BEIRUT - A shooting spree by gunmen loyal to a controversial Salafist sheikh in the southern Lebanese town of Sidon left one man dead and several wounded, the army and a security source said. Tuesday's shooting by armed men loyal to Sheikh Ahmed al-Assir, who is...
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ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - A lone, silent vigil by a man in Istanbul inspired copycat protests on Tuesday, as police detained dozens of people across Turkey in an operation linked to three weeks of often violent demonstrations against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. Overnight in Ankara, riot police...
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President warned against being 'on wrong side of history' amid demonstrations about high costs, poor services and World Cup Brazilians gather at the city hall in São Paulo as part of widespread protests about high costs, poor services and spending on the World Cup. Photograph: Sebastiao Moreira/EPA...
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Four coalition soldiers were killed in an attack Tuesday night, the American military said in a statement. While United States officials did not give any details or the nationality of the victims, a spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, e-mailed a statement claiming they...
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Istanbul: A man stood still in Istanbul’s Taksim Square — silent, staring straight ahead, he had not moved for hours. His peaceful action, on the square that police cleared of protesters on Saturday and where the Turkish authorities have banned...
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