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  • July 2008

    • 5 Killed in Mongolian Election Riots

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jul 2, 08 4:25 AM CDT

      5 Killed in Mongolian Election Riots

      Five people died and hundreds were injured in rioting yesterday against election results in the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator, reports the BBC. Hordes of angry protesters supporting the opposition party took to the streets yesterday after victory was declared for the ruling party. Its headquarters and other government buildings were torched as thousands of stone-throwing rioters battled police. More »

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      election  • riots  • election fraud  • political demonstrations  • Mongolia

  • June 2008

    • 'Rape' Girl's Death Sparks Chinese Riots

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jun 29, 08 6:48 AM CDT

      'Rape' Girl's Death Sparks Chinese Riots

      Furious Chinese mobs claiming authorities are covering up the murder of a teenage girl yesterday stormed government buildings in southwest China. Several thousand people set fire to county and party buildings and police stations in Wengan county in Guizhou, the BBC reports. Authorities have ruled the death of the girl a suicide. But rioters charge she was raped and murdered by the son of a government official. More »

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      China  • rape  • riots  • Chinese  • cover up

  • May 2008

    • Tutu Pleads for End to Immigrant Attacks

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 20, 08 5:03 AM CDT

      Tutu Pleads for End to Immigrant Attacks

      Archbishop Desmond Tutu pleaded yesterday with his South African countrymen to end a vicious surge of anti-immigrant violence that has killed at least 22 people, AP reports. Extra police were sent to squatter camps as roaming mobs continued to stab, beat and burn immigrant workers in some of the worst bloodshed the country has seen since apartheid. "The violence is extreme," said a spokesman for Doctors Without Borders. More »

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      immigration  • Africa  • South Africa  • riots  • Desmond Tutu  • Johannesburg

    • 12 Immigrants Killed in Johannesburg Riots

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 19, 08 4:20 AM CDT

      12 Immigrants Killed in Johannesburg Riots

      At least 12 foreigners were shot, stabbed, beaten or burned to death over the weekend in anti-immigrant protests in and around Johannesburg. Thousands of terrified immigrants, many of them Zimbabweans fleeing problems in their own country, are now seeking refuge in churches or police stations, reports the New York Times. Immigrants have become the scapegoat for problems in the nation, rocked by a 23% unemployment rate, soaring food prices and one of the highest crime levels in the world.  More »

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      immigration  • Africa  • riots  • Thabo Mbeki  • Jacob Zuma  • African National Congress  • Johannesburg

    • New Taser Tech Would Electrify Cops' Shields

      newser  |  Wired  |  May 14, 08 6:44 AM CDT

      New Taser Tech Would Electrify Cops' Shields

      Rioters might finally have met their match: Taser International is rolling out a “peel and stick” film to electrify cops' shields—so they won’t even have to fire the gun-shaped original to render troublemakers immobile, Wired reports. The product was unveiled at a showcase that also includes shock-inducing bullets and “area denial” zappers. One blogger, er, welcomes “the day of the electric cop.” More »

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      riots  • Taser

  • April 2008

    • Haitians Protest as Food Prices Soar

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 9, 08 12:46 PM CDT

      Haitians Protest as Food Prices Soar

      Hungry Haitians attacked the presidential palace yesterday, demanding the resignation of President Rene Preval over soaring food prices, Reuters reports. UN peacekeepers fired rubber bullets and tear gas to control the angry mob; a week of protests has killed five people and paralyzed the impoverished capital. “If we are not killed by bullets we'll die of hunger," said one protester. More »

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      protests  • riots  • Haiti  • food riots  • Carribean  • Rene Preval

    • Riots Flare as Kenya Talks Stall

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 9, 08 6:14 AM CDT

      Riots Flare as Kenya Talks Stall

      Riots erupted again in Kenya yesterday as opposition leaders suspended talks with the government over a stalled power-sharing pact, reports the New York Times . Dozens of men in a Nairobi slum lit bonfires and hurled rocks at police, chanting, "No cabinet, no peace!" The violence marked the first major riot since February, when Kenya's president and his main rival agreed to form a government together. More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • riots  • Kenyan elections  • political protest  • East Africa

