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pear to have subsided, after days of fierce clashes following a police crackdown on a peaceful gathering.
• The private Dogan news agency says on Sunday a few hundred protesters remain at Istanbul's main square, which was the scene of the largest and fiercest anti-government outburst in Turkey in years. The group lit a bonfire and chanted anti-government slogans in an all-night vigil, but shrank as rain set in.
• The demonstrations grew out of anger over a violent police crackdown of a peaceful environmental protest at Istanbul's Taksim Square and spread to other Turkish cities. The government said some 1,000 people were detained during the protests. Hundreds were injured in the clashes.
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• Anne Sullivan was a gifted athlete filled with energy who came out of high school with a focus on being a firefighter. But about a month after graduating from the Houston Fire Department Academy, the 24-year-old was among four firefighters who died while searching for people they thought might be trapped in a blazing Houston motel and restaurant.
• "She had a lot of energy and had her heart set at that," her father, Jack Sullivan, told The Associated Press on Saturday.
• Also killed in the collapse during the Friday afternoon fire at the Southwest Inn were: Capt. Matthew Renaud, 35, who had been with department for 11½ years; Engineer Operator Robert Bebee, 41, who joined the department almost 12 years ago; and Firefighter Robert Garner, 29, who joined the department 2½ years ago.
• The Houston Fire Department said 14 firefighters were taken to the hospital Friday. One remained in critical condition on Saturday and another underwent surgery. The rest were in stable condition and several have been released from the hospital.
• The fire broke out just after noon at a restaurant connected to the Southwest Inn along a busy freeway and quickly spread to the section of the building housing the motel. About 150 firefighters responded and were able to get it under control within about two hours.
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• AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- A Syrian government official says a car bomb has ex

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