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After the forced eviction from Gezi park of the Occupy Gezi and Occupy Taksim movement, protesters clashed with members of the riot police in a series of ongoing clashes throughout the night.
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Protesters and police officers spend the night on the barricades in Gezi Park, after incidents in the last days.
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Turkish police try to clear Taksim Square and Gezi Park in Istanbul, but protesters reject the operation and maintain the camp.
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Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla died at the age of 87 years. Jorge Rafael Videla is a former senior commander in the Argentine Army who was the de facto President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981.
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Former Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva met with the Argentinian premier, Cristina Kirchner, to inaugurate the Metroplitan University for Education and jobs (Universidad Metropolitana para la Educación y el Trabajo) in Buenos Aires.
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The newly elected president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, gave a speech in Buenos Aires to crowds of supporters, many waving Venezuelan national flags.
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The British Embassy in Argentina raised the Union flag at half mast in memory of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher whose death was announced in London at the age of 87.
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The young Jorge Bergoglio, now Catholic Pope Francis I, in Buenos Aires with his family. File Photos
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