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Bangladeshi policemen walk past a burning barricade set by protesters during a demonstration in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, May 5, 2013. Bangladesh security forces fired rubber bullets to disperse stone-throwing Islamic activists Sunday, during a protest to demand that the government enact an anti-blasphemy law. (AP Photo/Khurshed Rinku)

14 dead after Islamist riots in Bangladesh

Last updated Monday, May 6, 2013 - 12:44pm

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Clashes between police and members of an Islamic group demanding the introduction of blasphemy laws left 14 people dead and 250 wounded in Dhaka and surrounding districts.

Police in combat gear patrolled the capital while armored vehicles were stationed in the main business district, footage from local television stations showed. Streets were littered with burned tires and broken bricks.

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On April 13, 2012, Rodney King poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. The acquittal of four police officers in the videotaped beating of King sparked rioting that spread across the city and into neighboring suburbs. Cars were demolished and homes and businesses were burned. Before order was restored, 55 people were dead, 2,300 injured and more than 1,500 buildings were damaged or destroyed.(AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

LA riots remembered 20 years later

Amy Taxin, John Rogers The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 5:23pm

LOS ANGELES -- Henry Keith Watson remembers April 29, 1992, as if it happened just last week. History won't allow him to forget it.

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Police officers fire tear gas launchers to disperse protesters during a student protest against the government's plan to raise fuel prices outside the parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, March 29, 2012. The Indonesian government plans to raise fuel prices by about 33 percent next month to avoid a budget deficit due to expensive fuel subsidies. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Indonesian police 'used excessive force' in fuel hike rallies

Rabby Pramudatama The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 10:50am

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Foundation Thursday claimed the police used excessive force in handling the fuel price hike rallies staged in several parts of the country on Tuesday.

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A tear gas canister fired by Indonesian police officers explodes in the air during a protest against the government's plan to raise fuel prices in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. The Indonesian government plans to raise fuel prices by about 33 percent next month to avoid a budget deficit due to expensive fuel subsidies. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Indonesians brace for the worst amid fuel protests

Lutfi Rakhmawati, Novia D. Rulistia The Jakarta Post

Last updated Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 10:33am

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- With the wave of protests against the Indonesian government's plan to raise fuel prices expected to grow in the capital, some residents have decided to leave their vehicles at home to avoid getting stuck in tortuous traffic jams or violent street riots.

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Afghan Quran burnings could lead to military disciplne

Patrick Quinn, Rahim Faiez The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, March 3, 2012 - 8:21am

KABUL, Afghanistan -- At least five American military personnel could face a disciplinary review over the burning of Qurans at a U.S. base in Afghanistan as conflicting accounts of what happened emerged Saturday, fueling more confusion over the incident that sparked six days of deadly riots across the nation.

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Afghans shout slogans during anti-US protest over burning of Qurans at a military bass in Afghanistan, in Ghani Khail, east of Kabul Friday, Feb. 24,2012. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

General calms troops after 2 soldiers killed in riots over Quran burning

Amir Shah, Patrick Quinn The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 24, 2012 - 10:57am

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has told his troops that "now is not the time for revenge" for the deaths of two U.S. soldiers killed in riots over the burning of Qurans at an American base.

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A cinema burns in Athens, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. Riots engulfed central Athens and at least 10 buildings went up in flames in mass protests late Sunday as lawmakers prepared for a historic parliamentary vote on harsh austerity measures demanded to keep the country solvent and within the eurozone. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)

Greece surveys riot damage after austerity vote

Elena Becatoros The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 13, 2012 - 3:07pm

ATHENS, Greece -- Firefighters doused smoldering buildings and cleanup crews swept rubble from the streets of central Athens on Monday following a night of rioting during which lawmakers approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the nation from bankruptcy.