  • March 2008

    • Mexico's Emo Teens Under Fire

      newser  |  Wired  |  Mar 28, 08 10:58 AM CDT

      Mexico's Emo Teens Under Fire

      An ugly clash of cultures is surfacing in Mexico with so-called emo teenagers being viciously beaten in big cities across the country, Wired reports. In one well-publicized attack north of Mexico City, an 800-strong mob—made up of punk fans and ordinary working-class teens—beat up a handful of long-haired, mascara-wearing teens. Another attack in the capital itself has prompted the police to begin anti-riot patrols. More »

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      Mexico  • teenagers  • Latin America  • riots  • Mexico City  • youth  • Tijuana  • emo

    • Bush Urges China-Tibet Dialogue

      newser  |  BBC  |  Mar 26, 08 10:15 PM CDT

      Bush Urges China-Tibet Dialogue

      President Bush called Chinese President Hu Jintao today and urged Beijing to begin talks with the Dalai Lama, the BBC reports. Bush also pressed for greater access to Tibet for journalists and diplomats, the White House said. China today allowed a small group of foreign reporters into Lhasa for the first time since protests began, but Tibetan monks  disrupted their tour of a temple with chants of "Tibet is not free," the AP notes. More »

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      George W. Bush  • China  • United States  • Tibet  • Dalai Lama  • riots  • Hu Jintao  • Lhasa  • Tibetans in exile

    • China Slams Pelosi's Support for Tibet

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 23, 08 2:36 PM CDT

      China Slams Pelosi's Support for Tibet

      China’s government hammered House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today over her meeting with the Dalai Lama and subsequent condemnation of China's "oppression" of Tibetan protests that turned to riots, the AP reports. Xinhua, China’s state news agency, said “human rights police” like Pelosi employed “double standards” unfair to China and didn’t “check their facts.” More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Tibet  • protests  • Nancy Pelosi  • human rights  • Dalai Lama  • riots  • Xinhua

    • Kurds Battle Riot Police in Turkey

      newser  |  BBC  |  Mar 22, 08 7:42 PM CDT

      Kurds Battle Riot Police in Turkey

      Thousands of Kurds battled police with rocks and fires in Turkish cities today, the BBC reports. Dozens were injured, including almost 40 demonstrators and 15 officers, as cops arrested more than 130 people. One policeman and three protesters are in intensive care. Sparked by Turkey's strikes on Kurdish rebels in Northern Iraq last month, the clashes erupted during Kurdish spring festivals. More »

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      Turkey  • riots  • Kurdistan  • PKK  • protesters  • Kurdish rebels  • Turkish military

    • China Admits Police Shot Tibetan Protesters

      newser  |  BBC  |  Mar 20, 08 3:06 PM CDT

      China Admits Police Shot Tibetan Protesters

      China admitted today its police opened fire on Tibetan protesters, wounding four in “self-defense,” the BBC reports. The statement from state-run Xinhua news agency is China’s first admission to hurting anyone since protests began last week. Chinese officials say rioters have killed 13; Tibetan activists reported security forces firing on crowds, and say at least 99 have been killed. More »

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      China  • Tibet  • protests  • shooting  • Dalai Lama  • riots  • political demonstrations  • Xinhua  • Tibetans  • activists  • security forces

    • China Clamps Down on Tibetans

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 20, 08 4:33 AM CDT

      China Clamps Down on Tibetans

      The Chinese government has acknowledged for the first time that  rioting has spread from Tibet into neighboring provinces, as it forcefully reasserted control, setting up roadblocks with armed police in areas with large Tibetan populations. In Gansu, hundreds of Tibetans, many on horseback, stormed a government compound, burned the Chinese flag  and hoisted the Tibetan emblem Tuesday.   More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Tibet  • Dalai Lama  • Tibetan independence  • Sichuan province  • riots  • Gansu province

