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1 hr ago | Newkerala.com

Pawar leads team to Orissa's riot-hit Kandhamal

Bhubaneswar, Nov 18 : A three-member central government team led by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Tuesday reached Orissa's Kandhamal district to take stock of the situation in the region where at least 38 ...

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

Mon Nov 17, 2008

NewsOn6 Tulsa

Ground Broken At Race Riot Memorial Site

Tulsa dignitaries broke ground on Monday on the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park.

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Related Topix: Tulsa Metro, Tulsa, OK

El Paso Times

Minor clashes as thousands mark Greek uprising

Police secure the area outside the U.S. Embassy, during a heavy rain storm, in Athens, Greece, on Monday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Greece, World News, Weather

Free Republic

Obama election spurs race crimes around country

Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Law, Snellville, GA

Sun Nov 16, 2008

Human Rights Watch

UK: Miliband Should Press Syria on Rights

" The UK foreign secretary, David Miliband, should use his visit to Syria to raise human rights concerns, Human Rights Watch said today.

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Charitable Organizations

Sat Nov 15, 2008

Financial Standard

Foreign journalist tells court how youths were killed in post-poll demos

A journalist recalled how she witnessed a police officer gun down two youths during post-election demonstrations in Kisumu, early this year.

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Related Topix: Journalism

Fri Nov 14, 2008

The Morning Call

Royal funeral for Thai king's sister provides brief respite to political conflict

Princess Galyani Vadhana, the elder sister of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, died of abdominal cancer 10 months ago at age 84.

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People's Daily Online

Six jailed over violence in southwest China

A Chinese court on Friday sentenced six people to jail terms of up to 16 years for their involvement in a riot over the police's handling of the death of a teenage girl.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia,

Idaho Entertainment

13 Italian police convicted of G-8 violence

On Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, a court in Genoa convicted 13 Italian police officers of violence against protesters during the 2001 Group of Eight summit in the northern Italian city.

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Related Topix: Activism

Thu Nov 13, 2008

Daily Mail

Thousands riot in Colombia over pyramid-selling scam after scheme's...

Thousands of Colombians rioted around the country on Wednesday, demanding their money back after being defrauded in a series of pyramid schemes and then mocked in some cases by those who took their cash.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, Francisco Santos

Reuters

VIDEO: Swindled Colombians riot

Nov 13 - Riot police were called to break up protests by investors in Colombia who claim they've been swindled by phony loan agencies.

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Wed Nov 12, 2008

City Pages

Eight RNC protesters accused of 'furthering terrorism' thanks to statute

Eryn Trimmer sits in a Loring Park coffee shop and peers out the window to the street below.

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Tue Nov 11, 2008

Standard.net

Roy police put confiscated guns to good use ... on the force

The police department now has three more guns for officers to use -- thanks to the criminals they confiscated them from.

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Related Topix: Ogden, UT

Yorkshire Post

Night of terror as knife mob ran riot in city centre

FOUR friends enjoying a night out ended in hospital fighting for their lives after a knifeman high on drink and drugs stabbed and slashed them during horrific scenes of city centre violence.

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom,

Mon Nov 10, 2008

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Spanish police repel migrants at border crossing

African migrants armed with sticks and rocks stormed the border of a Spanish enclave in North Africa Monday but police using tear gas repelled them, the Spanish Interior Ministry said.

Border guards repelled two waves totaling about 200 Africans in the fifth and largest such attempt to reach the Spanish city of Melilla from Morocco in less than a month, said Gregorio Escobar, the ministry's top representative in Melilla.

No migrant managed to cross into the Mediterranean city of some 70,000 people.

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Newkerala.com

Hindu activist's murder renews tension in riot-hit Orissa region

Bhubaneswar, Nov 6 : The murder of a Hindu activist by suspected Maoists has renewed tension in Orissa's volatile Kandhamal district, where communal violence since August has left at least 38 people dead and ...

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Sun Nov 09, 2008

Evening Sun

Monks brawl at Christian holy site in Jerusalem

Israeli police rushed into one of Christianity's holiest churches Sunday and arrested two clergyman after an argument between monks erupted into a brawl next to the site of Jesus' tomb.

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Related Topix: Religion, Orthodox Church

Sat Nov 08, 2008

KansasCity.com

Neo-Nazis march at Missouri Capitol

Just over 50 neo-Nazis chanted anti-immigrant and anti-minority slogans during a two-hour march in Jefferson City, finishing at the state Capitol.Spectators lined sidewalks along part of the route today, but ...

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Related Topix: Jefferson City, MO, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, John McCain

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