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ANALYSIS-Italy's Grillo facing showdown as 5-Star mutiny swells
Reuters* Grillo's authoritarian style blamed for local vote flop * Tensions over vote to expel dissident senator * Dismay over move that allowed Berlusconi back into power By James Mackenzie ROME, June 13 (Reuters) - Beppe Grillo, the fiery comic whose...Tags: Government, Politics, Elections, Local Elections, Parliament
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Analysis: Italy's Grillo facing showdown as 5-Star mutiny swells
ReutersROME (Reuters) - Beppe Grillo, the fiery comic whose populist 5-Star Movement stunned Italy by winning a quarter of the votes in February's election, is facing his biggest test since the vote with rebellion brewing among his novice lawmakers. Publicly...Tags: Government, Politics, Elections, Local Elections, Parliament
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Defying shutdown, Greece's ERT runs bootleg news online
ReutersATHENS (Reuters) - Plastered on a studio inside the headquarters of shuttered Greek state broadcaster ERT, a sign proclaims: "The revolution will not be televised." For roughly 600 ERT journalists who found themselves out of a job when the government...Tags: Government, Music, Istanbul (Turkey), BBC, National Government
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Turkish PM Erdogan warns patience will run out with protests
ReutersANKARA, June 9 (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told thousands of cheering supporters on Sunday that his patience had its limits after days of protests, while tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators gathered at a rival rally in... -
Diplomats predict Assad will soon launch campaign to retake Aleppo
McClatchy Foreign StaffAMMAN, Jordan Diplomatic observers in Jordan say they believe Syria is preparing to launch a military offensive to recapture the city of Aleppo, perhaps by as soon as this weekend. The observers, who agreed to discuss their view of Syrian military...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Israel Defense Forces, Bashar Assad, Vladimir Putin, Human Rights
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Istanbul's Taksim Square quiet after chaotic, violent night
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- A somber mood hangs over Gezi Park. Just 24 hours ago protesters danced to reggae music and studied together for university exams, sharing food and drink, an array of political views represented as demonstrators engaged in lively...
Tags: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Istanbul (Turkey), Human Rights, Justice and Rights
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Bulgaria charges ex-interior minister in wiretapping scandal
ReutersSOFIA (Reuters) - A former Bulgarian interior minister was charged with abuse of power on Wednesday in a wiretapping scandal that has damaged the public's trust in politicians. Tsvetan Tsvetanov, a senior politician with the now-opposition GERB party,...Tags: Prosecution, Politics, Elections, Organized Crime, Parliament
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Turkey's leader warns protesters in Istanbul and sends his 'love'
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Tuesday that his tolerance for nationwide street protests was at an end, as riot police clashed with demonstrators who have occupied Istanbul’s Taksim Square for nearly...
Tags: Government, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Politics, Activism, Istanbul (Turkey)
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Police storm Istanbul square, clash with protesters
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkish police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters adorned in gas masks and slinging Molotov cocktails in central Taksim Square early Tuesday. The clashes marked the first major violence in the iconic square since...
Tags: Government, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Politics, Activism, Istanbul (Turkey)
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In North Carolina, political protesters welcome arrest
Raleigh, N.C. — The Rev. Deborah Cayer arrived at the state Legislature building here Monday night wearing a protest button and toting an umbrella. She had tucked her driver's license into her skirt waistband. That was all she carried. She had...Tags: Regional Authority, Jon Stewart, Unemployment Benefits, U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Social Issues
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WRAPUP 2-U.S. reviews security damage from NSA disclosures
Reuters* Booz Allen Hamilton says has fired Snowden * Top Republican calls Snowden "a traitor" * Google and others seek loosening of secrecy on requests * Privacy groups want surveillance programs investigated * Civil liberties group files court challenge...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Vladimir Putin, Tea Party Movement, Boeing Co., Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1800 GMT June 11
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has launched an internal review to assess damage to U.S. national security from last week's leak of top-secret details of National Security Agency surveillance programs, a senior U.S....Tags: Government, Barack Obama, G8, Nelson Mandela, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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