Timor gangs continue rampage; cabinet changes likely
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Gangs loosely allied to factions of East  Timor&#039;s armed forces defied foreign peacekeepers on Tuesday,  torching cars and buildings in the capital as the government  met to decide &quot;inevitable changes&quot; following a week of  violence.
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Sao Paulo&#039;s government refused to release the names of 107 people killed by police during a week of gangland violence, despite increased pressure on Saturday from activists who said public confidence in law enforcement had been shaken.
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East Timor appeared headed for a coalition government Wednesday with most votes in last week&#39;s parliamentary polls counted but no one party set to win the majority needed to govern alone.
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BEIRUT -- Hundreds of thousands of Hezbollah members and their allies flooded central Beirut yesterday, demanding changes in the government's makeup as soldiers strung more barbed wire around the offices of the Western-backed prime minister.
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East Timor risks erupting in violence again if its government and the UN fail to quickly reform the country's security forces, which remain vulnerable to political abuse, a think-tank warned Friday.
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New looting and gang fights has erupted in the East Timor capital Dili, leaving homes and buildings in flames just 100 metres (yards) from the presidential palace, an AFP reporter witnessed.
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Youths with machetes, slingshots and spears rampaged across East Timor&#039;s capital Saturday, attacking people, burning houses and deepening a crisis that has sent thousands fleeing in terror despite the deployment of foreign troops.
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Mobs armed with swords and axes rampaged through the capital of East Timor as another day of violence pushed one of the world&#039;s newest and poorest nations deeper into chaos.
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LONDON  - A protest by pro-fox-hunting activists turned violent outside a governing Labour party meeting attended by three cabinet ministers Thursday, police said.
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As the Zanu PF story takes new twists and political intrigue continues, three Cabinet ministers and a provincial governor face the sack for their role in the much-publicised Tsholotsho Declaration.
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Gunmen killed 11 people in a Guyana village early on Saturday in an attack a police source said was likely organized by the nation's most-wanted gang boss amid escalating violence in the small South American nation.
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Cabinet move comes in response to shooting dead of 17 civilians by agents for US firm Blackwater last month.
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Nigeria's Rivers State governor axes his cabinet after renewed clashes in the oil-rich city of Port Harcourt leave seven dead.
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Government today vowed to continue, together with its African counterparts, hunting down more people seeking to topple administrations elsewhere on the continent.
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Police battled with demonstrators across the country, shooting several, according to witnesses, while opposition leaders vowed to press ahead with the protests.
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Rival gangs armed with machetes and stones fought in East Timor's capital late Thursday, injuring at least 13 people, witnesses and officials said. Hundreds of youths took part in the fighting in front of Guido Valadares Hospital, an Associated Press reporter at the scene said.
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East Timor appeared set Friday for a coalition government led by the independence leader Xanana Gusmao after the troubled nation&#39;s parliamentary election last week.