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- As Syria humanitarian crisis grows, donors are in short supply
- Protests in Turkey bring a reckoning to Prime Minister Erdogan
- Former Mexican official's boasts add fire to corruption probes
- Turkish protesters defy warning, battle police in Taksim Square
| As Syria humanitarian crisis grows, donors are in short supply Posted: 12 Jun 2013 06:30 PM PDT Oxfam and other aid groups have collected a fraction of what they seek. Americans' reluctance reflects the war's complexity and boosts Obama's arm's-length stance. WASHINGTON — Facing a growing humanitarian crisis, Oxfam, the international relief agency, set a goal in January of raising $53 million to aid victims of Syria's brutal civil war. So far, Americans have contributed $150,000.  |
| Protests in Turkey bring a reckoning to Prime Minister Erdogan Posted: 12 Jun 2013 06:26 PM PDT Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Islam-democracy blend may be too restrictive for the secularists, activists and even working-class mothers protesting in Taksim Square. ISTANBUL, Turkey — With swagger and grand designs, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rose to power more than a decade ago, heralding a new Islamist-based democracy he envisioned as a model for a Muslim world caught in the grip of autocrats, kings and despots.  |
| Former Mexican official's boasts add fire to corruption probes Posted: 12 Jun 2013 06:21 PM PDT Andres Granier, ex-governor of Tabasco state, says he was drunk when he bragged that he had a luxury wardrobe of 300 suits and 400 pairs of shoes. MEXICO CITY — It was the kind of big-man boast that would have made Jay-Z or Bo Diddley proud: He owned 300 suits, he said. Four hundred pairs of pants, 1,000 shirts and 400 pairs of shoes. He shopped Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive, "the best of Los Angeles."  |
| Turkish protesters defy warning, battle police in Taksim Square Posted: 11 Jun 2013 08:28 PM PDT Angered by what they see as Prime Minister Erdogan's heavy hand, ousted crowds spill into the streets, adding supporters as they fight to return to the square. ISTANBUL, Turkey — Protesters defying a blunt warning from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan engaged in running battles Tuesday with police who unleashed clouds of tear gas and blasts of water cannons in an effort to end nearly two weeks of protest.  |
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