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Associated Press Gezi park protesters hold hands minutes before clashing with Turkish riot police Saturday in Istanbul.
Riot police end Istanbul park protest
ISTANBUL — Turkish riot police firing tear gas and water cannon took less than half an hour on Saturday to bring to an end an 18-day occupation of an Istanbul park at the center of the strongest ch...
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Hezbollah says it will keep fighting in Syria
BEIRUT — Hezbollah’s leader vowed Friday that his militants would keep fighting in Syria “wherever needed” after the U.S. agreed to arm the rebels in the civil war, setting up a proxy fight between...
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Early vote count in Iran gives Rowhani wide lead
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s reformist-backed presidential candidate surged to a wide lead in early vote counting Saturday, a top official said, suggesting a flurry of late support could have swayed a rac...
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Associated Press Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish prime minister addresses his party members Friday in Ankara, Turkey. Erdogan said he has asked protesters to convince those occupying a park to withdraw.
Turkish leader urges protesters to leave Gezi Park
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s prime minister on Friday urged a small delegation of protesters to persuade hundreds of others occupying an Istanbul park to withdraw. Turkish activists leading a sit-i...
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First flight of Airbus A350 reopens wide-body race
PARIS — Airbus sent a new wide-body plane into the skies Friday that sets the stage for intensifying competition with U.S. rival Boeing - with consequences for jobs, airlines’ investments and the r...
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Gaza suffers drop in foreign aid due to war
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A refugee from Syria recently opened a bakery here, drawing long lines of customers eager to taste meat and cheese pastries with the special flavors of Damascus — a rare bri...
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Associated Press Damaged buildings show the toll of battles between the rebels and Syrian government forces in Aleppo, Syria, on Thursday.
UN says nearly 93,000 killed in Syrian civil war
BEIRUT — Syrians are being killed at an average rate of 5,000 per month, the U.N. said Thursday as it raised the overall death toll in the civil war to nearly 93,000, with civilians bearing the bru...
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More Bangladesh factories are dangerous
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladeshi garment factories are routinely built without consulting engineers. Many are located in commercial or residential buildings not designed to withstand the stress of h...
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Liberals ask: Snub election or take chance?
TEHRAN, Iran — In the end, Iran’s presidential election may be defined by who doesn’t vote. Arguments over whether to boycott Friday’s ballot still boiled over at coffee shops, kitchen tables an...
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Associated Press A musician plays piano under the monument of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the modern Turkey, as protesters gather to listen to his concert and police guard the area at the Taksim Square in Istanbul late Thursday.
Turkish PM meets with protesters
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s prime minister was meeting with anti-government protesters early today, hours after giving them his “final warning” to end their occupation of a central Istanbul park that has b...
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