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  • 22
    Mar
    2013
    7:13am, EDT

    State of emergency declared as death toll rises to 20 in Myanmar religious riots

    Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters

    Firemen attempt to extinguish fires during riots in Meikhtila, Myanmar, on March 22, 2013. Unrest between Buddhists and Muslims in central Myanmar has reduced neighborhoods to ashes and stoked fears that last year's sectarian bloodshed is spreading into the country's heartland in a test of Asia's newest democracy.

    Nyein Chan Naing / EPA

    A riot policeman stands guard next to a burning building in Meikhtila on March 22, 2013. A curfew was imposed for the second night as riots between Buddhists and Muslims continued.

    By The Associated Press

    MEIKHTILA, Myanmar — Myanmar President Thein Sein has declared a state of emergency in a central town where at least 20 people have been killed in violence between Buddhists and Muslims.

    Burning fires from two days of Buddhist-Muslim violence smoldered across Meikhtila on Friday as residents cowered indoors amid growing fears the country's latest bout of sectarian bloodshed could spread.

    The government's struggle to contain the unrest is proving another major challenge to Thein Sein's reformist administration as it attempts to chart a path to democracy after nearly half a century of military rule that once crushed all dissent. Read the full story.

    Nyein Chan Naing / EPA

    People carry their belongings as they arrive at a temporary rescue center in Meikhtila on March 22, 2013.

    Soe Than Win / AFP - Getty Images

    Residents sit on a railway track watching buildings burn around a mosque in riot-hit Meikhtila on March 21, 2013.

    Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters

    Burnt houses are seen in Meikhtila on March 21, 2013.

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    61 comments

    Religion! Good god ya'll...what is it good for...absolutely nothing! Say it again!

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  • 19
    Nov
    2012
    7:58am, EST

    Rioters attack ethnic Somalis after bombing in Kenyan capital

    Carl De Souza / AFP - Getty Images

    Kenyan police officers detain a man in the Somali district of Eastleigh in Nairobi on Monday.

    GRAPHIC WARNING: Contains images which some viewers may find disturbing. 

    Updated at 12:45 pm ET

    Tony Karumba / AFP - Getty Images

    A youth of non-Somali ethinicity is armed with stones on Monday during inter-ethnic clashes in Nairobi's Eastleigh suburb.

    Reuters reports — Kenyan police fired tear gas to disperse rioters who attacked ethnic Somalis in the Nairobi district known as "Little Mogadishu" on Monday, hurling rocks and smashing windows after a weekend bomb attack there killed nine people.

    The violence coincided with the start of voter registration for a general election in March, adding to security concerns ahead of the first national polls since 2007 when a dispute over the results fuelled ethnic slaughter that killed more than 1,200 people and forced some 300,000 from their homes.

    Angry mobs broke into Somali homes and shops in anger at Sunday's attack on a minibus which killed at least nine people in Nairobi's Eastleigh district which is dominated by Somali Kenyans and their ethnic kin who have fled fighting in Somalia.

    Read the full story.

    Daniel Irungu / EPA

    Angry ethnic Somali youths shout slogans as they face off Kenyan youths during a riot in the predominantly Somali neighborhood of Eastleigh in Nairobi on Monday.

    Carl De Souza / AFP - Getty Images

    A Kenyan Police officer with a guard dog tries to control a crowd in the Somali district of Eastleigh in Nairobi on Monday. Kenyan residents in Eastleigh turned on Somalis and attacked their shops and stalls, accusing them of being responsible for a bomb on Sunday.

    Carl De Souza / AFP - Getty Images

    A suspected looter is restrained by a policeman with a dog in the Somali district of Eastleigh in Nairobi on Monday.

    Tony Karumba / AFP - Getty Images

    A man bleeds after he was attacked with machetes by people of Somali ethnicity on Monday during inter-ethnic clashes in Nairobi's Eastleigh suburb.

    Noor Khamis / Reuters

    Mathare slum residents escape from a cloud of tear gas thrown by the police during the second day of skirmishes in the Eastleigh neighborhood of Kenya's capital Nairobi on November 19, 2012.

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    5 comments

    Sorry folks,Any sympathy i had for the Somalis disappeared after participating in operation Restore hope in Mogadishu 1993.

