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Turkish riot police use tear gas to disperse demonstrators during a protest against the destruction of trees in a park brought about by a pedestrian project, in Taksim Square in central Istanbul May 31, 2013.
REUTERS/Osman Orsal
Turkish riot police use tear gas to disperse demonstrators during a protest against the destruction of trees in a park brought about by a pedestrian project, in Taksim Square in central Istanbul May 31, 2013. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

Turkish police fire tear gas in worst protests in years

ISTANBUL,  (Reuters) – Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon today at demonstrators in central Istanbul, wounding scores of people and prompting rallies in other cities in the fiercest anti-government protests in years.

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BEIRUT – Syrian rebels under siege near the Lebanese border pleaded for help on Thursday against government troops and their Hezbollah allies as a confident President Bashar al-Assad spoke of having new Russian missiles.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Maria das Gracas Foster, president of Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras, pose for photographers at the Petrobras headquarters in Rio de Janeiro May 29, 2013. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

U.S. vice president warns Brazil not to lag on trade

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden encouraged Brazil  yesterday to open its economy further to keep up with free trade trends worldwide as he started a visit aimed at boosting business between the two largest economies in the Americas.

Kenyan girls win landmark rape case against police

NAIROBI, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Kenyan High Court has ordered police to reinvestigate complaints of rape by 11 girls in a landmark case brought by a children’s charity on behalf of more than 240 victims of child rape, some of them as young as three years old.

U.S. accuses currency exchange of laundering $6 bln

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have filed an indictment against the operators of digital currency exchange Liberty Reserve, accusing the Costa Rica-based company of helping criminals around the world launder more than $6 billion in illicit funds linked to everything from child pornography to software for hacking into banks.

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