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Ex-presidential candidate John Edwards speaks outside a federal courthouse after his campaign finance fraud case ended in a mistrial. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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ABC host Robin Roberts, left, speaks with first lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday. Obama discussed a variety of topics, including her new book"American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America." (AP Photo/ABC, Ida Mae Astute)

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On Tuesday, a worker shovels cacao beans as they dry in the sun in San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic. Conservationists are using Dominican cloud forests to establish a sanctuary that blends sustainable agriculture with forest preservation. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

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On Sunday, Nepal's Brahmins and Chhetri society members hold a demonstration in Katmandu, as they demand that states proposed in the new constitution should not be determined on the basis of ethnicity. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

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Doc Watson, the Grammy-award winning folk musician whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world for more than a half-century, died Tuesday. He was 89. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, Catherine Bauknight)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign event at the Veterans Museum & Memorial Center, Monday in San Diego. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Canadian singer Justin Bieber, right, is under investigation for criminal battery after a physical altercationwith a paparazzi photographer Sunday. (AP Photo/Steve Parsons, PA)

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks to reporters on Wednesday. With a recall election looming, a poll released Wednesday showed Walker with a narrow lead over Democratic challenger Tom Barrett. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

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Workers chat while sitting on the scaffolding of a modern commercial building in Beijing on Wednesday. China is rolling out a mini-stimulus to fight its economic slump but is moving cautiously after its massive response to the 2008 global crisis left a painful hangover of inflation and debt. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Queen Elizabeth II kicks off a long weekend of celebrations of her 60-year reign by going to the races. Racegoers celebrate on an open-top bus during Investec Ladies' Day at Epsom Racecourse on Friday. (AP Photo/Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

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Afghans walk by a damaged vehicle that was hit by a roadside bomb east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday. Three government employees were killed by a roadside bomb as they were traveling to work Wednesday morning in the district. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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President Obama speaks at a Jewish American Heritage Month reception at the White House, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Inmates wait in line for lunch in San Pedro Sula Central Corrections Facility in Honduras, on Sunday. Inside one of Honduras' most dangerous and overcrowded prisons, inmates sell everything from iPhones to prostitutes. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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A Liberal Libertario party member offers one dollar for 5 Argentine pesos to protest the lack of freedom, such as the right to freely dispose of their own money, in Buenos Aires, Monday. President Cristina Fernandez is cracking down to keep hard currency from flowing out of Argentina, which needs the dollars to maintain its central bank reserves and pay debts. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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French journalist Romeo Langlois, newly freed by Colombian rebels, gives a thumbs up as he arrives at Paris Roissy airport, Friday. The 35-year-old journalist was accompanying Colombian soldiers on a cocaine-lab destruction mission on April 28 when rebels attacked. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon/Pool)

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The trophy for the 2012 National Spelling Bee sits onstage before the start of the second round, Wednesday, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP/Evan Vucci)

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday. Fearing a financial rupture in Europe, investors around the world fled from risk. In the United States, where concerns about Europe have already wiped out most of this year's gains for stocks, major averages fell more than 1 percent. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Victor Chikelu, a university student from Nigeria, describes a racist attack he suffered on a subway train two years ago in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, on Friday. With a week to go until the Euro 2012 soccer tournament, Ukraine has been rocked by accusations of rampant racism after a British documentary showed thugs violently beating dark-skinned soccer fans during a domestic league match. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

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A woman walks past the Brazilian Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday. Roger Pinto, an opposition senator, took refuge in the embassy and asked Brazil for political asylum. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

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Audrey Tautou and others arrive for the awards ceremony at the 65th international film festival in Cannes, France, on Sunday. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short)

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Jonny and Ali, who both declined to give their last names, comfort each other on Friday where a gunman killed four people and severely wounded another in a cafe the day before, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Currency traders work under a screen indicating the exchange rate of the euro against Japanese yen and the Nikkei 225 index, in Tokyo, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez talks to reporters Thursday during a tour and briefing at a fire base camp near Reserve, N.M. Fire officials said Friday that the massive blaze in the Gila National Forest scorched an additional 39 square miles in the previous day. The fire has burned nearly 217,000 acres in an isolated mountainous area of southwestern New Mexico. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service, Tara Ross)

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The protests take on a festive element as police forces move out of the park and square. Wearing a gas mask, this young man dances to traditional Turkish music in front of Taksim Square’s Ataturk Monument.

In Gezi Park since March 31st, this protester, originally caught off-guard by the Government’s teargas and water cannons, went out and bought a Russian army mask from WWII, preparing for what was to come.

This rambunctious boy seems to be enjoying the chaos. After taking this picture he threw a stone at the already destroyed building in the background.

Forming a line, the police face off directly with protesters in Taksim Square. After a while, they retreated and there was a general cheer – a back-and-forth dance that has been common since the beginning of this protest.

An elderly woman in Gezi Park reads the news. The tent community occupying the park was violently destroyed on June 16th.

Many different groups had set up booths to promote their cause in Taksim Square and Gezi Park. Standing in front of one, this man waves his flag while posing with conviction.

Many home-remedies are used to minimize the effects of tear gas. This woman has put a milky solution on her face, removing her mask after the tear gas dissipated. Before sunrise, the police came again for another round of teargasing.

People capitalize on the uprising -- selling flags, beer, gas masks, sky lanterns and spray paint to name just a few of the popular items.

On Monday morning, June 11, the police execute a strong offensive. Many plain-clothed police officers, like the ones seen here, clash with protesters in the side streets away from the main stand-off in Taksim.

The authorities seem to be most aggressive in the night, pushing protesters away from the square and park. After being teargassed this young woman catches her breath with other protesters on Siraselviler Street.

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