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Poitiers -
Dozens of inmates at a prison in central France escaped from their cells and rioted after stealing the keys of a warden, prison sources said.
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Poitiers -
Dozens of inmates at a prison in central France escaped and rioted on Monday after stealing the keys of a warden, prison sources said.
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Guatemala City -
Thirteen people were killed on Monday in a prison riot in Guatemala, among them an ex-soldier imprisoned for killing a Roman Catholic bishop almost two decades ago, authorities said.
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Paris -
Russian football activist Alexander Shprygin was expelled by France for the second time in four days on Tuesday, as police again fired water cannon and tear gas at Euro 2016 fans.
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Lille -
French police repeatedly fired tear gas and baton charged England and Russia fans in Lille as Euro 2016's hooligan protagonists took their rivalry to a new city.
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Tlalnepantla -
Three inmates escaped during a riot and fire at a prison outside Mexico City that left 10 prisoners and seven police officers injured, authorities said Tuesday.
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Lusaka -
At least two people have been burned to death in Zambia in riots targeting Rwandan-owned shops over allegations that foreigners were behind a string of ritual killings in Lusaka, police said Wednesday.
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Georgetown -
A prison riot in Guyana that killed 17 inmates has ended in a tentative truce hours after violence flared anew, officials said.
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La Paz -
Bolivian police arrested two people suspected of torching an opposition-run city hall in a raid that killed six people ahead of a sensitive political referendum, prosecutors said Thursday.
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La Paz -
Six people died from smoke inhalation when a crowd set fire to a city hall in Bolivia Wednesday in a dispute linked to a corruption scandal, officials said.
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Monterrey -
Authorities found dozens of knives, cocaine and flat-screen televisions at the Mexican prison where a brawl killed 49 inmates, officials said Friday, highlighting the control drug cartels hold over many penitentiaries.
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Monterrey -
Relatives of 49 inmates slaughtered in a fiery Mexican prison brawl sobbed and fainted as they read the list of victims on a wall after the country's deadliest jailhouse riot in years.
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Monterrey -
At least 30 people died in a pre-dawn prison riot in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey on Thursday, as smoke billowed from the building, local media reported.
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Guatemala City -
A battle between rival gangs in an overcrowded prison near Guatemala's capital left six inmates dead and another six wounded, officials said Tuesday.
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Sydney -
Australian police used tear gas to put down a two-day riot at a migrant detention centre Tuesday, where detainees, reportedly armed with machetes, chainsaws and petrol bombs, were running amok.
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Sydney -
Detainees set buildings alight and armed themselves with baseball bats in a riot at an Australian immigration facility on Christmas Island, people at the centre said Monday, with officials admitting the situation was out of control.
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‘Ninth Floor’ reveals the superficiality of Canada’s allegedly endless tolerance by recounting the Sir George Williams University riot of 1969.
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Berlin -
Seventeen people were injured in a riot at a refugee shelter in central Germany over a torn Koran, police said Thursday, in fresh tensions as the country braces to host 800,000 asylum seekers this year.
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Atenas -
Firebombs thrown by furious anti-austerity protesters exploded in front of Greece's parliament Wednesday as anger over a new bailout deal spilled onto the streets of the capital.
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Atenas -
Anti-austerity protesters hurled petrol bombs at police in front of Greece's parliament on Wednesday as lawmakers began debating deeply unpopular reforms needed to unlock a new eurozone bailout.
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Melbourne -
Heavily-armed police quelled a riot involving up to 300 inmates at an Australian jail Wednesday over the introduction of a smoking ban, with a handful of prisoners injured.
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The headlines have been filled with the on-going tensions and occasional outbreaks of violence in Baltimore and elsewhere across the country. Yet while Baltimore protesters are facing a lot of backlash, riots are actually quite common in the USA.
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Atenas -
Two inmates were killed and 21 others injured during fighting that broke out in an Athens prison on Sunday, the justice ministry said.
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Rennes -
Nearly a decade after three weeks of nightly rioting raged across disaffected French housing projects, two police officers go on trial on Monday over the deaths of two youths that detonated the explosion of violence.
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Tegucigalpa -
Three inmates were killed, including one who was shot in the head, during a riot at an overcrowded Honduran prison that left another 32 people injured, authorities said.
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Tegucigalpa -
Three inmates were killed, including at least one who was fatally shot, during a Honduran prison riot that also left seven prisoners and eight guards hurt, authorities said on Wednesday.
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Atenas -
Anarchists occupied Greece's ruling party headquarters for nine hours on Sunday in support of hunger strikers protesting against conditions in the country's maximum-security jails.
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Rio De Janeiro -
Inmates at a prison in southern Brazil have taken seven staff hostage in the latest in a series of mutinies at penitentiaries in recent months, Brazilian media reported.
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Bras -
Inmates at a Brazilian prison took 12 guards and several fellow inmates hostage in the latest of a series of uprisings.
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Cascavel -
Authorities reached a deal with rioting Brazilian prisoners Monday who killed four fellow inmates, beheading two of them, and held two guards hostage.
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Riot Image
Outside a London American Apparel store, police try to calm down more than 2,000 bargain hunters by alexdowle
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Riot on May Day in Berlin
Police officers blocking the protesters from walking on the road.
Anti-government protesters cheer after they tear down barricades during a demonstration outside Government House in Bangkok With permission by Reuters / Dylan Martinez
Ole Miss students fill the street after Obama won re-election Screen Capture
Athens, Greece on fire - 12 February 2012 Athens Daily Secret
An inmate at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility talking as the riot is being filmed. YouTube screen grab Live Streaming News
Press conference at Johnnie Simpson Park prior to the march.
Screenshot of rioting taking place outside Millbank tower in London during student protests over decisions made to raise university fees.
Riot on May Day in Berlin
Cars damaged in a riot in the Maruti Suzuki Factory. Video screen capture
Riots in Athens, Greece 12 February 2012 ROAR Mag
Press conference at Johnnie Simpson Park prior to the march.
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Left image shows second male suspect [Suspect C] pictured in the bottom left-hand corner of the image striking the car; right image shows same male pictured from behind (note: he is the person in the middle). Scotland Yard press release
Athens, Greece 12 February 2012. Greece debt crisis. Javi Larrauri
Ole Miss students riot, burn Obama campaign signs Ben Smith/Twitter
Anti-government protesters cheer after they tear down barricades during a demonstration outside Government House in Bangkok November 30, 2013 With permission by Reuters / Dylan Martinez
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