According to washingtonpost.com, police have arrested four people after a second night of escalating riots in a Stockholm suburb, during which some 200 youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in anger over the police shooting death of an elderly man. Local police spokesman Jorgen Karlsson says seven youths were detained early Tuesday, but three were released after questioning. The four in custody are suspected of rioting and violence toward public servants. Read article
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News24.com reports that Bangladeshi police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at thousands of garment workers on Monday as they demanded a wage hike at a protest in a manufacturing hub outside the capital Dhaka. Police said they reacted after workers blocked a key highway in the Ashulia industrial area, home to hundreds of factories […]
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Tunisialive.net reports that clashes between supporters of a Salafist group and the police Sunday in the Ettadhamen suburb in Tunis resulted in the death of 27 year-old Moez Dahmani, according to state news agency TAP. The Tunisian Ministry of the Interior stated that 11 policemen and three protesters were injured during yesterday’s confrontations. The clashes […]
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Tens of thousands have taken to the streets across the country to complain about low wages, high bills and deep-seated corruption and to demand more spending to help the economy recover from a deep recession…. Read Article
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