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 20 Killed in Mexican Prison Riot 

Troops sent in after drug gangs clash inside high-security prison

Mar 5, 09 4:26 AM CST
(Newser) - At least 20 prisoners died yesterday as rival Mexican drug gangs clashed in a prison outside Ciudad Juarez, CNN reports. Hundreds of police and soldiers put down the uprising after two hours. Fighting began as spouses were leaving at the end of conjugal visits, officials said. The high-security prison is... More »

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prison • Mexico • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • riots • Ciudad Juarez




 SF Cop Charged 
 in BART Slaying 

Ex-officer surrendered on suspicion of murder

Jan 14, 09 7:17 AM CST
(Newser) - The transit officer who fatally shot an unarmed man on New Year's Day, sparking San Francisco-area riots, was arrested last night in Nevada on suspicion of murder, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Sources say Johannes Mehserle, 27, had fled California after receiving death threats in the wake of Oscar Grant's... More »

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San Francisco • police • mob • protests • video • race riot • Oakland • Ron Dellums • riots • suspect • Taser • police brutality • shooting • BART • Oscar Grant • Johannes Mehserle

 Cop Victim's 
 Mom Pleads 
 for Calm 

Rioters trash streets in Oakland after officer shoots unarmed man in BART station

Jan 9, 09 2:16 AM CST
(Newser) - The family of a 22-year-old man shot dead by police at an Oakland BART station have appealed for calm following violent protests, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Hundreds of businesses and cars have been trashed and 105 people arrested in disturbances. Prosecutors are considering filing criminal charges against the... More »

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Oakland • Ron Dellums • riots • Taser • BART • Oscar Grant • police shooting • Johannes Mehserle

 SF-Area Riots Erupt Over 
 Fatal Shooting By Cop 

Storefronts, cars destroyed as 200 protesters storm Oakland

Jan 8, 09 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - An angry mob protesting a cop's fatal shooting of an unarmed man stormed Oakland last night, hurling rocks at cars and storefronts, and lighting garbage on fire. About 200 protesters—including a core group of self-proclaimed communists—began peacefully at the subway stop where an officer killed a 22-year-old passenger... More »

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San Francisco • police • mob • protests • race riot • Oakland • riots • police brutality

China Detains
59 in Tibet for 'Spreading Hate'

Activists accused of targeting ethnic Han migrants via music

Dec 25, 08 1:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Chinese police have arrested 59 people in Tibet for downloading and selling banned “reactionary songs” they say fuel ethnic hatred against migrant Han Chinese, the New York Times reports. The detainees are accused of collaborating with the exiled Dalai Lama to fuel unrest in the troubled region. State media... More »

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China • Internet • censorship • Tibet • Dalai Lama • riots • Lhasa • Tibetan monks • detainees • civil unrest

 Greek Protesters Hang 
 Banners on Acropolis 

Students call on Europe to join demonstrations tomorrow

Dec 17, 08 11:29 AM CST
(AP) - Greek protesters hung two giant banners off the Acropolis today, with slogans calling for mass demonstrations across Europe tomorrow and "resistance," after days of violent protests sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager in Athens. A dozen protesters held the pink banners over the walls of... More »

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Europe • police • protests • Greece • riots • student activism • Acropolis

 Athens Dodges 
 Violence Before 
 Fresh Protests 

Students have called for new wave of demonstrations

Dec 15, 08 1:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Athens yesterday enjoyed its first respite from eight days of continuous rioting that has injured 70 and put 400 behind bars—but students have called for a new wave of protests, BBC reports. Cafes were busy and traffic returned to normal just a day after students hurled rocks and molotov... More »

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police • protests • Greece • riots • sit-in • students

 Greek Students 
 Call for New 
 Protests 

Violent face-offs with police continue

Dec 14, 08 6:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Just over a week after the police killing of a 15-year-old boy prompted days of devastating  riots in Greece, students are preparing to launch a new wave of daily protests, CNN reports. Activists will begin with a  sit-in tomorrow in front of Greece’s national police headquarters. Protesters aim to... More »

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police • protests • Greece • riots • sit-in • students

 Cops Egg On Greek 
 Rioters as Strike Fizzles 

Meanwhile, few attend economic protest

Dec 10, 08 8:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Athens police said yesterday that they were pursuing a de-escalation strategy, but the scene that unfolded outside Athens Polytechnic last night didn’t look like de-escalation. As black-clad rioters shouted slogans from behind the university’s fence, police on the other side threw rocks at them, yelling “Come on... More »

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police • Greece • Athens • riots • police brutality • anarchists

 Greek Teen's Funeral 
 Spurs More Riots 

Violence erupts after protest

Dec 9, 08 12:04 PM CST
(Newser) - More violence broke out today in Athens following the funeral of the 15-year-old boy shot by police on Saturday, the New York Times reports. Hundreds gathered for the hour-long funeral, which was ringed by riot police. After the otherwise peaceful ceremony, groups of youths began throwing gasoline bombs and... More »

