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race riot stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - Chinese President Hu Jintao abandoned plans to attend the G8 summit and returned to China from Italy to deal with growing unrest in Xinjiang after some 160 people were killed in riots there, the Financial Times reports. Troops have flooded into the provincial capital, Urumqi, in a bid to restore... More »

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China • G8 summit • race riot • Hu Jintao • Xinjiang • Uighurs • Urumqi

(Newser) - Thousands of ethnic Han Chinese rioted in the western city of Urumqi today, destroying shops and property belonging to Muslim Uighurs in retaliation for Han deaths over the weekend, the Guardian reports. Police tried to disperse the mob with tear gas, but many rioters remained, throwing rocks at mosques and... More »

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China • race riot • riots • Han Chinese • Xinjiang • Uighurs • Urumqi




 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

 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

Book review

Nixonland Gets 'Excellent' Prez Utterly Wrong

Conrad Black, author of rival bio, scorns hit job, recites strong points

Jun 19, 08 4:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - The biography Nixonland is a hatchet job on an “excellent president,” media mogul Conrad Black (from behind bars) writes in the New York Sun, picking apart author Rick Perlstein’s slights—and reminding of the profound accomplishments of the 37th president. Beyond crediting Nixon with coarsening the political... More »

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Conrad Black • Richard Nixon • race riot • biography • book reviews • welfare • Rick Perlstein • EPA

14 Die in Indian Race Riots

Minority group pushing for affirmative action clashes with police

May 30, 07 4:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - An ethnic minority in Northwest India clashed with police yesterday during a demonstration, leaving 14 people dead. The Army has been called into Rajasthan to restore order, after tens of thousands of Gujjars blocked a key highway and fought with police trying to break up their protest. More »

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India • Gujjars • protests • affirmative action • Rajasthan • nomad • race riot • riots

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