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Turkey's prime minister condemns anti-government protests
ISTANBUL, Turkey —Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned to Turkey on Friday morning in a defiant mood, calling for an end to the anti-government protests that have rocked the nation during the last week. In a speech from atop an open-air...
Tags: Government, Politics, Government Ministers, Istanbul (Turkey), Abdullah Gul
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Red Cross temporarily halts operations in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — The International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday that it has temporarily suspended operations in Afghanistan after an attack this week in the eastern city of Jalalabad in which a security guard was killed and a staff...Tags: First Aid, Polio, American Red Cross, International Organizations, Politics
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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Michigan Avenue, Demonstration, Riots, Turkey
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Syria's Bashar Assad says a peace pact would face a referendum
BEIRUT — Any agreement reached at prospective peace talks on Syria would have to be approved by the Syrian people in a nationwide referendum, President Bashar Assad said in a television interview aired Thursday. A confident Assad said his...Tags: Saudi Arabia, White House, Referenda, Government, Politics
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Syrian forces retake strategic town of Qusair
BEIRUT — The retaking of the strategic Syrian town of Qusair by government forces Wednesday dealt a pivotal setback to rebels who in recent weeks have lost a string of battles to President Bashar Assad and his increasingly aggressive Hezbollah...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, White House, Islam, Rebellions, Skype
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Dozens arrested in Turkey for 'inciting riots' using social media
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkish authorities detained 29 people overnight for “inciting riots” using social networking sites such as Twitter, local media reported on Wednesday. The detentions came in the coastal city of Izmir, where police...Tags: Social Media, Politics, Culture, Activism, Arts and Culture
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Egypt's youths feel disenfranchised after revolution
CAIRO — Egypt's 2011 uprising was often referred to as a youth revolution, but two years after longtime President Hosni Mubarak was forced out of office, many in the younger generation say they feel more politically isolated than ever. The country...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Al Jazeera (tv network), Revolutions, Activism, Islam
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Syria activists look to a grave for evidence against Assad
WASHINGTON — The hunt for proof that Syrian government forces used banned chemical weapons may come down to a rotting corpse exhumed late last month from a makeshift cemetery near Damascus. The grave diggers — a Syrian doctor and several...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, White House, Activism, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Allergies
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Greece is banking on big tourist season to prime the economy
ATHENS — Costas Papanicolaou is stuffing his souvenir shop with extra merchandise and stringing his store entrance with welcome flags from umpteen countries. He's also slashing his prices by as much as 50%, and in a scheme that bears a whiff of...
Tags: Antonis Samaras, Angela Merkel, Russia
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DP Buzz: Citizen input on Facebook "likes"
Editors' Note: "DP Buzz" is an interactive feature of the Daily Press Opinion Page. We email weekly questions on issues and topics affecting Peninsula-area citizens. Each week, subscribers can choose whether to weigh in or not with a short answer. Here is...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Social Media, Government, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Public Employees
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Proliferating scandals expose truth about Obama
Dogged by scandal, and with his press secretary presumably now curled up in the fetal position and breathing into a brown paper bag, it's obvious President Barack Obama is in need. Our president must find his happy place again, away from irritating...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, News Media, White House, Journalism, Benghazi
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Myanmar frees dissidents before leader's U.S. visit
NEW DELHI — Myanmar President Thein Sein released some 20 political prisoners Friday, days before a historic summit with President Obama in Washington early next week, according to officials and prisoner rights groups. The ex-general's...
Tags: Burma, Thein Sein, Activism, Prisons, Civil Rights
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