    • China Cracks Down on Tibetan Rioters

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Mar 17, 08 12:29 PM CDT

      China Cracks Down on Tibetan Rioters

      Chinese authorities cracked down on Tibetan rioters today, conducting house-to-house searches in Lhasa ahead of the midnight deadline for rioters to turn themselves in. A convoy of four Chinese trucks marched 40 handcuffed prisoners through the city. The participants in the riots, the worst the region has seen in 20 years, have been promised possible clemency if they surrender voluntarily, reports the Times of London. More »

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      China  • Tibet  • Dalai Lama  • Beijing  • riots  • Lhasa

    • Riots Spread Outside Tibet

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 16, 08 12:07 PM CDT

      Riots Spread Outside Tibet

      Following violent protests against Chinese rule that left 80 dead in Lhasa, according to the exiled Tibetan government, rioting flared today in a province bordering Tibet. Ethnic Tibetans in Sichuan besieged the main government building and set fire to a police station and marketplace. "They've gone crazy," one police officer told Reuters. Police have shot at least seven protesters to death, Tibetan sources say; Beijing disputes the figure. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Tibet  • Dalai Lama  • Sichuan province  • riots  • Lhasa

  • February 2008

    • US Rips Serbian 'Thugs' in Embassy Attack

      newser  |  BBC  |  Feb 22, 08 6:35 AM CST

      US Rips Serbian 'Thugs' in Embassy Attack

      The UN and US have strongly condemned attacks on the American and Croatian embassies in Belgrade during riots that erupted yesterday at a state-sponsored demonstration against Kosovo's independence. "Our embassy was attacked by thugs," said a White House spokeswoman. Rioters torched the embassies and had running battles with police in violence that killed one and injured more than 100. Some local politicians have accused members of the nationalist Serbian government of inciting the attacks, AP reports. More »

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      Serbia  • Kosovo  • riots  • Vojislav Kostunica  • Belgrade  • Belgrade riots

    • French Police Storm Housing Projects

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 18, 08 5:03 AM CST

      French Police Storm Housing Projects

      More than 1,000 French police stormed housing projects in three largely immigrant communities outside of Paris early today and arrested 33 suspects believed linked to riots in November, AP reports. Police sources said two gang leaders in particular organized the street violence that included armed rioters in what they described as a "quasi-military operation." More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • police  • Paris  • immigrant  • riots  • suburbs

    • Sarko Unveils Rescue Plan for the 'Burbs

      newser  |  BBC  |  Feb 8, 08 11:04 AM CST

      Sarko Unveils Rescue Plan for the 'Burbs

      Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled a three-year plan to resurrect the poverty-torn suburbs of France, saying the "very idea of the nation is at stake." The plan calls for a major boost in police officers to crack down on pervasive drug dealers, the BBC reports, along with a bid to create 100,000 new jobs. The suburbs teem with ethnic and racial tension and have seen major riots in recent years. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • riots

  • December 2007

    • Post-Election Rioting Kills 124 in Kenya

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Dec 31, 07 7:23 AM CST

      Post-Election Rioting Kills 124 in Kenya

      At least 124 have died in rioting that escalated across Kenya today in anger over president Mwai Kibaki's  disputed re-election victory. Police fired live ammunition at protesters, who threw stones, wielded machetes and burned cars and buses. Supporters of opposition candidate Ralia Odinga, who led in the vote count until the last minute, say Kibaki rigged the election, and EU election observers also threw doubt on the results, Reuters reports. More »

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      Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • riots

    • Pakistanis Recover After Riots

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Dec 30, 07 6:22 PM CST

      Pakistanis Recover After Riots

      Life limped to normal today in fire-blackened Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city and the site of fierce rioting since last week’s killing of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. After three days of unrest that left at least 40 people dead across Sindh province, residents ventured out of their homes and found buildings burned, vehicles wrecked, and most shops closed, the AP reports. More »

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      Pakistan  • Benazir Bhutto  • riots  • Karachi

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