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June 02, 2013 | | OCCUPY GEZI More than 900 people have been arrested in over 90 demonstrations in 48 cities across Turkey, while Istanbul had its first morning of calm after two days of violence—although more riots are expected on Sunday. Interior Minister Muammar Guler said that 53 civilians and 26 police officers were injured in the violence, while Istanbul dealt with graffiti, burned cars and buses, and other debris around Taksim Square, where the violence began. The protest began in Gezi Park, across from Taksim Square, on Monday as a peaceful demonstration against Prime Minister Tayyip Recep Erdogan's plans to raze the 600-acre park—the last public green space in the city's downtown—but took a violent turn on Friday as police fired tear gas at the demonstrators and protests spread throughout the country. The Daily Beast's Mike Giglio reports from Istanbul. Plus, see exclusive photos from the scene by Yusuf Sayman. 'LIBERAL GROUP' When it comes to dark money groups, what really separates Crossroads GPS from its liberal counterparts is tens of millions of dollars in FEC-reported political spending, writes Robert Maguire of the Center for Responsive Politics. TRUCE Chinese hackers soon might not be able to read our secrets—at least not so easily. The U.S. and China have reportedly agreed to high-level talks on hacking, which will hopefully set an international standard for cyberspying. The talks will begin in July, although American officials reportedly are not expecting any immediate changes. These talks will be the first attempt to create a diplomatic standard for the issue, which has led to what the head of the National Security Agency to call the "greatest transfer of wealth in history." "We need to get some norms and rules," one senior American official told The New York Times. But China has insisted they, too, are victims of the hackers, making any progress difficult. CIVIL WAR International aid organizations are calling for the Syrian town of Qusayr to be evacuated as the strategic city—which normally has estimated population of 30,000—remained the ground zero of fighting in the country's bloody civil war. At the United Nations, Britain said it had "grave concerns" for the town, although Russia blocked the draft resolution from moving forward. President Bashar al-Assad's forces began an all-out assault two weeks ago on the town, which borders Lebanon. An estimated 1,700 fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah have reportedly joined up with his forces. Activists say that the regime forces have blocked all the exits out of the city to trap the rebels—which has also trapped the civilians. RIP Actress Jean Stapleton, best known for her role as the fiery Edith Bunker on television's All in the Family, died Friday, her family announced. She was 90. Stapleton won three Emmy Awards for her role as the "dingbat" wife of Archie Bunker, although the role ended up becoming the emotional heart of the show—especially when her character grappled with breast cancer, something not discussed on television in those days. Stapleton made her first Broadway appearance in 1953, but she did not become famous until the All in the Family role in 1971. In later years, she returned Broadway as well as several stabs on television again, including a guest stint on Murphy Brown and appeared in the films Michael and You've Got Mail. | | 
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