A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest against the pro-Brexit outcome of the UK's June 23 referendum on the European Union in central London Credit: Justin Tallis/AFP Parliamentary authorities have removed around 77,000 allegedly fake signatures from an online petition which calls for a re-run of the Brexit referendum - with hackers taking responsibility for adding thousands of counterfei
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