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  • 19
    Oct
    2012
    7:04pm, EDT

    Rioters protest legislation in Panama

    Carlos Jasso / Reuters

    A riot policeman fires tear gas during a protest against a new legislation, which allows for the sale of land in Panama's free trade zone of Colon, in Colon City, Panama, Oct. 19, 2012. According to local media, hundreds of demonstrators protested against draft law No. 529, blocking roads and burning tires in the city, claiming that selling the land will affect their jobs and revenue which the Colon free trade zone, one of the largest free ports in the Americas.

    Carlos Jasso / Reuters

    A protester stands at a road block in Colon City, Panama, Oct. 19.

    Associated Press reports — Panama's anti-riot police used tear gas and fired into the air to disperse protesters in the Caribbean city of Colon who oppose a new law allowing the sale of state-owned land in the duty-free zone next to the Panama Canal.

    Hundreds of protesters burned tires and threw objects at police in Colon's downtown, but began leaving the area after the confrontation with police. Local media say several people have been detained. Authorities haven't returned calls seeking comment.

    Friday's rioting came a few hours after the National Assembly approved a law that allows land in the duty-free zone to be sold to private companies.

    Protesters say the land is already being rented and it makes no sense to sell it.

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    Carlos Jasso / Reuters

    A demonstrator burns tires to block a road during a protest in Colon City, Panama, Oct. 19.

    Carlos Jasso / Reuters

    A family runs for shelter after tear gas was shot by riots police during a massive protest in Colon City, Panama, Oct. 19.

    Carlos Jasso / Reuters

    Police special forces take positions during a protest in Colon City, Panama, Oct. 19.

    1 comment

    Paintball gun? Must be to tag rioters. Smart idea!

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  • 29
    Aug
    2012
    7:53am, EDT

    Biju Boro / AFP - Getty Images

    Anguish follows riots in Assam, India

    A woman cries near the remains of her house after it was burnt by rioters in Kharabari Charak Math, a village in the Barpeta district of Assam, north-eastern India on August 29, 2012.

    Unidentified assailants killed one person and burnt down five houses after members of the All Assam Minority Students Union who had been taking part in a rally clashed with local youths, India Today reported.

    The Associated Press reported last week that at least 80 people had been killed and 400,000 displaced in several weeks of clashes in Assam between ethnic Bodo people and Muslim settlers, the worst violence seen in the region since the mid-1990s.

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  • 17
    Jul
    2012
    4:06pm, EDT

    Nasa Indians overpower soldiers in Colombia

    William Fernando Martinez / AP

    Nasa Indians charge a soldier in Toribio, southern Colombia on July 17. Dozens of Indians attacked half a dozen soldiers guarding communication towers on the outskirts of the town.

    Luis Robayo / AFP - Getty Images

    Indigenous natives drag Colombian army sergeant Rodrigo Garcia out of his military post on Mount Berlin in Toribioon July 17, 2012.

    William Fernando Martinez / AP

    Nasa Indians drag off a soldier in Toribio, southern Colombia on July 17.

    Christian Escobar Mora / EPA

    A soldier tries to stop another from shooting in the air.

    Christian Escobar Mora / EPA

    A soldier is attacked by indigenous trying to evict them from a military control base in El Alto del Berlin mountain in Toribio, Cauca, Colombia

    Luis Robayo / AFP - Getty Images

    Army sergeant Rodrigo Garcia leaves with tears in his eyes after he was forced out of his military post on Mount Berlin on July 17, 2012.

    Nasa Indians near Toribio in southern Colombia have demanded security forces and leftist rebels stay off their land. Local people decided to expel a group of soldiers from the area after clashes resulted in eight people being wounded and several houses damaged, Agence France Presse reports. 

    Previously on PhotoBlog: Colombians dismantle police post in protest at FARC clashes

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    34 comments

    if indians in the U.S. did this the federal govt. would go in and massacure them, so that corporate could steal THEIR, coal, gold , copper, oil! the only thing left would be the LEAD in their bellies! go indians!

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  • 4
    Jul
    2012
    12:31pm, EDT

    Miners, Spanish riot police clash at 'Pozo Soton' mine

    Flames engulf a Spanish miner after he poured gas from a bridge on burning tires and wood to cut off road access during a miner's demonstration inside "Pozo Soton" mine in northern Spain on July 4. No information was available on the condition of the miner.

    Coal miners fire handmade rockets during a clash with the Spanish national riot police on July 4 at the "Pozo Soton" mine in northern Spain.

