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June 4, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Second Turkish Protester Killed ISTANBUL/ANKARA, June 4 (Reuters) - Turkey's deputy prime minister sought to mollify tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators on Tuesday by apologising for a police crackdown on a peaceful protest that triggered five days of rioting across the country.  Continue reading... German Troops Sent In To Help Flood-Hit Cities Putin: Russian 'Game-Changer' Missiles Not In Syria Yet American Woman Gang-Raped In India Israeli Army Disciplines Female Soldiers For Racy Photos Record Floods Hit Central Europe, Killing At Least 8 Brutal Police Crackdown Against Protesters Continues In Turkey Cat Caught Smuggling Cell Phones Into Russian Prison Erdogan Says He's 'No Dictator'... But Is He? Record Floods Hit Central Europe, Killing At Least 8 Kung Fu World Champion Confesses To Murder LOOK: Turks Lock Lips To Protest Public Kissing Law HASAN TURUNC Protests in Turkey: The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back Ongoing protests in Turkey represent a popular outburst against gradual encroachment on civil liberties and suppression of dissenting views by the Islamist-rooted government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Continue reading... JAMES DORSEY Taksim Is Not (Yet) Tahrir Comparisons between Taksim and Cairo's Tahrir Square that has come to symbolize the ability of the street to topple a government are tempting. To be sure, there are superficial similarities but these are outstripped by the differences. Continue reading... DESMOND TUTU A Year for Human Rights in China As we approach the 25th anniversary of China's crackdown in Tiananmen Square, world leaders have the opportunity to distinguish themselves from leaders of the past who, for the sake of economic progress or in the name of "national security," have turned a blind eye to atrocities committed by Chinese leaders against their own citizenry. Continue reading... STEPHEN SCHWARTZ Kosovo Revives Its Jewish Heritage Recently, many Muslim countries and Muslim minority communities have fallen back into conflict. In the Balkan republic of Kosovo, with a Muslim majority around 80 percent, a different spirit is visible. Continue reading... HOLLY DAGRES The Erotic Republic of Iran? Not Really Why is it such a surprise that a sexual revolution exists amidst the "Ayatollahs, religious fanaticism, veiled women" in Iran? Did Orientalism get in the way of depicting the people of the Islamic Republic as progressive in the realm of sexuality? Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003