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  • May 2008

    • S. Africa Deploys Troops as Immigrant Killings Spike

      newser  |  AFP  |  May 22, 08 6:48 AM CDT

      S. Africa Deploys Troops as Immigrant Killings Spike

      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 violence. Locals blame foreigners for high crime rates and taking jobs More »

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

  • April 2008

    • China Sends 30 to Prison in Mass Tibet Trials

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 30, 08 7:43 AM CDT

      China Sends 30 to Prison in Mass Tibet Trials

      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 representation, calling them “political punishment masquerading as a legal process.” More »

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

  • November 2007

    • Italian Soccer Fans Riot After Shooting

      newser  |  BBC  |  Nov 11, 07 7:11 PM CST

      Italian Soccer Fans Riot After Shooting

      The police shooting of an Italian soccer fan sparked riots and police clashes across the country today, the BBC reports. Hundreds in Rome torched a bus, smashed cop cars, and attacked a police barracks. In Milan, one game was stopped when angry fans tried to storm the field; more violence erupted in southern Italy at lower league games. "It was a tragic error," a police chief said of the killing. More »

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      Italy  • protests  • police  • soccer  • Olympic Games  • Rome  • Milan  • riot  • Tuscany

  • August 2007

    • Riots Break Out Near Taj Mahal

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Aug 30, 07 8:09 AM CDT

      Riots Break Out Near Taj Mahal

      Riots broke out in northern India yesterday after four Muslim youths were crushed to death by a truck while participating in a religious festival. Agra, home to the Taj Mahal, was under a curfew after cars were torched, 50 officers were injured by protesters throwing rocks, and one civilian was killed, Bloomberg reports. More »

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      India  • Muslims  • riot  • Taj Mahal

    • Bloody Riots Rock Santiago

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 30, 07 5:17 AM CDT

      Bloody Riots Rock Santiago

      Riots erupted in Santiago, Chile, yesterday in what the Guardian calls a "middle class revolt" against the government of president Michele Bachelet. Burning barricades brought the capital almost to a standstill, riot troops used water cannon and tear gas, and protesters hurled stones. Protesters' demands include greater wage equality and a cap on food and energy prices. More »

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      strike  • Chile  • riot  • Michelle Bachelet  • Santiago  • Augusto Pinochet

  • May 2007

    • Sarkozy Sees Mandate for New France

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  May 7, 07 6:29 AM CDT

      Sarkozy Sees Mandate for New France

      Newly elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared an economic revolution for France and closer friendship with the United States to thousands of jubilant supporters at Paris's Place de La Concorde last night. But there were riots in Bastille and car burnings in the suburbs as disappointed Socialists reacted to the pugnacious right winger's victory. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • election  • French elections  • riot  • French economy

  • April 2007

    • Police Defeat Fans, 11-0

      newser  |  BBC  |  Apr 5, 07 9:13 PM CDT

      Police Defeat Fans, 11-0

      In Rome, a squad of determined Italian riot police prevailed over 11 Manchester United fans, sending them to the hospital. Over 5,000 Man U supporters crowded the stands at Rome's Stadio Olimpico; their team fell to Roma, 2-1, as they themselves lost by a greater margin to the disciplined onslaught of club- and shield-wielding police. More »

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      Italy  • sports  • police  • soccer  • Rome  • Manchester United  • riot  • soccer riots  • Uefa

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