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UK PM Keir Starmer Calls For Emergency Meet As Riots Intensify
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold an emergency meeting with police chiefs on Monday after days of violent anti-immigration protests intensified, with buildings and vehicles torched and hotels holding asylum seekers targeted.
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9 Dead And Many Buildings Torched As Fresh Unrest Erupts In New Caledonia
Several buildings, including a police station and a town hall, were set on fire in New Caledonia overnight, authorities said Monday, as the French Pacific territory was hit by a fresh surge of unrest.
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Vehicles Set On Fire During Violence In Chhattisgarh's Balodabazar
Several cars, motorcycles and a government building were torched after a protest called by the Satnami community to denounce damage to their religious pillar in Chhattisgarh's Balodabazar city turned violent on Monday, officials said.
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1 Dead, Hundreds Injured As Riots Sweep New Caledonia
One person was killed, hundreds more were injured, shops were looted and public buildings torched during a second night of rioting in New Caledonia, authorities said Wednesday, as anger over constitutional reforms from Paris boiled over.
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5-Day Hospital Power Cut Forces Chhattisgarh Doctors To Work With Torches
Doctors at a government hospital in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district on Saturday had to treat injured patients under phone's flashlights as there has been no power at the building for five days now following a fire caused by a short-circuit.
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"Hitler-Like Mindset" Torch Buildings: Sri Lankan PM Reacts To Arson Attack On House
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe gave his first public reaction after his private residence was set on fire and said only people with a "Hitler-like mindset" torch buildings.
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Myanmar Junta Sets Hundreds Of Houses On Fire, Villagers Claim
Myanmar junta troops have torched hundreds of buildings during a three-day raid in the country's north, local media and residents said, as the military struggles to crush resistance to its rule.
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Australia Deploys Troops After Buildings Torched In Solomon Islands Riots
Rioters torched buildings and looted the smouldering rubble of shops in the Solomon Islands' capital of Honiara Friday -- a third straight day of political violence as Australian peacekeeping troops began to deploy.
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Public Buildings Attacked, Vehicles Torched In Brazil: Report
Assailants attacked public buildings and burned vehicles in one of Brazil's most violence-plagued states, Agencia Brasil reported Sunday.
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Myanmar Erects Security Structures, Helipads, Roads On Torched Rohingya Properties: Amnesty
Myanmar is building security installations on top of burnt Rohingya villages, Amnesty International said Monday, casting doubt on the country's plans to repatriate hundreds of thousands of refugees.
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Violence In Nagaland: Government Offices, Vehicles Torched Over Local Body Polls
Over a thousand Naga tribals have set fire to the Kohima Municipal Council office and the office of the district collector to protest against Chief Minister TR Zeliang's refusal to meet their ultimatum: resign by 4 pm. As night fell on Nagaland's capital city, tension was high as mobs went on a rampage, burning and vandalising government property a...
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London Replica Torched To Mark Great Fire Anniversary
A massive wooden replica of 17th century London was torched Sunday on the River Thames to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, which paved the way for the building of the modern city.
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Student Killed In Attack At Papua New Guinea University
One man was killed and several buildings torched in violence at a university in Papua New Guinea, its vice-chancellor said today, some two weeks after police opened fire on students in the capital.
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Boko Haram 'Open Fire on Dozens' in North East Nigeria Raid
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen opened fire on villagers and torched a number of buildings in a new attack in northeast Nigeria, witnesses said today.
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Fire at Dubai's 'The Torch' Skyscraper; No Casualties Reported
Hundreds of people in Dubai were evacuated from one of the world's tallest residential buildings on Saturday when fire swept through The Torch, a 79-story skyscraper, residents said.
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UK PM Keir Starmer Calls For Emergency Meet As Riots Intensify
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold an emergency meeting with police chiefs on Monday after days of violent anti-immigration protests intensified, with buildings and vehicles torched and hotels holding asylum seekers targeted.
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9 Dead And Many Buildings Torched As Fresh Unrest Erupts In New Caledonia
Several buildings, including a police station and a town hall, were set on fire in New Caledonia overnight, authorities said Monday, as the French Pacific territory was hit by a fresh surge of unrest.
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Vehicles Set On Fire During Violence In Chhattisgarh's Balodabazar
Several cars, motorcycles and a government building were torched after a protest called by the Satnami community to denounce damage to their religious pillar in Chhattisgarh's Balodabazar city turned violent on Monday, officials said.
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1 Dead, Hundreds Injured As Riots Sweep New Caledonia
One person was killed, hundreds more were injured, shops were looted and public buildings torched during a second night of rioting in New Caledonia, authorities said Wednesday, as anger over constitutional reforms from Paris boiled over.
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5-Day Hospital Power Cut Forces Chhattisgarh Doctors To Work With Torches
Doctors at a government hospital in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district on Saturday had to treat injured patients under phone's flashlights as there has been no power at the building for five days now following a fire caused by a short-circuit.
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"Hitler-Like Mindset" Torch Buildings: Sri Lankan PM Reacts To Arson Attack On House
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe gave his first public reaction after his private residence was set on fire and said only people with a "Hitler-like mindset" torch buildings.
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Myanmar Junta Sets Hundreds Of Houses On Fire, Villagers Claim
Myanmar junta troops have torched hundreds of buildings during a three-day raid in the country's north, local media and residents said, as the military struggles to crush resistance to its rule.
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Australia Deploys Troops After Buildings Torched In Solomon Islands Riots
Rioters torched buildings and looted the smouldering rubble of shops in the Solomon Islands' capital of Honiara Friday -- a third straight day of political violence as Australian peacekeeping troops began to deploy.
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Public Buildings Attacked, Vehicles Torched In Brazil: Report
Assailants attacked public buildings and burned vehicles in one of Brazil's most violence-plagued states, Agencia Brasil reported Sunday.
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Myanmar Erects Security Structures, Helipads, Roads On Torched Rohingya Properties: Amnesty
Myanmar is building security installations on top of burnt Rohingya villages, Amnesty International said Monday, casting doubt on the country's plans to repatriate hundreds of thousands of refugees.
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Violence In Nagaland: Government Offices, Vehicles Torched Over Local Body Polls
Over a thousand Naga tribals have set fire to the Kohima Municipal Council office and the office of the district collector to protest against Chief Minister TR Zeliang's refusal to meet their ultimatum: resign by 4 pm. As night fell on Nagaland's capital city, tension was high as mobs went on a rampage, burning and vandalising government property a...
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London Replica Torched To Mark Great Fire Anniversary
A massive wooden replica of 17th century London was torched Sunday on the River Thames to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, which paved the way for the building of the modern city.
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Student Killed In Attack At Papua New Guinea University
One man was killed and several buildings torched in violence at a university in Papua New Guinea, its vice-chancellor said today, some two weeks after police opened fire on students in the capital.
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Boko Haram 'Open Fire on Dozens' in North East Nigeria Raid
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen opened fire on villagers and torched a number of buildings in a new attack in northeast Nigeria, witnesses said today.
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Fire at Dubai's 'The Torch' Skyscraper; No Casualties Reported
Hundreds of people in Dubai were evacuated from one of the world's tallest residential buildings on Saturday when fire swept through The Torch, a 79-story skyscraper, residents said.
