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![Protesters carry a wounded person inside Divan Hotel near Gezi Park in Istanbul June 15, 2013. [AFP]](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Protesters-carry-a-wounded-person-inside-Divan-Hotel-near-Gezi-Park-in-Istanbul-June-15-2013.-AFP-230x105.jpg "Protesters carry a wounded person inside Divan Hotel near Gezi Park in Istanbul June 15, 2013. [AFP]")
![Members of the Istanbul bid delegation (L-R) Ugur Erdener, Kadir Topbas and Hasan Arat, pose on Jan. 7, 2013 at the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne. [AFP]](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Members-of-the-Istanbul-bid-delegation-L-R-Ugur-Erdener-Kadir-Topbas-and-Hasan-Arat-pose-on-Jan.-7-2013-at-the-headquarters-of-the-International-Olympic-Committee-in-Lausanne.-AFP-230x105.jpg "Members of the Istanbul bid delegation (L-R) Ugur Erdener, Kadir Topbas and Hasan Arat, pose on Jan. 7, 2013 at the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne. [AFP]")
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![Pope Francis addresses people gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, June 9, 2013. [AFP]](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Pope-Francis-addresses-people-gathered-in-St.-Peters-Square-at-the-Vatican-June-9-2013.-AFP-230x105.jpg "Pope Francis addresses people gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, June 9, 2013. [AFP]")
Turkish police break up occupation of Istanbul’s Gezi Park
The protesters had been warned time and again but when the police intervention finally came, it came suddenly, in a haze of acrid tear gas, confused screams and trampled tents. Within minutes, the occupation of Istanbul’s Gezi Park was over. The clouds of white smoke still lingered when dozens of…
Turkey pursues 2020 Olympics bid despite unrest in Istanbul
Istanbul will emerge from its current bloody strife with its credentials as potential hosts of the 2020 Olympics enhanced even further, the city’s bid team insisted on Saturday. The Turkish city is vying with Tokyo and Madrid to stage the Games and presented its case in a 15-minute pitch to…
Graft scandal threatens to implode Czech government
Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas risked the collapse of his shaky centre-right minority coalition Saturday over a massive corruption scandal in which his top aide was indicted for bribery. Leftist rival President Milos Zeman said Saturday it was “rather clear” that Necas must step down, while some politicians in the…
Pope Francis suggests marriage equality is a political ‘fashion’
Pope Francis urged French members of parliament to shun “fashions” in legislation, a day after the pontiff spoke out against gay marriage. “Your role… consists in proposing laws, amending them or even repealing them,” the pontiff told a delegation of MPs from France, adding that it is “necessary… to inject…
Saudi women get jail terms for trying to help Canadian woman get divorce
A Saudi court handed two Saudi women 10-month jail sentences on Saturday for seeking to help a Canadian woman who wanted to leave her Saudi husband with their children, human rights activists said. The court also banned Fawzia al-Ayuni and Wajiha al-Huaider from leaving the kingdom for two years, rights…
Transatlantic EgyptAir flight bound for New York diverted to Britain
An EgyptAir flight from Cairo to New York was diverted Saturday to a Scottish airport, where police are attending the scene, a spokesman at the airport told AFP. The spokesman for Glasgow Prestwick Airport could not say why the flight was diverted. “An EgyptAir aircraft, flight number MSR985, was en…
UPDATE: Moderate cleric Hassan Rohani to be Iran’s next president
Update: DUBAI (Reuters) – Moderate cleric Hassan Rohani has won Iran’s presidential election, Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced on state television on Saturday. Najjar said 72 percent of the 50 million eligible Iranians had turned out to vote, and that Rohani had secured just over the 50 percent of the…
Iraq journalists detained for 10 days for ‘stealing’ minister’s notepad
Iraqi press freedom activists on Saturday decried the detention for more than 10 days of two journalists accused of stealing the notebook of the country’s defence minister following a meeting of political leaders. Mohammed Fuad and Afdhal Jumaa are alleged to have stolen Saadun al-Dulaimi’s notepad after the June 1…
Young Turks seek greater liberty, not revolution
By Parisa Hafezi ANKARA (Reuters) – Ask the younger protesters who have taken to Turkey’s streets over the past two weeks what they are fighting for, and the response is simple: “More freedom”. It is an aspiration they might just achieve. Turkey’s worst political unrest in decades has galvanized a…
To avoid ‘foregone revenue,’ largest tar sands producer announces fewer safety checks
Suncor Energy, the largest producer in Canada’s tar sands oil operations, has announced it will require fewer major safety maintenance “shut-down” checks at its Alberta production sites, decreasing the required checks to once every five years, down from its prior four-year schedule. Steve Douglas… …
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