• Egyptian court ruling in soccer riot deaths inflames protests

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    An injured security official is carried from a police officers club in the upscale neighborhood of Zamalek, after protesters set fires following a court verdict in Cairo, March 9. Fans of Cairo's Al-Ahly club have stormed Egypt's soccer federation headquarters and a nearby police club, and set them ablaze after a court acquitted seven of nine police official on trial for their alleged part in deadly stadium melee.

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    Egyptian men try to extinguish a fire in a building in the Police Club compound in Cairo, March 9.

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    Policemen try to extinguish fire at a police club set by protesters following a court verdict in Cairo, March 9.

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    Supporters of the 'Al Ahly' soccer club celebrate after an Egyptian court confirmed verdicts in the Port Said soccer match riots, at the Al-Ahly football club in Cairo, March 9.

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    Smoke and fire rises from the Egyptian Soccer Federation after protesters set fire following a court verdict in, Cairo, March 9. An Egyptian court on Saturday confirmed the death sentences against 21 people for taking part in a deadly soccer riot but acquitted seven police officials for their alleged role in the violence. Suspected fans enraged by the verdict torched the soccer federation headquarters and a police club in Cairo in protest.

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    Egyptian security forces keep watch as protesters burn tires in Port Said, Egypt, March9. Twenty-one people sentenced to death for their role in the fatal 2012 football riots in the Egyptian city of Port Said had their sentences confirmed, sparking riots in Port Said and Cairo.

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    Protesters evacuate a wounded protester from the scene of clashes in downtown Cairo, March 9. Security officials say a protester has died during clashes between police and hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators in central Cairo. The officials say the protester died Saturday on a Nile-side road where clashes have been taking place daily between anti-government protesters and police near two luxury hotels and the U.S. and British embassies.

    By Yousri Mohamed and Marwa Awad, Reuters

    Egyptian protesters torched buildings in Cairo and tried unsuccessfully to disrupt international shipping on the Suez Canal, as a court ruling on a deadly soccer riot stoked rage in a country beset by worsening security.

    The ruling enraged residents of Port Said, at the northern entrance of the Suez Canal, by confirming death sentences imposed on 21 local soccer fans for their role in the riot last year when more than 70 people were killed.

    But the court also angered rival fans in Cairo by acquitting a further 28 defendants that they wanted punished, including seven members of the police force which is reviled across society for its brutality under deposed autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Full story

     

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  • Los Angeles remembers riots 20 years later

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    Churchgoers perform as they dance with signs and flags during Sunday service at First AME Church in Los Angeles, Calif., April 29. The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered the sermon.

    This April 29 marks the 20th anniversary of the riots following the acquittal of four Los Angeles Police officers in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King, which resulted in 53 deaths and an estimated $1 billion in damage.

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    Los Angeles Police Department officers from the 77th Street division detain a twenty-year old 'Street Villains' gang member who was recently released from prison on April 29, in Los Angeles, Calif. The 77th Street division patrol the same neighborhood that truck driver Reginald Denny was nearly beaten to death by a group of black assailants at the intersection of Florence and Normandie Avenues.

    Slideshow: Los Angeles riots: 20 years later

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    Revisiting a turbulent chapter in race relations

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  • London pub owner boards up building in advance of 'storm'

    By Rich Shulman

    It looks like they are getting ready for a hurricane in London; I guess they are in a figurative sense. Full story.

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    A publican boards up his pub in central London August 9. Thousands of policemen prepared to deploy on London's streets on Tuesday night to head off rioters and looters who have rampaged through parts of the British capital virtually unchecked for the past three nights.

    Matt Dunham / AP

    London residents wait to be allowed through a police cordon to help council workers with the clear up after the rioting that took place the previous night outside Clapham Junction railway station in Battersea, London, Tuesday, Aug. 9. Britons swept up, patched up and feared further violence Tuesday, demanding police do more to protect them after three nights of rioting left trails of looted stores, wrecked cars and burned buildings across London and several other cities.

    In the worst violence the city has seen in 30 years, riots swept through London for a third night. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports.

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    The sister of Faik Myrtaj mourns over her brother's portrait on Jan. 28 during a march to commemorate the three victims, including Myrtaj, of last week's deadly riots in Tirana.

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    Altin Veizi, the son of Ziver Veizi, one of three victims killed last week, sheds tears during a protest to commemorate the three victims of last weeks deadly government riots in Tirana, Albania.

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    Leader of Albanian opposition Socialist Party of Albania, Edi Rama, center, is surounded by bodyguards during a protest to commemorate the three victims of last week's deadly government riots in Tirana, Albania. Prime Minster Sali Berisha and officials had accused the opposition Socialist Party of attempting a coup. Rama deflected the blame, insisting that Berishas authorities provoked the violence to strengthen his grip on power.

    A protest to commemorate victims of last weeks riots in Albania

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    Full story here.

  • Orestis Panagiotou / EPA

    A protester with a tear gas mask walks past a car in flames during clashes with riot policemen on the second anniversary of the killing of a teenager by police in central Athens, Greece, on Dec. 6. Clashes broke out between police and demonstrators commemorating the second anniversary of the shooting death of a teenager by police, an incident that sparked the worst riots the country had seen in decades.

    Fiery riots in Greece go into the night

    By Carissa Ray

    This eerie image of the riots in Greece, which we blogged about earlier in the day, is like a still out of an apocolyptic movie. I have to question the logic of commemorating a terrible event and riots with more riots, but clearly passions are still high.