Riots erupt after Aboriginal man dies in custody
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An angry mob of nearly 300 Aborigines who went on the rampage on an island off the Queensland coast today burnt down a police station and threatened to kill its officers as well as several local council officials.
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A man was killed and two people wounded in a shooting in the centre of Australia&#39;s second biggest city Melbourne during rush-hour on Monday, police said.
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SASKATOON (CP) - An aboriginal teenager who froze to death in a snowy field on Saskatoon's outskirts almost 14 years ago was in police custody the night he died, a public inquiry has found.
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Australia's Aborigines are set to lose the legal right to stop people entering their outback lands, which cover an area almost the size of Mongolia, sparking protests their homes will become an "Aboriginal Disneyland".
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Thousands are expected to march in protest at the treatment of Australia's indigenous peoples.
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Police are treating as murder the death of a man who had been assaulted in Belfast city centre.
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POLICE on Queensland&#39;s riot-torn Palm Island have been accused of using the Aboriginal population as terrorism guinea pigs after children as young as nine were forced at gunpoint to lie face down
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TAKBAI, Thailand At least 84 people died after a riot in southern Thailand, many of them crushed and suffocated after they were arrested and packed tightly into trucks, officials said Tuesday.
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A Palestinian prisoner who was wounded in rioting at an Israeli desert prison died early Tuesday, prompting Palestinian threats of revenge and accusations that the man was abused by Israeli authorities.
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A riot at a Guatemala jail ends after four police held there over the murder of three politicians are shot dead.
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At least seven people die in riots in the Indian state of Rajasthan over affirmative action plans, officials say.
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The Queensland Government is calling for better leadership on Palm Island in the wake of a riot that has destroyed the police station.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Police clashed with rioting tribesmen yesterday in the Red Sea coastal city of Port Sudan, leaving at least 14 people dead and 16 injured, a government official said.
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Cars are set alight in an Amsterdam suburb in a sixth day of unrest after a Moroccan man was shot dead by police.
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One person is killed during angry clashes between police and protesters in South Africa, police say.
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A TOTAL of 18 people will appear in court in north Queensland today charged over a riot on Palm Island. Yesterday 12 people had been charged, but police said several more arrests had been made overnight.
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POLICE on Palm Island fear fresh violence today following nine arrests in the wake of yesterday&#39;s riot over a death in custody.