Erdogan urges Gezi Park protesters to withdraw
Turkish prime minister urged a small delegation of protesters to persuade hundreds occupying Gezi Park to leave. He pledged to let courts or a referendum decide the fate of the redevelopment plan, delaying tree cutting and a replica barracks until legal rulings. Protesters remained wary as night fell, with demonstrations ongoing and police under scrutiny by the EU.
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Ankara
Turkey
Istanbul Park
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Istanbul
Taksim Solidarity Group
European Parliament
Huseyin Celik
Justice and Development Party
Unemployment claims fall to 334000 as hiring steady in May
U S citizens unemployment benefit applications dropped 12 000 to 334 000 last week the Labor Department said. The four week average slipped 7 250 to 345 250 while May jobs gains totaled 175 000 supporting a resilient economy despite higher taxes. The unemployment rate rose to 7 6 percent as more job seekers counted themselves in.
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Washington
Labor Department
Commerce Department
Jennifer Lee
BMO Capital Markets
Prosecution pushes for smartphone kill switch nationwide
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman leads a coalition of law enforcement and officials from over a dozen states urging smartphone makers to install a kill switch within a year. The plan targets reducing robbery related violence and fights a rising mobile theft epidemic tied to major firms including Apple Samsung Google and Microsoft. Authorities cite 40 percent city robberies tied to phone thefts and press for rapid adoption of anti theft software.
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Eric Schneiderman
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San Francisco
George Gascon
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Apple Inc
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Megan Boken
St. Louis
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Megan
New York City
Isolated case of modified wheat found in Oregon field
USDA says the genetically engineered wheat discovered in Eastern Oregon last month appears isolated to a single field and has not spread. Officials report no evidence of entry into commerce. investigations involve about 200 area growers and testing by Monsanto.
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Agriculture Department
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U.S
USDA
Matt Paul
Monsanto
Japan
Korea
Taiwan
Pacific Northwest
Paul
Oregon State University
Oregon State
John Kitzhaber
Brian Clem
United States
Europe
Asia
Wyoming
Food and Drug Administration
Monsanto Co
Robb Fraley
Fraley
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