victory over a stubborn Romania side at the Stade de France on a peaceful night in the capital on Friday. Starting the month-long tournament amid strikes to protest against a labour law and terror fears seven months after Islamic attacks on Paris killed 130, the national team lightened the mood thanks to Payet's 20-metre drive into the top corner. Didier Deschamps' team seemed to be heading for a gloomy draw but a moment of magic from talismanic West Ham United player Payet left the home fans celebrating a memorable win on a serene Paris evening to get the finals off to a fine start.
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| Ex-Stanford swimmer in sex assault spoke of drugs before college - court | |  By Curtis Skinner SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The former Stanford University swimmer, whose sentence for sexual assault has been widely condemned as too lenient, spoke of drug and alcohol use before entering college, undermining his claims to a judge that he lacked experience with alcohol, court documents showed on Friday. Brock Turner, 20, was sentenced by Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky to six months in county jail after being convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman.
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| Peru's Kuczynski tightens proposed target for fiscal deficit | |  Incoming Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has scratched his proposal to widen the fiscal deficit to 3 percent of gross domestic product after credit rating agencies expressed concern, his pick for finance minister Alfredo Thorne said on Friday. Thorne, who like Kuczynski is a former investment banker and World Bank economist, said the plan is now to run a 2.8-2.9 percent deficit in 2017 before leaving it at 1 percent in 2021. Kuczynski had proposed a 3 percent deficit in 2017-2019, up from the 2.5 percent target for this year, to fund a stimulus spurt and a gradual lowering of sales taxes that his critics said threatened Peru's long-term fiscal standing.
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| U.N. says Israeli move on Palestinian permits may be collective punishment | |  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Israel's cancellation of entry permits for Palestinians following a deadly attack in Tel Aviv may amount to collective punishment, which is banned under international law, the United Nations' top human rights official said on Friday. Israel responded that its actions were "legitimate steps in order to defend its citizens from terrorists". The Israeli military on Thursday revoked permits for 83,000 Palestinians to visit Israel and said it would send hundreds more troops to the occupied West Bank a day after a Palestinian gun attack that killed four Israelis in Tel Aviv.
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| Colombian government and rebels plan joint drug crop eradication | | | By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombia's government and leftist FARC rebels agreed on Friday to a pilot project to replace illicit crops, mainly coca, as part of negotiations aimed at ending Latin America's last and longest guerilla war, which is fuelled in part by drug profits. Colombia is one of the world's biggest producers of cocaine, derived from the coca plant. Under the agreement, the government will provide security for FARC delegates to implement the agreement, as well as funding programmes to help farmers transition to alternative crops. |
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