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1. News - World - SWEDEN

   Cars, schools ablaze in fifth night of Stockholm riots

   Posted May 24th 2013, 08:43pm by AFP

   ... News World Stockholm riots Kista Husby Agence France-Presse in Stockholm Follow @SCMP_News More than a dozen cars were torched and schools, shops and a police station were set ablaze as riots swept through Stockholm’s immigrant-dominated suburbs for the fifth straight night, police and firefighters said on Friday. Police plan to call in reinforcements to help quell the riots ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1245293/cars-schools-ablaze-fifth-night-stockholm-riots
2. News - World - SWEDEN: ANALYSIS

   Segregation cited as root of riots in immigrant areas of Stockholm

   Posted May 25th 2013, 12:00am by AP

   ... rioting in several largely immigrant areas near Stockholm this week. Few dispute that the violence was probably touched off by the fatal police shooting of an elderly man who had locked himself ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1245291/segregation-cited-root-riots-immigrant-areas-stockholm
3. News - World - RUSSIA

   Russian court bans 'extremist' Pussy Riot video

   Posted Nov 29th 2012, 08:46pm by Reuters in Moscow

   ... and European leaders over sentences they regard as disproportionate. Russia frees one Pussy Riot member, keeps two in jail ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1094040/russian-court-bans-extremist-pussy-riot-video
4. News - China - UNREST

   Anger over crash response in Fuan city sparks riot against police

   Posted Nov 19th 2012, 12:00am by MANDY ZUO

   ... News China Fujian Riots Mandy Zuo mandy.zuo@scmp.com Fuan residents attack ambulance and police van; latest in series of minor incidents to boil over Residents of a Fujian province city smashed an ambulance and overturned three police vans after a car crash over the weekend, as yet another relatively minor incidents resulted in public unrest on the mainland. The riot in Fuan city ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1085634/anger-over-crash-response-fuan-city-sparks-riot-against-police
5. News - World - FRANCE

   French policemen face trial over teen deaths that sparked riots in 2005

   Posted Nov 02nd 2012, 12:00am by The Guardian

   ... News World France Riots The Guardian in Paris Top court reinstates case over 2005 incident that sparked worst unrest in France in 40 years Two police officers could soon face trial over the deaths of two teenagers from a high-rise estate who were electrocuted in 2005, sparking the worst rioting in France for 40 years. After seven years of legal wrangling, and lobbying ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1074324/french-policemen-face-trial-over-teen-deaths-sparked-riots-2005
6. News - World - FRANCE

   Teenage deaths case behind French riots re-opens

   Posted Nov 01st 2012, 11:24am by Associated Press in Paris

   ... News World France Riots Associated Press in Paris France’s highest appeals court on Wednesday re-opened a trial of two police officers accused of failing to help two teenagers whose 2005 electrocution deaths sparked riots across the country. The brother of one of the two victims praised the court for overturning a lower court that had ruled last year to drop the case against ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1074206/teenage-deaths-case-behind-french-riots-re-opens
7. News - Asia - MYANMAR

   UN 'alarmed' at killings in fresh Myanmar unrest

   Posted Oct 25th 2012, 08:12pm by Agence France-Presse in Yangon

   ... News Asia Sectarian riots Agence France-Presse in Yangon A new wave of sectarian unrest in western Myanmar has left at least 20 dead, officials said on Thursday, sparking an exodus ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1069702/un-alarmed-twenty-killed-fresh-myanmar-unrest
8. News - World - RUSSIA

   Russia frees one Pussy Riot member, keeps two in jail

   Posted Oct 10th 2012, 03:41pm by Agence France-Presse in Moscow

   ... News World Pussy Riot Agence France-Presse in Moscow A Russian appeals court on Wednesday ordered the release of one member of anti-Vladimir Putin punk band Pussy Riot after giving her ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1057848/russian-court-upholds-jail-two-pussy-riot-members-frees-third
9. News - World - RUSSIA

   Russia must protect faithful in Pussy Riot case: Putin

   Posted Sep 06th 2012, 05:14pm by Agence France-Presse in Moscow

   ... punk rockers Pussy Riot who were jailed for performing in a Moscow church. “The state is obliged to protect the feelings of the faithful,” Putin said in an interview ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1030877/russia-must-protect-faithful-pussy-riot-case-putin
10. Gallery

    Today in Photos, August 17

    Posted Aug 17th 2012, 06:20pm

    ... Photos Today in Photos Pussy Riot No ...

    http://www.scmp.com/photos/today-photos/gallery/1017173/today-photos-august-17

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