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Kazakhstan court jails oil town rioters
A court in Kazakhstan has jailed more than a dozen people for mounting mass riots in a western oil town last year at the end of a high-profile trial in the Central Asian nation.Twelve people were sentenced to between three and seven years in jail Monday for their involvement in the unrest, during which at least 14 people died.A further 16 people on trial were granted conditional sentences, five were

13 acquitted of loot, arson during 2002 Gujarat riots
Ahmedabad: A city sessions court today acquitted 13 youths belonging to minority community from charges of loot and setting afire 100 shops during post-Godhra riots of 2002, for lack of evidence.

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UK police arrest 7 over last summer's London riots
Seven people in Britain were arrested on suspicion of instigating the riots that swept London last summer, police said Thursday.

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Sheriff: Gang started prison riot in Mississippi

As many as 300 inmates, some of them armed with makeshift weapons such as broomsticks, rioted at a privately run prison for illegal immigrants, beating a guard to death and injuring 19 people, a

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Miss. prison riot leaves guard dead, 8 hurt

A prison guard was killed Sunday during a riot that also injured five other correctional officers and hurt three inmates at a privately run facility in Mississippi that holds illegal immigrants,

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Lady gaga greeted by young Christian protestors in Philippines
Lady Gaga, who is on her Born this Way tour, arrived in the Philippines on Saturday to cheers from fans and protests from young Christians calling for the cancellation of her upcoming concerts.

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