    Cesar Manso / AFP - Getty Images

    Spanish riot policemen fire tear gas to disperse a miners' demonstration in El Entrego, inside "Pozo Soton" near Langreo, northern Spain on July 4.

    Eloy Alonso / Reuters

    A miner kicks a gas canister fired by the Spanish national riot police during the clashes between police and miners inside the "Pozo Soton" coal mine in northern Spain on July 4.

    Spanish coal miners are protesting against the government's proposal to decrease funding for coal production.

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    1 comment

    Come on .... That's not going to solve anything ....

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  • 18
    Mar
    2012
    8:20pm, EDT

    Greek soccer match abandoned after fan, police clashes

    Yorgos Karahalis / Reuters

    Panathinaikos fans hold flares before a Greek Super League soccer match between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos Piraeus at Olympic stadium in Athens on March 18.

    Aris Messinis / AFP - Getty Images

    Players of Olympiakos and Panathinaikos stand as a flares are being thrown onto the field during a Greek Super League football game against Olympiakos at the Athens Olympic stadium.

    The Greek league game between leader Olympiakos and Panathinaikos was abandoned with eight minutes to go on Sunday because of escalating clashes between fans and the police.

    Clashes started before the game, when hundreds of youths without tickets tried to enter the stadium. The conflict continued throughout, forcing the second half to start 35 minutes late.

    According to police, 57 people had been detained and a further 20 arrested, while nine police officers were injured, two of them seriously.

    Related links:

    • Greek soccer match abandoned after fan, police clashes

    -- The Associated Press contributed to the blog post

    Yorgos Karahalis / Reuters

    Police chase Panathinaikos' fans before a Greek Super League soccer match against Olympiakos at Olympic stadium in Athens on March 18.

    Kostas Tsironis / AP

    A bleeding Panathinaikos' fan is helped by other fans after being injured during a soccer game for the Greek Super League at the Olympic stadium in Athens.

    Aris Messinis / AFP - Getty Images

    A young supporter of Panathinaikos is carried away from clashes during a Greek Super League football game against Olympiakos at the Athens Olympic stadium.

    Yorgos Karahalis / Reuters

    A soccer fan runs in front of burning seats during a Greek Super League soccer match at Olympic stadium in Athens. The Athens derby between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos Pireaus was abandoned after being interrupted twice by crowd violence on Sunday.

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    2 comments

    yup...us Greeks take it too seriously ! shame we cant put this much effort into our economic mess !

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  • 2
    Feb
    2012
    6:56am, EST

    Chaotic scenes as injured soccer fans return to Cairo after riot

    AP

    People crowd a train station in Cairo, Egypt waiting for their friends and relatives' arrival from Port Said on Feb. 2, 2012 after the country's worst ever soccer violence. A man, right, carries a poster that reads, "Rest in peace, who is behind this? We are with those who lost their relatives."

    AP

    An injured man is carried after arriving from Port Said at a train station in Cairo on Feb. 2, 2012.

    AFP - Getty Images

    Soldiers transfer a wounded fan of Al-Ahly upon his arrival in Cairo aboard a military plane on Feb. 2, 2012.

    msnbc.com news services report: 

    Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters

    Blood is seen on a seat in the Port Said stadium. Feb. 2, 2012.

    The head of Egypt's ruling military council, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, vowed Thursday to track down those behind soccer violence that killed at least 74 people in Port Said, speaking in a rare phone call to an Egyptian TV channel.

    "These kind of events can happen anywhere in the world but we will not let those behind this get away," Tantawi said, speaking to the sports television channel owned by Al Ahly, one of the teams playing. He said victims would receive compensation after their cases were examined.

    At least 47 people were arrested in connection with the melee, Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said. Read the full story.

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    Follow NBC News correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin on Twitter for updates from Cairo and see earlier pictures from Port Said on PhotoBlog.

    Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters

    A shoe is seen inside the goal net one day after soccer supporters clashed at the Port Said stadium. Feb. 2, 2012.

    Mahmud Hams / AFP - Getty Images

    Women mourn at a morgue in Cairo on Feb. 2, 2012.

    At least 74 people were killed and hundreds more injured when rival soccer fans in Egypt rioted after a match. NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin reports from Cairo.

    91 comments

    They need another dictator because they can't behave rationally in a free society..

