Families' quarrel over shot-out window escalates to 'full-scale riot' in Ala. town of 3,300August 25th, 2009 Ala. families' quarrel escalates to all-out riotMARION, Ala. — Two Alabama families that had been fighting for years turned their feud into a full-scale riot Monday outside a small-town city hall, with up to 150 screaming people hurling tire irons and wielding baseball bats.
Feuding Ala. families cause riot of about 150 with some people throwing jack irons, tire ironsAugust 25th, 2009 Feuding families cause riot of about 150 in Ala.MARION, Ala. — Two Alabama families that had been fighting for years turned their feud into a full-scale riot Monday outside a small-town city hall, with up to 150 screaming people hurling tire irons and wielding baseball bats.
Feuding families cause riot in Alabama with about 300 people throwing jack irons, tire ironsAugust 24th, 2009 Feuding families cause riot of about 300 in Ala.MARION, Ala. — Four people have been arrested and one is at-large following a feud between two families that spilled into a riot involving about 300 people at Marion's municipal complex.
Calif. Corrections officials brief sheriffs after riot cut 1,200 beds from state prison systemAugust 14th, 2009 Calif. officials brief sheriffs after prison riotCHINO, Calif. — Prison officials are briefing sheriffs across California on how a weekend riot that destroyed seven Southern California prison housing units might affect their jail populations in weeks to come.
SoCal prison riot prompts transfer of 1,000 inmates from overcrowded facilityAugust 10th, 2009 SoCal prison riot prompts transfer of inmatesCHINO, Calif. —A California state prison where 175 inmates were injured in a riot remains locked down and more than 1,000 prisoners are being moved.
40 inmates injured after riot breaks out at men's prison in Southern CaliforniaAugust 9th, 2009 40 inmates hurt in riot at Calif.'s Chino prisonLOS ANGELES —Forty prisoners were sent to hospitals after a riot broke out at the California Institution for Men in Chino. Prison spokesman Lt.
Xijiang riot suspects trials to be held next monthJuly 31st, 2009 BEIJING - The trials of suspects involved in the deadly July 5 riot in Urumqi are expected to start the middle of August, a source told the China Daily Thursday. The Urumqi Intermediate People's Court has been preparing for the hearings, according to the source.
Honduran government extends curfew at border areasJuly 27th, 2009 TEGUCIGALPA - The Honduran government Sunday extended a curfew at the Honduran-Nicaraguan border in view of the volatile situation there. Thousands of supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya were waiting in El Paraiso, close to the Nicaraguan border, for the curfew to end, which was extended by 12 hours, so they can meet their leader at the border.
Riot-torn city calmer as Chinese leaders call for unityJuly 8th, 2009 BEIJING - China's riot-hit city of Urumqi appeared calmer early Wednesday, witnesses and state media said, a day after authorities imposed an overnight curfew following more ethnic-related protests and the gathering of armed gangs. "It's pretty normal," one foreign reporter said by telephone as he walked along a main road in the far western city midmorning.
Curfew lifted in riot-torn Urumqi, tension prevailsJuly 8th, 2009 URUMQI - Riot-hit Chinese city Urumqi appeared calm under heavy paramilitary police presence Wednesday after an overnight traffic curfew, though sporadic violence was still reported. Traffic restrictions continued to be imposed in some major streets Wednesday, with members of the Armed Police patrolling.
Pakistan seals border with Afghanistan, clamps curfewJuly 3rd, 2009 MIRANSHAH - Pakistan has sealed its South Waziristan border with Afghanistan and imposed a curfew there to prevent Afghan militants from infiltrating into its territory in the wake of fresh offensives by US troops on the Taliban on the other side of the border. The Pakistan Army has already deployed additional troops at the border on the directives of the federal government, the Online news agency said Friday.
Curfew relaxed in Meerut, no fresh clashesJune 18th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district reported no fresh violence Thursday, two days after group clashes left 15 people injured. The curfew imposed would now be relaxed for about 14-16 hours from Friday, an official said.
Meerut still tense, curfew relaxed for three hoursJune 18th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Tension continued in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district with curfew being relaxed for only three hours Thursday, a day after 15 people were injured when a verbal dispute between two groups escalated into large-scale vandalism and arson. "After a meeting with the district administration, it has been decided to relax the curfew from 9 a.m.
Curfew imposed in Meerut after violenceJune 17th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Curfew has been clamped in parts of Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district after two groups clashed and indulged in arson and vandalism, leaving nearly 20 people injured, police said Wednesday. A verbal dispute between shopkeepers and a group of Muslim protestors snowballed into a violent clash late Tuesday in Lisari Gate area of Meerut, about 350 km from here.
Taliban defy Pak Government's curfew, patrols SwatMay 4th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Armed Taliban militants defied a government curfew and patrolled the main town in Pakistan''s Swat district, after rejecting an Islamic appeals court set up under a peace deal, witnesses have said on Monday. The government of North West Frontier Province said on Saturday that an Islamic appellate court had been created to serve the three million people who live in Malakand, which includes Swat, under a deal to end a Taliban-led insurgency.
BEIJING - Chinese authorities have lifted a curfew in the riot-hit CITY OF Urumqi after order was restored following deadly riots, a spokesman said.
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