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14 hrs ago | Religion News Service

Sounds of Protest: Les Miserables, Gezi Park, and the Power of Music

In speaking with social activists, there is often a nostalgia for the protest music of the 1960s and 1970s, music that brought together love and protest, a message of revolution and social justice.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

The Asheville Citizen-Times

Turkish protesters remain defiant amid police crackdown

It typically took Cam Stubbs two or three Red Bulls, 6-1/2 hours and some loud music pumping on the... A bulldozer clears construction materials used by protesters to make barricades in Taksim Square in Istanbul on Sunday.

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The Sampson Independent

Sampson men served with litany of drug felonies after traffic stop

Two Sampson County men were arrested on a slew of felony drug charges after a traffic stop by Clinton Police authorities Thursday night yielded heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine, along with various drug paraphernalia and a firearm.

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

The Sampson Independent

Theodore Joyner, 54

The funeral will be Friday, June 14 at 2 p.m. at Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church in Clinton.

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Wed Jun 12, 2013

Religion News Service

Gezi Park is not (just) about what you think

There is something amusing the more you listen to the protestors in Gezi Park and Taksim Square, and the coverage of these protests.

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The Sampson Independent

MLK Community Youth Choir Distinct Voices of Praise holding concert Saturday

The Martin Luther King Community Youth Choir Distinct Voices of Praise will be in concert at First Baptist Church, 900 College St., bringing a new style of gospel music to Sampson County on Saturday, June 15 at 6 p.m. There will be a special guest from Kinston to perform also.

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Tue Jun 11, 2013

Groong

Erdogan's Fateful Moment

ERDOGAN'S FATEFUL MOMENT Mideast Mirror June 10, 2013 Monday Faced with growing domestic challenges Turkey's PM may now have to pursue a more cautious Syrian policy, says Salim Nassar in pan-Arab daily al-Hayat When President Barack Obama wished to address the 325 million inhabitants of the Arab world [in June 2009], he chose Cairo, recalls veteran ... (more)

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Mon Jun 10, 2013

The Sampson Independent

Crimewatch

Bond $5,000; court date was Friday, no disposition of case available. 6/7 - Jerry Thomas Mitchell, 53, 967 Mitchell Loop Road, Roseboro, assault on a female.

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The Charlotte Observer

Turkey premier to meet with Istanbul protesters

Protesters form a human chain to carry watermelons at the Gezi Park of Taksim Square in Istanbul, Monday, June 10, 2013.

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The Robesonian

Paving paradise for parking lot

Anti-government protests in Turkey have produced a social movement like no other.

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Sat Jun 08, 2013

The Charlotte Observer

Egypt's Islamists, opposition closely eye Turkey

In this Sunday, March 17, 2013 file photo an Egyptian activist spray paints a slogan in Arabic that reads "Brotherhood are sheep," next to a logo of the Muslim Brotherhood that reads in Arabic "God is great, thank God, prepare," on the walls of the Brotherhood's headquarters during an anti Muslim Brotherhood protest, in Cairo, Egypt.

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Thu Jun 06, 2013

The Sampson Independent

West joins Chamber team

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Elizabeth West as a new member of the Clinton-Sampson Chamber of Commerce team.

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Wed Jun 05, 2013

Groong

Letters to Editors - 06/4/2013

Dear Groong readers, We bring to your attention the following letters we've received.

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Bloomberg

Turkey's Urban Protesters Blame Erdogan for Narrowing Freedoms

Anti-government demonstrators clashed with police in several Turkish cities overnight and arrest warrants were issued for dozens of people charged with spreading false information on social media about the past week's protests.

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The Sampson Independent

Crimewatch

No bond set ; court date June 11. 6/3 - William Usher, 50, Pope Road, Clinton, unauthorized use of motor vehicle.

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Tue Jun 04, 2013

WBT-AM Charlotte

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The Charlotte Observer

Q&A: A look at the protests sweeping Turkey

A Turkish woman takes a photo of graffittis painted by protesrters that mean " Tayyip, son of bitch, resign.

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Mon Jun 03, 2013

Daily Kos

Briefing by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney: Turkey, Issa and 'paid liar' remark, Holder, IRS

MR. CARNEY: Good Monday, everyone. Thanks for being here. Hope you had a nice weekend, hot as it was.

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Sun Jun 02, 2013

The Asheville Citizen-Times

Anti-government protests spread across Turkey

The 45-year-old is accused of posing as a member of the popular boy band to entice young girls into... Turkish protesters clash with riot police at Istanbul's Taksim Square on Saturday, June 1, 2013.

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Sat Jun 01, 2013

KWWL-TV Waterloo

Turkish police retreat from Istanbul square

Residents in the southeastern Virginia town of Smithfield have mixed reactions to the idea that the maker of their famous cured hams may soon be owned by a Chinese company.

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