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8A Daily News – Wednesday, June 12, 2013 WORLD BRIEFING Turkey's protesters, PM refuse to back down in showdown over Taksim Square ISTANBUL (AP) — Protesters and Turkey's prime minister both refused to back down Tuesday in what could become the final battle for Istanbul's Taksim Square, the symbol of nationwide grievances against his government. Tens of thousands of protesters returned to the square in the evening, in a show of defiance met with tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons, hours after riot police had forced their way past improvised barricades to clear the square of protesters occupying the area for the past 12 days. Hundreds more vowed to continue their sit-in at Taksim's adjacent Gezi Park, despite an order from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for them to leave — an order bolstered by the police show of force. A peaceful demonstration against the park's redevelopment that began more than two weeks ago has morphed into the biggest test of Erdogan's authority in his decade of power. The unrest has spread to 78 cities across the country, with protesters championing their objections to what they say is the prime minister's increasingly authoritarian style and his perceived attempts to impose a religious and conservative lifestyle in a country with secular laws — charges he rejects. GOP senator says phone program goes deeper WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading Republican senator on Tuesday described controversial U.S. spy programs as looking far deeper into Americans' phone records than the Obama administration has been willing to admit, fueling new privacy concerns as Congress sought to defend the surveillance systems. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC., says the U.S. intelligence surveillance of phone records allows analysts to monitor U.S. phone records for a pattern of calls, even if those numbers have no known connection to terrorism. Graham says the National Security Agency then matches phone numbers against known terrorists. Graham helped draft the surveillance law that governs the surveillance program. The office of the director of national intelligence declined to comment. US credits PRISM in foiled NY bomb plot WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration declassified a handful of details Tuesday that credited its PRISM Internet spying program with intercepting a key email that unraveled a 2009 terrorist plot in New York. The details, declassified by the director of national intelligence, were circulated on Capitol Hill as part of government efforts to tamp down criticism of two recently revealed National Security Agency surveillance programs. Najibullah Zazi's foiled plot to bomb the New York subways has become the centerpiece of that effort. It remains the most serious al-Qaida plot inside the United States since the 9/11 terror attacks. In the rush to defend the surveillance programs, however, government officials have changed their stories and misstated key facts of the Zazi plot. And they've left out one important detail: The email that disrupted the plan could easily have been intercepted without PRISM. The debate over the surveillance echoes one from years earlier, over President George W. Bush's warrantless wiretapping and harsh interrogation tactics. Critics said the government had gone too far but the administration said the techniques were lawful and kept America safe. 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Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, one of several who noted pointedly that the 60-vote majority they will demand for passage is hardly assured. Even before the first proposed changes were considered, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a potential 2016 Republican presidential contender, outlined the complicated state of play for a measure that he helped draft as a member of the bipartisan ''Gang of Eight'' and now seeks to alter. With changes to tighten control of the U.S.-Mexican border, he said, about half of the Senate's 46 Republicans are prepared to vote to create the pathway to citizenship that is backed by most or all of the 55 lawmakers aligned with the Democratic majority. At the White House, Obama said repeatedly the current immigration system is broken, for the foreign-born who live in the United State legally and illegally alike. Referring to the 11 million currently in the country unlawfully, he said, ''Yes, they broke the rules; they didn't wait their turn. They shouldn't be let off easy. They shouldn't be allowed to game the system. But at the same time, the vast majority of these individuals aren't looking for any trouble. They're just looking to provide for their families, contribute to their communities. '' scaled one wall, like Xeroxed, stapled handouts for a class. Except that the students in this case were alQaida fighters in Mali. And the manual was a detailed guide, with diagrams and photographs, on how to use a weapon that particularly concerns the United States: A surface-to-air missile capable of taking down a commercial airplane. The 26-page document in Arabic, recovered by The Associated Press in a building that had been occupied by al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb in Timbuktu, strongly suggests the group now possesses the SA-7 surfaceto-air missile, known to the Pentagon as the Grail, according to terrorism specialists. And it confirms that the al-Qaida cell is actively training its fighters to use these weapons, also called manportable air-defense systems, or MANPADS, which likely came from the arms depots of exLibyan strongman Col. Moammar Gadhafi. Santa Monica gunman who killed 5 had bomb-making material as juvenile LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police found bombmaking materials seven years ago in the home of the gunman who killed five people last week in Santa Monica, a school board official