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Gallery: The week in photos from around the world

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:59:43 MDT

Gallery: The week in photos from around the world

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 18, 2013 07:59AM MDT

A look back at some of the best news photos of the last week, June 9-15, 2013.

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Police renew sweep through Istanbul square

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:30:35 MDT

Police renew sweep through Istanbul square

By ELENA BECATOROS and SUZAN FRASER The Associated Press

Updated Jun 11, 2013 07:30PM MDT

ISTANBUL • Riot police firing tear gas and water cannons re-entered Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Tuesday night after defiant protesters swarmed back in by the thousands. It was the latest sign that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government may have run out of patience after 12 days of unrest in Turkey’s largest city and beyond. Earlier in the day, he accused the protesters of sullying Turkey’s image, raising the possibility that he had ordered police to show no restraint in clearing Taksim...

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Protest crackdowns test Obama’s ties with Turkish prime minister

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:31:48 MDT

Protest crackdowns test Obama’s ties with Turkish prime minister

By JULIE PACE The Associated Press

Updated Jun 11, 2013 08:31PM MDT

Washington • Government crackdowns against protesters in Turkey could test the close ties between President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a strategically important U.S. ally in a tumultuous region. The demonstrations in Turkey, now in their second week, cropped up after Erdogan’s visit to the White House last month, which highlighted a variety of issues on which the U.S. needs Turkey’s help. They include quelling the violence in Syria, stabilizing Iraq and stemmin...

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Turkish prime minister retains support amid protests

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:02:46 MDT

Turkish prime minister retains support amid protests

By Michael Birnbaum The Washington Post

Updated Jun 8, 2013 06:02PM MDT

ISTANBUL » At a bustling coffee shop in a religiously conservative neighborhood of Istanbul, Ali Ermis looked at the anti-government protests sweeping Turkey and wondered why people were complaining. The economy is improving, he said. His wife, who wears a head scarf, is freer to take part in public life than before Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power 10 years ago. And no one likes public drunkenness, he said of efforts to restrict alcohol sales. In refusing to back down to protest...

Recycling woes

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 01:01:05 MDT

Recycling woes

Updated Jun 8, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Our family pays $6 a month for a green-waste garbage can. Wanting to be ecologically minded, we went to the Bountiful dump to purchase mulch made from the waste from the cans. The dump was not selling mulch: “The content of arsenic was too high.” My neighbor went to a local garden club, where she learned about the fertilizing and recycling virtues of turkey litter (the poultry manure mixed with the bedding — wood shavings, rice hulls, etc. — that is scooped up at turkey farms. She applied tur...