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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Turkey Protests: Police Crush Barricades In Taksim Square

Turkey Protests: Police Crush Barricades In Taksim Square

By ELENA BECATOROS and SUZAN FRASER 06/11/13 08:57 PM ET EDT AP

ISTANBUL — Riot police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets in day-long clashes that lasted into the early hours Wednesday, overwhelming protesters who have been occupying Istanbul's central Taksim Square and its adjacent Gezi Park in the country's most severe anti-government protests in decades.

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