said on Tuesday. Police discovered the materials after John Zawahri threatened fellow high school students in 2006, Oscar de la Torre, a member of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified school board, told The Associated Press. The board was briefed by school administrators after police found Zawahri was learning to make explosives by downloading instructions from YouTube, de la Torre said. ''It was some type of devices or materials that would be able to make explosives, and the word 'pipe bombs' was what was referred to,'' he said. ''If it was guns and stuff like that it would have been more serious, but because it was explosives, it wasn't deemed 'Oh my God,' just that this guy had a fascination.'' Zawahri wasn't expelled, de la Torre said, but he never finished classes at Olympic High, a continuation school for students who have academic or disciplinary issues. Al-Qaida training to Morninguse feared surface-to-air after pill headed to missile TIMBUKTU, Mali drugstore (AP) — The photocopies of the manual lay in heaps on the floor, in stacks that WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't look for the morning-after pill to 5th Annual Back to School Project Pancake Breakfast Date: Saturday June 29, 2013 Time 7:00 - 10:00 am Location: Applebee's Restaurant 220 Antelope Blvd. $8.00, Breakfast includes: 3 Pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage or bacon. Choice of juice, coffee or milk. All proceeds will support the Back to School Project's shopping day to purchase new clothing, shoes and backpacks for local children. Tickets at Modern Cleaners or by calling 529-4074 Mail your tax-deductible donation to: Back to School Project c/o Tehama County Ed Foundation P.O. Box 292 Red Bluff, CA. 96080 www.backtoschoolproject.com The teen was described as conscious and breathing during the call, but no other details about her condition or what led to the injuries were given on the call, which lasted approximately a minute. Perry Sanders Jr., a lawyer for her grandmother and guardian, has said Paris is physically fine and receiving appropriate medical treatment. He did not return a phone message seeking comment Tuesday. Day 2 of Zimmerman jury selection, questioning move next to the condoms on drugstore shelves right away — but after a decade-plus fight, it appears it really will happen. Backed into a corner by a series of court rulings, the Obama administration has agreed to let the Plan B One-Step brand of emergency contraception sell over the counter to anyone of any age. There still are a lot of details to be worked out, including whether a federal judge agrees that the government has gone far enough or whether cheaper generics can be sold without restrictions too. But the move does mark a major societal shift in the long battle over women's reproductive rights, and influential doctors' groups welcomed the step Tuesday. ''Allowing unrestricted access to emergency contraception products is a historic step forward in protecting the health of our patients who are sexually active,'' said Dr. Thomas McInerny, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics. ''The science has always been clear: Emergency contraception is a safe, effective tool to prevent unintended pregnancy in adolescents of any reproductive age.'' On the other side, social conservatives argue that the drug's availability undermines parental supervision, and accuse the administration of politicking. Dispatch call describes Paris Jackson's injuries after taking pills LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paramedics were dispatched to Paris Jackson's home on a report that the 15-year-old had taken 20 Motrin pills and cut herself with a kitchen knife, audio of an emergency dispatch released Tuesday shows. The Los Angeles County Fire Department released audio of a call describing the need for paramedics between one of its dispatchers and a sheriff's department dispatcher who was relaying information from the home. Paris is the only daughter of pop superstar Michael Jackson and was hospitalized after the June 5 incident. SANFORD, Florida (AP) — During two days of questioning, prosecutors and George Zimmerman's attorneys were unable to find potential jurors who hadn't heard something about the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by the neighborhood watch volunteer. By the end of the day Tuesday, the attorneys had questioned 14 potential jurors in person, and more than 40 jury candidates had been dismissed after filling out a questionnaire. Zimmerman is pleading not guilty to a seconddegree murder charge that could carry a life sentence if he is convicted. He claims he shot Martin in self-defense. A 44-day delay in Zimmerman's arrest led to protests around the United States. Protesters questioned whether the Sanford Police Department was seriously investigating the case of Martin, a black teen from the Miami area. Zimmerman identifies himself as Hispanic. Judge Debra Nelson has said she will keep the identities of the selected jurors anonymous but she rejected a defense request to sequester the initial jury pool of 500 residents. After reciting details about the case she had heard in the news, Juror ''B-51,'' a white, female retiree, told the attorneys they're going to have a hard time finding jurors who haven't heard about the case and can only hope they find residents who can keep an open mind. ''I haven't lived under a rock for the past year,'' she said. ''It's pretty hard for people not to have gotten some information.'' Juror ''B-65,'' the potential juror with the least knowledge of the case, was a middle-aged black woman who says she learned about it when a prayer was held at her church for the parties involved in the confrontation. She said she no longer owned a television. Juror ''B-35,'' a middle-aged black man who owns vending machines, described protests last year over Martin's shooting as ''saber-rattling.'' 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