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Protesters defiant as Turkey unrest goes into third day
Reuters* Most serious anti-government protests in years * Prime minister calls for immediate end to unrest * More than 900 people arrested in protests across nation * Hundreds injured in days of clashes By Can Sezer and Parisa Hafezi ISTANBUL/ANKARA, June 2...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Political Dissent, Television Industry, Activism, Riots
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Local demonstration supports Turkey protests
A group of demonstrators marched in Chicago yesterday to show support for anti-government protests in Istanbul and other large cities in Turkey. The local protesters marched through Pioneer Court, just north of the Chicago River at Michigan Avenue,...
Tags: Michigan Avenue, Political Dissent, Riots, Turkey, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Forest Whitaker in Talks to Play Martin Luther King Jr. in Paul Greengrass' 'Memphis' (Exclusive)
ReutersMay 31 (TheWrap.com) - With a long awards season on the horizon, Oscar winner Forest Whitaker may be adding another prestige project to his plate, as he's in talks to play Martin Luther King Jr. in writer-director Paul Greengrass' drama "Memphis," an...Tags: FBI, Casey Affleck, Lee Daniels, Sundance Film Festival, The Weinstein Company
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1410 GMT, May 31
ReutersMOSCOW - Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missiles will probably arrive in Syria only after several months, but more Israeli air strikes or the creation of a no-fly zone would speed up delivery, a Russian arms industry source said. - - - - WASHINGTON - Iran'...Tags: Zimbabwe, Wars and Interventions, Moscow (Russia), Robert Mugabe, Politics
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CORRECTED-Turks skip suspected censorship with Internet lifelines
Reuters(Corrects name of VPN to Hotspot Shield, not Hotshot Shield) By Evren Ballim and Paul Sandle ISTANBUL/LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - Turks are turning to encryption software to thwart any ramp up in censorship of the Internet after six days of anti-...Tags: Apple iPhone, Political Dissent, Arab Spring, Turkey, Marketing
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Protests at Obama events continue after arrests
Tribune reporterMore than 100 demonstrators over various subjects waved signs and chanted outside the Chicago Hilton hotel where President Obama will attend a fundraiser tonight, hours after arrests were made there. About half had gathered to express their...Tags: U.S. Congress, International Law, Politics, Deportation, Barack Obama
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Unions protest over potential sale of L.A. Times to Koch brothers
About 300 labor union members and other activists staged a demonstration to protest the potential sale of the Los Angeles Times to the politically conservative Koch brothers. Demonstrators marched outside the downtown L.A. headquarters of Oaktree...
Tags: Interior Policy, Bankruptcy, Employees, Tribune Company, Local Elections
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Egyptian youth movement leader arrested
CAIRO -- Prominent youth activist Ahmed Maher was arrested on Friday as he sought to leave the Cairo international airport, members of his April 6 youth movement said. Maher, who helped lead the revolution that ousted longtime President Hosni Mubarak,...
Tags: Cairo (Egypt), Crimes, Mohamed Morsi, Crime, Law and Justice, Police Arrests
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Thousands in Russia demand new elections, release of prisoners
This post has been corrected. See bottom for details. MOSCOW — In the biggest show of opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin since last May, thousands of demonstrators gathered Monday near the Kremlin to demand an immediate release of...
Tags: Embezzlement, Prisons, Political Dissent, Pakistan, Politics
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Jose Maria Islas Gets A Deportation Delay - Will March In Wednesday's Immigrant Rights Demonstration
Jose Maria Islas, whoseimmigration case has galvanized activists and reformers in Connecticut, will be joining Gov. Dannel Malloy and U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro Wednesday for a major protest march in New Haven. The only reason Islas, an undocumented...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), U.S. Congress, Dannel P. Malloy , U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, International Law
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Sequestration leads to cuts at Martinsburg ATF facility
matthewu@herald-mail.comNearly 100 government contract workers at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Martinsburg facility recently lost their jobs as a result of across-the-board federal budget cuts. The 98 contractors laid off at the end of March...Tags: Interior Policy, Labor Legislation, Employees, Job Layoffs, Personal Weapon Control
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Ind. U trustees meet as protesters march on campus
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Protesters on Indiana University's main campus in Bloomington have marched in support of tuition cuts and other demands while university trustees met on campus. The Herald-Times reports campus police allowed five...Tags: Activism, Politics, Indiana University
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