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Britain votes to leave EU: Cameron to resign; markets rocked

Britain votes to leave EU: Cameron to resign; markets rocked

LONDON (AP) – Britain voted to leave the European Union after a bitterly divisive referendum campaign, toppling the government Friday, sending global markets plunging and shattering the stability of a project in continental unity designed half a century ago to prevent World War III. The decision launches a yearslong process …

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Colombians cheer deal putting them on verge of peace accord

Colombians cheer deal putting them on verge of peace accord

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – Colombians cried and hugged as the leaders of their government and the country’s biggest rebel group signed a cease-fire and disarmament deal moving their country to the verge of a final peace accord to end decades of fighting. As the agreement was signed in Havana, hundreds …

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