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Yasser Arafat was buried yesterday in the courtyard of his West Bank headquarters in a chaotic funeral riddled with the sounds of gunshots, screams and tears of mourning.
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Riot police on Wednesday broke up a protest by several dozen students denouncing the police beating of a top opposition leader during a demonstration against a referendum that allows authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to stay in power.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Bangladesh riot police clashed with protesters at the start of a two-day strike called after a deadly weekend bomb attack.
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Protesters angry with the leadership of the troubled Russian region of Ingushetia clashed with riot police Saturday, throwing rocks and firebombs the day after the government started a major security operation.
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At least 78 people were suffocated or crushed to death after being arrested and packed into police trucks following a riot in southern Thailand, officials said yesterday.
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Protesters angry about electricity rationing clashed with Lebanese troops Sunday in Beirut's worst riots in a year, leaving seven people dead, hospital and security officials said.
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Malaysian police fired live rounds to quell a riot in Malaysia's Muslim heartland, wounding two men, after trying to break up an opposition rally with water cannon and tear gas, local media said on Sunday.
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Police killed four looters as mobs set scores of houses and businesses ablaze in a western town, an official said Friday, in clashes sparked by the police killing of an opposition lawmaker.
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Gangs of rioters set fire to cars and garbage trucks in northern Copenhagen on Friday, the sixth night of rioting and vandalism that has spread from the capital to other Danish cities, police said on Saturday.
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A state politician demanded a crackdown Sunday after 42 people were injured when police and security officers clashed with 800 hooligans following a soccer match.
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Riot police fired tear gas to break up violent protests by thousands of Muslims against the US offensive in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf.
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Burma's wave of dissent floods through firewall The latest reports from the turmoil in Burma say at least one person died and many were wounded today when police again shot at protesters on the streets of Rangoon.â¦
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Belgian police arrest at least 30 people after rioting in a mainly immigrant suburb of Brussels.
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DHAKA - Riot police and paramilitary troops were deployed across Bangladesh on Tuesday after the opposition called a general strike to protest a grenade attack on a political rally that killed 19 people and wounded hundreds.
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Police used chemical spray and stun guns Thursday on protesters seeking to halt the demolition of public housing tried to break through an iron gate at City Hall.
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Police donned riot gear and used smoke and tear gas to break up a hostile crowd throwing bottles and cans during a huge Labor Day beach brawl.
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Violent clashes in Budapest between Hungarian extreme rightists and riot police resulted in injuries to 19 people, including 15 officers, injured, police said. via Political Gateway