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5 Killed in Mongolian
Election Riots

Protesters clash with police, burn government buildings

Jul 2, 08 4:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Mongolia • riots • election fraud • election • political demonstrations

'Rape' Girl's Death Sparks Chinese Riots

Family charges teen 'suicide' was killed
by official's son

Jun 29, 08 6:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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China • rape • Chinese • riots • cover up

S. Africa Deploys Troops as Immigrant Killings Spike

Anti-foreigner attacks spread across South Africa

May 22, 08 6:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - South African president Thabo Mbeki has summoned troops to help counter a wave of anti-immigrant violence in the country, AFP reports. Mbeki called on soldiers after police requested help quelling mob violence that has claimed 42 lives, officials said. As many as 16,000 people have been displaced by the... More »

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Africa • mob • South Africa • immigrant • Thabo Mbeki • riots • ethnic violence

 Tutu Pleads for End
 to Immigrant Attacks 

Archbishop issues impassioned call for South Africans to end rampage

May 20, 08 5:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 12 Immigrants Killed
 in Johannesburg Riots 

Foreigners blamed for poverty

May 19, 08 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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.... More »

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

New Taser Tech Would Electrify Cops' Shields

'Peel and stick' film can be used without raising a traditional weapon

May 14, 08 6:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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riots • Taser • shields

 Two Shot in Somalia Food Riots 

Thousands protest over inflation and soaring prices

May 5, 08 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Soldiers shot and killed at least two people in Somalia as thousands rioted over inflation and soaring food prices. A recent rash of counterfeiting has led some merchants to only accept US dollars, instead of local shillings, the BBC reports. In response, angry Somalis threw rocks and burned tires, shouting,... More »

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Somalia • inflation • hunger • riots • food riots • hyper-inflation

China Sends 30 to Prison in Mass Tibet Trials

Trial condemned as 'rubber stamp,' by human rights groups

Apr 30, 08 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Chinese court sentenced 30 people yesterday, including six monks, for taking part in the March protest riots in Tibet, the New York Times reports. The sentences ranged from three years to life in prison. Human Rights Watch watch said the trials were secret and defendants weren’t allowed... More »

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China • Tibet • Dalai Lama • riots • Human Rights Watch • Tibetan monks

 Haitians Protest as
 Food Prices Soar 

Capital shuts down as mob tries to storm presidential palace

Apr 9, 08 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Haiti • protests • Caribbean • riots • food riots • Rene Preval

 Riots Flare as Kenya Talks Stall 

Government and opposition deal falters

Apr 9, 08 6:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Mexico's Emo Teens Under Fire 

They're being attacked in the streets by other youth subcultures

Mar 28, 08 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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

Bush Urges China-Tibet Dialogue

Protesting monks disrupt tour of foreign journalists in Lhasa

Mar 26, 08 10:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

China Slams Pelosi's Support for Tibet

House Speaker guilty
of 'double standards,' state says

Mar 23, 08 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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”... More »

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

 Kurds Battle Riot 
 Police in Turkey  

Shouting PKK slogans, Turkish Kurds clash with police

Mar 22, 08 7:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Turkey • Kurdistan • PKK • riots • Kurdish rebels • Turkish military • protesters • Nowruz • Abdullah Ocalan

China Admits Police Shot Tibetan Protesters

State's claim of 13 dead, 4 wounded at odds with exiles' estimate of 99 killed

Mar 20, 08 3:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

China Clamps Down on Tibetans 

Towns 'like armed camps' as Beijing tries to regain control

Mar 20, 08 4:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 China Cracks Down 
 on Tibetan Rioters 

Security forces begin house-by-house searches and arrests in Lhasa

Mar 17, 08 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

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 Riots Spread Outside Tibet 

Protesters torch marketplace, police station in Sichuan province

Mar 16, 08 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

US Rips Serbian 'Thugs' in Embassy Attack

Government officials accused of sanctioning deadly violence

Feb 22, 08 6:35 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

French Police Storm Housing Projects

1,000 cops bust 33 for riots in raid on immigrant communities

Feb 18, 08 5:03 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

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