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Greece: Riots as austerity steps get 1st approval (AP)

October 19th, 2011 | Author: admin

Greek riot police officers, covered in red paint thrown by protesters, react during clashes in central Athens Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 . Greek anger over new austerity measures and layoffs erupted into violence Wednesday, as demonstrators hurled chunks of marble and gasoline bombs and riot police responded with tear gas and stun grenades that echoed across Athens' main square. .(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP – Hundreds of youths smashed and looted stores in central Athens and clashed with riot police during a massive anti-government rally against painful new austerity measures that won initial parliamentary approval in a vote Wednesay night.


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Riots erupt at Christians protest in Cairo

October 9th, 2011 | Author: admin

Nineteen people were killed in Cairo Sunday when a protest by Coptic Christians turned into hours of bloody street clashes.

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24 dead in worst Cairo riots since Mubarak ouster (AP)

October 9th, 2011 | Author: admin

Clashes erupt at a protest of a recent attack on a church in Cairo Egypt, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. Fierce clashes erupted Sunday between Christians protesting a recent attack on a church and the Egyptian military, leaving more than a dozen people dead and scores injured, Health Ministry officials said. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ali)AP – Flames lit up downtown Cairo, where massive clashes raged Sunday, drawing Christians angry over a recent church attack, hard-line Muslims and Egyptian security forces. At least 24 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the worst sectarian violence since the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak in February.


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19 dead in worst Cairo riots since Mubarak ouster (AP)

October 9th, 2011 | Author: admin

Egyptian security forces respond to a burning vehicle during clashes with protesters in Cairo Egypt, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. Fierce clashes erupted Sunday between Christians protesting a recent attack on a church and the Egyptian military, leaving more than a dozen people dead and scores injured, Health Ministry officials said. (AP Photo)AP – Massive clashes raged Sunday in downtown Cairo, drawing Christians angry over a recent church attack, hard-line Muslims and Egyptian security forces. At least 19 people were killed and more than 150 injured in the worst sectarian violence since the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak in February.


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Riots over church attack in Egypt kill 19 (AP)

October 9th, 2011 | Author: admin

Coptic Egyptian demonstrators, one carrying a wooden Christian cross, set on fire an army vehicle during cashes with Egyptian army soldiers following a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. Egyptian state television reports at least one soldier has been killed in riots that erupted in Cairo as Christians protesting a recent attack on a church came under attack. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP – Fierce clashes erupted Sunday between Christians protesting a recent attack on a church and the Egyptian military, leaving at least 19 people dead and more than 150 injured, Health Ministry officials said.


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Riots erupt as Christians protest in Cairo, 6 dead (AP)

October 9th, 2011 | Author: admin

FILE - In this May 19, 2011 file photo, Egyptian Coptic Christians chant angry slogans as they protest the recent attacks on Christians and churches, in front of the state television building in Cairo, Egypt. In the past few weeks, riots have broken out at two churches in southern Egypt, prompted by Muslim crowds angered by rumors that Christians were building new churches. The violence is particularly frustrating for Christians because soon after Mubarak's fall the new government promised to review and lift heavy restrictions on building or renovating churches that Mubarak's regime had long enforced. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)AP – Egyptian security and hospital officials say clashes between Christian protesters and the military have killed four protesters and two soldiers.


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Mayor Bloomberg predicts riots if economy isn’t fixed

September 16th, 2011 | Author: admin

Mayor Bloomberg warned Friday there would be riots in the streets if Washington doesn’t get serious about generating jobs.

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