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Turkey on the Warpath against Twitter
Jerusalem :: Israel | 7 days ago
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Terrorists are to blame, foreign media, but none has been as big a source of scorn as Twitter. From the moment the protests began, explains AntiWar.com , Erdogan was lashing Twitter as danger to society for allowing individual protesters to undermine
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Uneasy calm in Turkey protest square
Ankara :: Turkey | 7 days ago
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There is an uneasy calm in central Istanbul after an night of clashes which saw Turkish riot police disperse anti-government demonstrators. The protesters had gathered on Taksim Square after a day of sporadic clashes. Many have regrouped in nearby
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Riot police, Taksim Square activists clash
Ankara :: Turkey | 7 days ago
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Turkish riot police and protesters clashed in Istanbul's Taksim Square Wednesday hours before a promised meeting between the prime minister and protest leaders. The fighting followed a night of violence that included police firing tear gas, water
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Turkish leader set to meet with protesters after day of clashes, chaos
In the yesterday protest people face off with the police on the street of Istanbul. They breathed in tear gas and throw water cannons and they prayed in the protest camps. The protestors has taken over Ghazi Park and not
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Power riots erupt in Punjab towns: Police storm houses to arrest protesters
Faisalābād :: Pakistan | 7 days ago
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A large number of people from villages around Khurrianwala town vented their anger against power outages on Tuesday and attacked a grid station and offices of the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco). They blocked traffic on the Sheikhupura-
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The Gezi Occupation: for a democracy of public spaces
İstanbul :: Turkey | 8 days ago
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Respect has become a new slogan tagged on walls all over the cities, and expressing the need for a return to civility and call for politeness in Turkish public life. Gezi occupation reveals to us all, how public square becomes literally vital for our
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Michael Casey's FX Horizons: This is no emerging market crisis
Cape Town :: South Africa | 8 days ago
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Don't confuse the recent rout in developing countries' currencies with an emerging market crisis. In a period of slowing global growth in which the Federal Reserve is seen reining in its monetary stimulus, most developing world governments are more
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Bulldozers take down protest barricades in Istanbul
Ankara :: Turkey | 8 days ago
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Riot police firing tear gas and water cannons re-entered Istanbul's Taksim Square on Tuesday night after defiant protesters swarmed back in by the thousands. It was the latest sign that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government may have run
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Turkey economy expands, deficit widens
Ankara :: Turkey | 8 days ago
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Turkey's gross domestic product expanded more than expected in the first quarter while the current-account deficit rose in April, according to data released yesterday. The economy grew 3 per cent, compared to a median estimate of 2.3 per cent in a
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Turkey unrest triggers...
Berlin :: Germany | 8 days ago
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Violent protests across several major Turkish cities since the end of May have raised concerns for the safety of the upcoming Mediterranean Games in the country's coastal city of Mersin...Isidoros Kouvelos said in the letter addressed to Ugur Erdener,
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