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  • 14
    Nov
    2011
    7:15pm, EST

    Photographer engulfed by flames after being hit by stun grenade in Greece

    By Jim Seida

    Reuters photographer Yannis Behrakis has been covering conflicts for more than 24 years.  In September he ended up on the business end of a stun grenade, thrown at him by riot police in Thessaloniki, Greece.  "The explosion ripped a hole in my boot and caused minor first degree burns to my foot," Behrakis says.

    Ken Cedeno / Corbis

    Greek Reuters photographer Yannis Behrakis runs to avoid an exploding stun granade thrown by riot police during violent clashes following an anti austerity protest in Thessaloniki Sept. 10.

    Ken Cedeno / Corbis

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    "Many times when you are out covering the riots, you have the feeling that everybody hates you or loves you depending on their needs," says Behrakis. "The protesters want you to photograph the police beating them up or shooting tear gas at them but they don’t want to be photographed throwing rocks or petrol bombs at the police. Several times we’ve been victims of the police and sometimes protesters’ brutality because we took pictures of them during the riots. Many times protesters will ask you to erase your cards or in some cases they will destroy your equipment, threaten you verbally or even hit you. There is generally an anti-journalistic feeling on the streets.

     

    Read more of Behrakis' story and see more images on the Reuters Photographers Blog.

    See more images from Greece, including police engulfed in flames, on PhotoBlog.

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  • 15
    Aug
    2011
    2:59pm, EDT

    Ben Stansall / AFP - Getty Images

    Hackney residents host a tea party exactly a week and almost a minute to the day violent and ugly disturbances broke out in Hackney, Clarence Road in east London, on August 15.

    Cameron: Riot-hit UK must reverse 'moral collapse'

    Full story.

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  • 12
    Aug
    2011
    3:26pm, EDT

    British police plan to flood the streets to stem weekend violence

    By Rich Shulman

    It seems the British police, after some serious black eyes, are getting their act together. Full story.

    Phil Noble / Reuters

    Shoppers walk past a Greater Manchester Police advertising board displaying images of people suspected of committing crimes during the recent riots in Manchester, northern England August 12. Police prepared to flood the streets on Friday to ensure that weekend drinking does not reignite the rioting that swept London and other cities this week, shocking Britons and sullying their country's image a year before it hosts the Olympics.

    Cathal Mcnaughton / Reuters

    Charlie Burton, 18, is taken from City of Westminster Magistrates' court after pleading guilty to violent disorder during the recent riots in London August 12. Police prepared to flood the streets on Friday to ensure that weekend drinking does not reignite the rioting that swept London and other cities this week, shocking Britons and sullying their country's image a year before it hosts the Olympics.

    Stefan Wermuth / Reuters

    Stafford Blake (C) from Peckham writes a message to put on a looted storefront in Peckham, southeast London August 12, 2011.

    Miguel Medina / AFP - Getty Images

    A woman looks at a message board in Peckham, south-east London, on August 12, established by a local theater company after the recent riots and looting in the area. British Prime Minister David Cameron says the riots which have scarred England were motivated by pure criminality, but opposition politicians and academics say they also point to social deprivation.

    Streets were calm in London on Thursday night, as some of the police officers dispatched to keep the peace spent the day raiding homes and rounding up suspects from the four straight nights of violence, riots, and looting. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

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    That kid in the second picture sure doesn't look very upset to be arrested. He needs some sense inserted into his head, and soon.

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  • 10
    Aug
    2011
    7:01am, EDT

    'Stop burning my city': Londoners demand a halt to violence

    Chris Helgren / Reuters

    Hundreds of messages of support from the community of Peckham are seen posted on a looted storefront in the south London district on August 10.

    By David R Arnott, NBC News

    As msnbc.com reports today, the streets of London were generally calmer on Tuesday evening as residents in several districts stood guard to protect their neighborhoods alongside a noticeably larger police presence.

    In Peckham, which saw violence on Monday night, people turned the boards covering a damaged store into an impromptu tribute to the strengths of their community. The Mirror newspaper printed a selection of the messages left under the heading "Why we love Peckham":

    "We stand up for each other"

    "Love is the key"

    "Because there are people who respect each other"

    "Diversity + jerk chicken"

    "My home"

    Peter MacDiarmid / Getty Images

    A man posts a note on a 'Peace Wall' on a boarded up window of a discount store in Peckham on August 10.

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     Hang in there Brits.  These aholes will pass just like any other bad gas.

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