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protests • Greece • Athens • riots

 Officials Vow 
 Crackdown 
 as Rioters 
 Trash Athens 

Third night of violence across Greece as nation braces for shot teen's funeral

Dec 9, 08 2:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Greek officials vowed to crack down on rioters battling police and tearing up Athens and other major cities in the worst street violence in three decades, the Guardian reports. The rioting was sparked Saturday after police shot to death a teenage boy, and intensified violence is expected today as the... More »

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police • Athens • riots • funeral • shooting • teenager • anarchists • Salonika

 30 Injured as 
 Greek Riots Rage On 

Police see no sign of protests' end

Dec 8, 08 3:08 AM CST
(Newser) - More than 30 people have been injured and streets ripped apart as thousands of protesters torched buildings, smashed windows and battled Greek police in a second day of pitched rioting in downtown Athens and other cities, the Guardian reports. "I've never seen anything like this," said a store... More »

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protests • Greece • unemployment • Athens • riots • police brutality • anarchists

 Youth Continue Violent 
 Riots in Greece 

Two police officers arrested, but unrest spreads

Dec 7, 08 2:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Hurling firebombs, thousands of demonstrators in Greece continued to clash with police during a second day of riots protesting the police killing of a teenager, the BBC reports. Protesters in Athens attacked banks and shops and lobbed rocks at police, who responded with tear gas. Six people were arrested during... More »

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police • Greece • youth • Athens • riots

 Athens Erupts 
 in Riots After 
 Cops Kill Teen 

Worst violence in years spreads to other cities

Dec 7, 08 5:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Riots erupted in Athens and several other Greek cities late last night after police shot dead a teenage boy, reports the BBC. Young rioters, many of them anarchists, battled police, firebombed buildings and cars, and smashed shop windows in Athens, Thessaloniki, Komotini, Ioannina, and Crete. It was the worst street... More »

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police • Greece • Athens • riots • anarchists

 New Clues in 
 '68 Mexico Massacre 

Snipers provoked military into attacking protesters ahead of Olympics

Dec 2, 08 3:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Before there was Tiananmen Square, there was Tlatelolco Plaza. Just 10 days ahead of the 1968 Mexico City Games, army guns fired on a burgeoning movement of student protesters, setting off a government massacre—of anywhere from a handful to 3,000 students—that remains shrouded in mystery to this... More »

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military • Mexico City • Mexico • police • riots • student activism • political protest

 Troops Run Amok 
 in Zimbabwe Capital 

Police, soldiers clash after unpaid troops turn to robbing, looting

Dec 2, 08 7:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Unpaid Zimbabwean soldiers battled riot police on the streets of Harare today, venting their frustration after waiting all day to withdraw money from a bank, the BBC reports. Dozens of troops ran riot before order was restored, robbing moneychangers, looting shops, and encouraging civilians to join them. Some passers-by threw... More »

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Africa • Zimbabwe • soldier • riots • Harare • Cholera

 Thai Riots Rattle 
 Gentle Anteaters 

Zoo officials move sensitive animals away from noise and tear gas

Oct 14, 08 3:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Violent clashes in Bangkok between police and protesters have produced two unlikely refugees—anteaters in the city's Dusit Zoo. Two 4-year-old anteaters who arrived from the US last year have been moved to another zoo where they won't be traumatized by the noise of rioting or tear gas, the BBC... More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • riots • People's Alliance for Democracy • Somchai Wongsawat • civil unrest • anteaters • teargas

 Riots in N. Israeli City Mar Yom Kippur 

Jews set upon Arab for driving his car, igniting violence

Oct 9, 08 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Israeli city of Acre descended into rioting today after a group of Jewish youths attacked an Arab man who was driving on Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement. The young men allegedly shouted anti-Muslim epithets at the driver before several younger Arabs came to his defense. As news... More »

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Israel • Jews • Judaism • riots • Israeli Arabs • Acre • Yom Kippur

 Fired Workers Kill Boss in India 

Workers, invited to negotiate, beat Indian chief of Italian manufacturing firm to death

Sep 23, 08 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - An angry mob of laid-off workers killed their former boss at an Italian manufacturing firm in India yesterday, the Independent reports. Lalit Kishore Choudhary, who oversaw Oerlikon Graziano’s auto-parts business in India, was bludgeoned to death with iron bars as he tried to negotiate with the disgruntled former employees.... More »

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India • Italy • murder • labor • Delhi • manufacturing • riots • Uttar Pradesh

Vatican Blasts Attacks on Christians

Official: India killings underscore spread of 'Christianophobia'

Aug 29, 08 5:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Vatican warned against the spread of "Christianophobia" today following attacks in India that left 13 Christians dead, Reuters reports. Thousands fled their homes this week as mobs rioted in retaliation for the murder of a Hindu leader. The Pope condemned the violence, and Italy's foreign ministry will demand... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • India • Reuters • Vatican • Christians • riots • religious violence • Christians in Iraq

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