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Morning Digest: One million march across Brazil in biggest protests yet

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06/21/2013

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One million march across Brazil in biggest protests yet

RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - An estimated 1 million people took to the streets in cities across Brazil on Thursday as the country's biggest protests in two decades intensified despite government concessions meant to quell the demonstrations..

Greek coalition in disarray as small party meets over threat to quit

ATHENS (Reuters) - The Democratic Left party may pull out of Greece's ruling coalition on Friday after talks to resume state television broadcasts collapsed, plunging the nation into fresh turmoil..

Global shares, bonds steady after Fed-driven selloff

LONDON (Reuters) - World shares, bonds and commodities recovered some lost ground on Friday, after a sharp sell-off triggered by the U.S. Federal Reserve's plan to roll back the asset-buying program which sustained markets through the financial crisis..

Gandolfini autopsy confirms heart attack killed 'Sopranos' star: source

ROME (Reuters) - An autopsy on the body of James Gandolfini, star of the U.S. Emmy-winning series "The Sopranos," confirmed on Friday that he died of a heart attack, a hospital source said..

Brilliant James leads Miami to NBA title

MIAMI (Reuters) - LeBron James, his legacy as one of the game's greats now secure, led the Miami Heat to their second straight National Basketball Association (NBA) title on Thursday with a 95-88 win over the San Antonio Spurs..

Dotcom decries 'largest data massacre' after company deletes files

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The founder of the outlawed Megaupload file-sharing site denounced on Thursday "the largest data massacre in the history of the internet", after a European firm wiped out private photos, videos and documents stored on servers used by the site..

With Russian help, Europe prepares to search for life on Mars

PARIS (Reuters) - The European Space Agency signed final contracts with Thales Alenia Space Italy for work on a pair of missions to assess if the planet Mars has or ever had life, officials said at the Paris Airshow this week..

Combative Maine governor sparks firestorm with Vaseline jab

BOWDOINHAM, Maine (Reuters) - Maine's Republican Governor, Paul LePage, touched off a round of criticism on Thursday when he made a vulgar remark about a Democratic state senator..