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Anti-Muslim activity on the rise in UK after soldier killed in London
Associated PressLONDON (AP) — Police, politicians and activists in Britain are warning of rising anti-Muslim sentiment following the slaughter of an off-duty British soldier in a London street, an apparent act of Islamic extremism that has horrified the nation....Tags: Police Arrests, Kenya, Police Investigations, Murder, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Stockholm in relative calm after five nights of rioting
LONDON — The streets of Stockholm were quieter late Friday after five consecutive nights of rioting that rocked the Swedish capital and shook the Scandinavian country's self-image as a tolerant, liberal place. Since Sunday, sections of northwest...
Tags: Aftonbladet (newspaper), Police Arrests, Sociology, Sweden, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Nights of rioting test Sweden's reputation for tolerance
LONDON -- Residents of Stockholm braced for more violence Friday after five consecutive nights of rioting that have rocked the Swedish capital and shaken the Scandinavian country’s self-image as a tolerant, liberal place. Since Sunday, sections of...
Tags: Aftonbladet (newspaper), Police Arrests, Sociology, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Racism
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Youths in Stockholm burn down restaurant, torch more than 30 cars in 4th night of rioting
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Groups of youths have burnt down a restaurant, torched more than 30 cars and injured three police in a fourth night of riots in suburbs of the Swedish capital that started following a fatal police shooting. Police spokesman Kjell...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Shootings, Stockholm (Sweden)
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In Britain, terrorism suspected in man's hacking death
LONDON — As bystanders watched in horror, a man was hacked to death in broad daylight on a London street Wednesday and two suspects were shot and wounded by police, who are investigating the incident as a likely terrorist attack. The two...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prisons, Prosecution, Terrorism
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Panelists at IUSB discussion recall the rioting of 1967
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Charlotte Pfeifer was a 20-year-old wife and mother when she watched part of the city burn. Pfeifer, a former member of the South Bend Common Council, on Thursday recalled her memories of civil rights unrest in South Bend in 1967, when...Tags: Civil Rights, Indiana University South Bend, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Shootings, Justice and Rights
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Women's prayer at Western Wall sparks protest
JERUSALEM -- Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews flooded into the Old City’s Western Wall Plaza early Friday in a boisterous and sometimes violent protest against a group of female activists exercising a newly court-affirmed right to pray at the holy...
Tags: Police Arrests, Nazi Party, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Israel, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Probe set for LAPD response to party near USC
The first time the two Los Angeles Police Department officers walked to the backyard of an off-campus house party near USC, they had no problem with the crowd as they told the organizer to turn off the music and begin shutting down the party. The...
Tags: Government, Safety of Citizens, Minority Groups, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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USC students accuse LAPD of bias after party clash
The Los Angeles Police Department opened an internal investigation into its response at an off-campus house party near USC amid complaints from some students that the department showed racial bias and used heavy-handed tactics. The incident occurred...
Tags: Government, Safety of Citizens, Police Arrests, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Racism
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Thousands in Russia demand new elections, release of prisoners
This post has been corrected. See bottom for details. MOSCOW — In the biggest show of opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin since last May, thousands of demonstrators gathered Monday near the Kremlin to demand an immediate release of...
Tags: Vladimir Putin, Prisons, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Demonstration, Corporate Crime
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France approves same-sex marriage
PARIS — The French Parliament on Tuesday approved a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt, voting after months of often angry debate and sometimes violent protests in the streets. Members of the Socialist government chanted "Equality,...
Tags: Government, Elections, Unrest, Conflicts and War, France, AIDS
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Descent into chaos
Chicago Tribune reporterA day after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 45 years ago, a 4-year-old girl, abandoned and crying, stood in front of a burning building a few blocks from the West Side apartment where the civil rights leader had lived during his open-...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights, Fort Hood (military base), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces
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