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Rumours Fed Unrest Following St Louis Police Shooting: Alderman
About 200 people attended a vigil in St. Louis on Thursday near where a black teenager was killed by police a day earlier, sparking angry clashes between residents and officers amid rumors the victim was only 13 years old, a city alderman said.
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Barack Obama Says Inequality Facing Minority Men Behind Unrest in Baltimore, Ferguson
Following a week of racially charged protests in Baltimore, US President Barack Obama on Monday said that the residual effects of racism have built up over time and created inequality.
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Police Enforce Curfew in Riot-Hit Baltimore
Police fired smoke bombs and pepper pellets at protesters who defied a citywide curfew that went into effect late Tuesday across Baltimore, the latest US city roiled by unrest stoked by anger over police treatment of blacks.
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2015 Pulitzer Prizes Announced, The New York Times Wins 3
The New York Times on Monday won three prestigious Pulitzer Prizes and a St Louis newspaper took the breaking news photography award for its coverage of the racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.
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Protests In New York After No Charges In Garner Chokehold Case
Demonstrations broke out in New York City after a grand jury, on Wednesday, declined to charge a white police officer in the choking death of a black man, days after a similar decision sparked unrest in US cities.
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Barack Obama To Move On Police Body Cameras After Ferguson Unrest
US President Barack Obama will seek to release funds aimed at equipping more police officers with body cameras following the racially charged fatal shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson, the White House said on Monday.
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Mayor Vows to Rebuild Riot-Torn US Town of Ferguson
The mayor of the US suburb at the center of a deadly police shooting that sparked repeated nights of racially charged unrest pledged Sunday to rebuild the riot-hit town.
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Ferguson Enjoys Thanksgiving Peace
Police and protesters were absent as a Thanksgiving Day calm descended on downtown Ferguson on Thursday, allowing residents to clean up after unrest that battered the St Louis suburb, even if was not clear how long the peace would last.
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Streets of Ferguson Quiet After Two Nights of Racial Unrest
The streets of Ferguson, Missouri, were mostly quiet on Wednesday after two nights of racially charged unrest following a U.S. grand jury decision to clear a white policeman over the killing of an unarmed black teenager.
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Russia Throws Rights Accusations Back at US with Ferguson Unrest
Russia pointed on Wednesday to rioting in Ferguson and protests across the United States as evidence that its detractors in Washington were hypocrites and in no position to lecture Moscow on human rights.
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National Guard, Police Curb Ferguson Unrest as Protests Swell Across US
Some 2,000 National Guard troops helped ward off a second night of rampant arson and looting in suburban St Louis after a grand jury declined to indict a white policeman in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, and sympathy protests spread to several US cities.
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2 FBI Agents Shot at House Near Ferguson Unrest
Two FBI agents were shot and wounded at a house in north St Louis County early today, though the incident was "not directly related" to racially charged unrest in and around nearby Ferguson, an agency spokeswoman said.
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Russia Says Ferguson Violence Highlights 'Massive' US Problems
Russia said on Tuesday that the racial unrest in the US town of Ferguson highlighted "massive" domestic problems in America that stemmed from Washington's failure to respect human rights.
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61 Arrested in Rioting Around Ferguson, Missouri: Police
Some 61 people were arrested during a night of unrest in the St. Louis suburbs following a grand jury's decision not to charge a white police officer for the fatal August shooting of an unarmed black teen, the St. Louis County Police Department said on Tuesday.
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US Issues Flight Restrictions Over Ferguson
The Federal Aviation Administration is restricting the path of some flights into Lambert-St. Louis International Airport amid the unrest in Ferguson following a grand jury's decision not to indict the white police officer who fatally shot a black 18-year-old.
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Rumours Fed Unrest Following St Louis Police Shooting: Alderman
About 200 people attended a vigil in St. Louis on Thursday near where a black teenager was killed by police a day earlier, sparking angry clashes between residents and officers amid rumors the victim was only 13 years old, a city alderman said.
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Barack Obama Says Inequality Facing Minority Men Behind Unrest in Baltimore, Ferguson
Following a week of racially charged protests in Baltimore, US President Barack Obama on Monday said that the residual effects of racism have built up over time and created inequality.
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Police Enforce Curfew in Riot-Hit Baltimore
Police fired smoke bombs and pepper pellets at protesters who defied a citywide curfew that went into effect late Tuesday across Baltimore, the latest US city roiled by unrest stoked by anger over police treatment of blacks.
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2015 Pulitzer Prizes Announced, The New York Times Wins 3
The New York Times on Monday won three prestigious Pulitzer Prizes and a St Louis newspaper took the breaking news photography award for its coverage of the racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.
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Protests In New York After No Charges In Garner Chokehold Case
Demonstrations broke out in New York City after a grand jury, on Wednesday, declined to charge a white police officer in the choking death of a black man, days after a similar decision sparked unrest in US cities.
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Barack Obama To Move On Police Body Cameras After Ferguson Unrest
US President Barack Obama will seek to release funds aimed at equipping more police officers with body cameras following the racially charged fatal shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson, the White House said on Monday.
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Mayor Vows to Rebuild Riot-Torn US Town of Ferguson
The mayor of the US suburb at the center of a deadly police shooting that sparked repeated nights of racially charged unrest pledged Sunday to rebuild the riot-hit town.
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Ferguson Enjoys Thanksgiving Peace
Police and protesters were absent as a Thanksgiving Day calm descended on downtown Ferguson on Thursday, allowing residents to clean up after unrest that battered the St Louis suburb, even if was not clear how long the peace would last.
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Streets of Ferguson Quiet After Two Nights of Racial Unrest
The streets of Ferguson, Missouri, were mostly quiet on Wednesday after two nights of racially charged unrest following a U.S. grand jury decision to clear a white policeman over the killing of an unarmed black teenager.
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Russia Throws Rights Accusations Back at US with Ferguson Unrest
Russia pointed on Wednesday to rioting in Ferguson and protests across the United States as evidence that its detractors in Washington were hypocrites and in no position to lecture Moscow on human rights.
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National Guard, Police Curb Ferguson Unrest as Protests Swell Across US
Some 2,000 National Guard troops helped ward off a second night of rampant arson and looting in suburban St Louis after a grand jury declined to indict a white policeman in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, and sympathy protests spread to several US cities.
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2 FBI Agents Shot at House Near Ferguson Unrest
Two FBI agents were shot and wounded at a house in north St Louis County early today, though the incident was "not directly related" to racially charged unrest in and around nearby Ferguson, an agency spokeswoman said.
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Russia Says Ferguson Violence Highlights 'Massive' US Problems
Russia said on Tuesday that the racial unrest in the US town of Ferguson highlighted "massive" domestic problems in America that stemmed from Washington's failure to respect human rights.
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61 Arrested in Rioting Around Ferguson, Missouri: Police
Some 61 people were arrested during a night of unrest in the St. Louis suburbs following a grand jury's decision not to charge a white police officer for the fatal August shooting of an unarmed black teen, the St. Louis County Police Department said on Tuesday.
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US Issues Flight Restrictions Over Ferguson
The Federal Aviation Administration is restricting the path of some flights into Lambert-St. Louis International Airport amid the unrest in Ferguson following a grand jury's decision not to indict the white police officer who fatally shot a black 18-year-old.
