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Protests rock US city for 2nd night, one killed

One person was shot dead on Wednesday in a second night of unrest in the US city of Charlotte, North Carolina, as riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse unruly protesters after the fatal police shooting of a black man.

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Children ‘forced to take part in riots’ in Bahrain

More than 1,000 Bahraini children, some as young as five, have been exploited by radical opposition groups, according to a rights organisation. They have been ‘forced’ or ‘brainwashed’ to take part in riots and street v

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US town begins clean up after night of riots, fire

Baltimore residents on Tuesday began cleaning up the wreckage from rioting and fires that erupted after the funeral of a 25-year-old black man who died after suffering a spinal injury in police custody. Acrid smoke hung over stree

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More troops deployed to prevent fresh Ferguson riots

Around 2,000 National Guard troops were dispatched to the St Louis area helped police stave off a second night of rioting and arson as sympathy protests spread to several US cities after a grand jury declined to indict a white policeman in the f

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National Guard deploys as curfew lifted in US town

Missouri's governor lifted the curfew for the St. Louis suburb of the US town of Ferguson on Monday as National Guard troops were called out after days of violent unrest sparked by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white p

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Riot police patrol Istanbul ahead of ruling party rally

Riot police fired occasional bursts of teargas in Istanbul on Sunday after a night of unrest to try to prevent anti-government demonstrators from regrouping ahead of a rally by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's

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UN slams Turkey over return of Syrian refugees

The UN refugee agency criticised Turkey on Friday for sending home at least 130 Syrians without its scrutiny and urged it to investigate the riot which sparked the departures that some witnesses said were forced. Turkey denied on

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Rioters cause chaos across Bahrain

  Several policemen were injured during clashes with rioters across Bahrain yesterday, while one was injured in an explosion in Bilad Al Qadeem area.   Rioters went on the rampage in different areas

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Egypt protesters torch buildings, target Suez Canal

  Egyptian protesters torched buildings in Cairo and tried unsuccessfully to disrupt international shipping on the Suez Canal, as a court ruling on a deadly soccer riot stoked rage in a country beset by worsening security.

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Rodney King found dead

Rodney King, whose police brutality case in 1991 led to deadly riots in Los Angeles, was found dead in a swimming pool on Sunday in Rialto, California, police told CNN. King, 47, whose beating at the hands of Los Angeles police was capture

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