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An Egyptian protestor throws a tear gas canister during clashes with security forces near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Police in Cairo fired salvos of tear gas and birdshot Friday at rock-throwing protesters as popular anger over a deadly soccer riot spilled over into a second day of street violence that left three people dead and more than 1,500 injured, doctors and health officials said. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

3 die in Egypt clashes over deadly soccer riot

Sarah El Deeb The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 10:58am

CAIRO -- Police in Cairo set off salvos of tear gas and fired birdshot at protesters angry over a deadly soccer riot as fresh clashes on Egyptian streets killed three people on Friday, according to a volunteer doctor and health officials.

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Angry youths protest in front of the National television station on fourth day of the nationwide strike on the removal of a fuel subsidy by the government in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. A union representing 20,000 oil and gas workers in Nigeria threatened Thursday it would shut down all production starting Sunday to take part in the crippling nationwide strike over spiraling fuel prices. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Nigeria violence escalates

Yinka Ibukun The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 13, 2012 - 3:43pm

LAGOS, Nigeria -- A major union representing Nigerian oil workers said Thursday it would shut down all production Sunday as part of a nationwide strike now paralyzing a country vital to U.S. oil supplies.

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An attendant sells fuel at a petrol station in Lagos , Nigeria, Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. Nigeria is ending fuel subsidies, an official said Sunday, a move that is sure to be unpopular in the oil-rich nation where citizens have come to expect cheap fuel as one of their few government benefits. The government has said the move will save the country some $8 billion, some of which will be dedicated to much-needed infrastructure projects. Previous attempts to lift the subsidies have been met with nationwide strike actions. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Riots erupt in Nigeria over gas prices

Sunday Alamba The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - 2:20pm

LAGOS, Nigeria -- Protesters furious over spiraling gas prices set fires on an expressway Tuesday and at least one person was killed in the violent unrest after Nigeria's government did away with a subsidy program that had kept fuel costs down for more than two decades.

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Penn State students flip a television news van during a riot after it was announced that Joe Paterno would no longer be head coach of Penn State Football on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Henninger - Post-Gazette)

Students riot after Penn State coach fired

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 12:16pm

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Convicted Indian Hindus walk out of a court escorted by policemen to be taken to prison in Mehsana, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. A court Wednesday convicted 31 Hindus for killing dozens of Muslims by setting a building on fire in Gujurat state during one of India's worst rounds of communal violence nine years ago. Wednesday's verdict was the first in nine cases of rioting and murder pending against hundreds of Hindu hard-liners. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

In India, 31 Hindus convicted in deaths of Muslims

Mark Magnier Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 11:23am

RAEBARELI, India -- A special court in India sentenced 31 people to life in prison Wednesday after convicting them for killing dozens of Muslims during communal riots in the western Indian state of Gujarat nine years ago.

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A protester throws stones at police near the entrance of the University of Chile during a national strike in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday Aug. 24, 2011. A nationwide strike shutting down Chile for two days has begun with people stoning buses and police clearing nearly two-dozen burning barricades around the capital of Santiago. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Chile braces for nationwide, two-day shutdown

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 12:14pm

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West Midlands Police appeal to the public by displaying pictures of suspected rioters outside the Bull Ring shopping centre in Birmingham England Friday Aug. 12, 2011. Across the country, more than 1,700 people have been arrested. Courts in London, Birmingham and Manchester stayed open through a second night to deal with hundreds of alleged offenders, and hundreds of extra police remained on the streets to deter violence as the weekend approached. Hundreds of stores were looted, buildings were set ablaze and five people died amid the mayhem that broke out Saturday in London and spread over four nights across England. (AP Photo/ Rui Vieira/PA)

Arrest total from British riots is around 1,700

Janet Stobart Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, August 12, 2011 - 9:44am

LONDON -- British police and law courts working round the clock continue rounding up rioters that laid waste to homes and businesses throughout the country this week.

By midday Friday arrests totaled around 1,700, but a Scotland Yard spokeswoman said "that number is changing all the time."

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Tourists clash with police in Spain

Sinikka Tarvaninen Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Last updated Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 4:08pm

BARCELONA -- Hundreds of young people, many of them tourists, clashed with police early Thursday in Lloret de Mar on Spain's northeastern Costa Brava, police said.

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