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Protests hit Brazil's biggest cities, adding to unrest
ReutersSAO PAULO (Reuters) - Small but violent protests in several Brazilian cities this week have added to a sense of growing unrest in Brazil at a time when inflation, crime and President Dilma Rousseff's popularity are all taking a turn for the worse. An...Tags: Dilma Rousseff, Politics, Activism, Brazil, Government
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Turkey's leader agrees to halt park project
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Besieged Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed Friday to freeze construction in a popular Istanbul park after an emergency meeting with antigovernment protesters in Ankara, easing fear of further violence after two...Tags: Politics, Justice and Rights, Activism, Government, European Union
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Turkey's PM Erdogan calls on protesters to leave Istanbul park
ReutersANKARA, June 14 (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called on hundreds of protesters occupying central Istanbul's Gezi Park to leave, saying their message had been received by the government after talks aimed at ending two weeks of...Tags: Turkey
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Istanbul protesters fear what a new day will bring
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- It’s dawn and tea pots bubble above low flames. Faces appear, poking out from tents, with reddened eyes. The first cigarettes of the day are lit, their tips glowing orange. Smartphones glow as people line up in an exhausted haze,...Tags: Human Rights, Abdullah Gul, Nelson Mandela, Politics, Activism
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Defying shutdown, Greece's ERT runs bootleg news online
ReutersBy Renee Maltezou ATHENS, June 13 (Reuters) - Plastered on a studio inside the headquarters of shuttered Greek state broadcaster ERT, a sign proclaims: "The revolution will not be televised." For roughly 600 ERT journalists who found themselves out of a...Tags: Music, Politics, Activism, BBC, Government
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Turkey's Erdogan issues 'last' warning to Istanbul protesters
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday issued what he said was a final warning: The protesters in Gezi Park would be removed within 24 hours, he told a meeting of his Justice and Development Party in the capital,...Tags: Abdullah Gul, Human Rights, Politics, Activism, Turkey
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Protests in Turkey bring a reckoning to Prime Minister Erdogan
ISTANBUL, Turkey — With swagger and grand designs, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rose to power more than a decade ago, heralding a new Islamist-based democracy he envisioned as a model for a Muslim world caught in the grip of...
Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Activism, Religion and Belief, Islam
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Turkey's leader may consider referendum on park development
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkey's leader might consider holding a referendum on plans for development in an Istanbul park that sparked nationwide protests against his government, according to media reports Wednesday. Such a move would mark Prime Minister...
Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Justice and Rights, Activism, Government
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Turkish protesters defy warning, battle police in Taksim Square
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Protesters defying a blunt warning from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan engaged in running battles Tuesday with police who unleashed clouds of tear gas and blasts of water cannons in an effort to end nearly two weeks...
Tags: Politics, Hosni Mubarak, Activism, Islam, Religion and Belief
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EU worried by violence in Turkey, calls for inquiries
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union expressed concern on Wednesday about Turkish government action to clear Istanbul's Taksim Square of protesters overnight, when police fired tear gas into a crowd of thousands. Top EU officials also called on...Tags: France, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Francois Hollande, Riots
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Turkish ruling party orders protesters to leave Istanbul park
ReutersANKARA, June 12 (Reuters) - Turkey's ruling AK Party on Wednesday ordered protesters to leave Istanbul's central Gezi Park immediately and said it would consider holding a referendum on redevelopment plans which sparked almost two weeks of violent...Tags: Ankara (Turkey), Turkey
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Istanbul's Taksim Square quiet after chaotic, violent night
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- A somber mood hangs over Gezi Park. Just 24 hours ago protesters danced to reggae music and studied together for university exams, sharing food and drink, an array of political views represented as demonstrators engaged in lively...
Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Justice and Rights, Activism, Heart Attack
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