2 arrested in anti-gay beating at NYC bar where 1969 riot helped spur gay rights movement

2 arrested in anti-gay beating at famed NY gay bar

2 arrested after police use tear gas to disperse rioting crowd of 400 in Oregon college town

2 arrested after 400 riot in Ore. college town

Violence erupts in east Jerusalem after deadly shooting of Palestinian, clouding peace efforts

Violence in east Jerusalem clouds peace efforts

Man convicted in 1990s NYC race riots death is stabbed in head with ice pick, hospitalized

Man convicted in 1990s NYC race riots is stabbed

French prosecutor seeks to drop case against police in death of teens that prompted 2005 riots

French prosecutor seeks to drop 2005 riots case

Mozambique text message service stopped after protests summoned by text; radio says 9 arrested

Mozambican radio: 9 who call for protests arrested

Far-right demonstrators clash with riot police in city in northern England

Far-right protesters clash with police in UK

US sees significant increase in Greek terrorism; militant groups spawned by 2008 riots

US sees spike in Greek terrorism

ATHENS, Greece — Domestic terrorism increased significantly in Greece last year following riots in Dec. 2008 sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager, the U.S. State Department says in an annual report on terrorism.

Feds to investigate shooting of unarmed black man in Oakland by transit officer

Feds to investigate Calif. train station killing

Violent protests erupt after ex-transit officer convicted in train station killing

Violent protests after Calif train killing verdict

Former Calif. transit officer convicted of manslaughter in train station killing

Officer convicted in Calif. train station killing

No sign of violence on anniversary of ethnic rioting in China’s Xinjiang region

Riot anniversary in China passes off peacefully

Police patrol streets in China’s Xinjiang region on anniversary of ethnic rioting

Police patrol China region on riot anniversary

Security stepped up in China’s Xinjiang region ahead of anniversary of ethnic violence

Police on alert in China ahead of riot anniversary

Police arrest more than 560 after vandalism at Toronto economic summit

President Barack Obama

Police arrest more than 500 after vandalism at Toronto economic summit

President Barack Obama

Kyrgyz investigators exhume bodies from ethnic riots; nation tense ahead of vote Sunday

Kyrgyz investigators exhume bodies of riot victims

Kyrgyz arrest nephew of deposed president, accuse him of organizing ethnic riots

Kyrgyz arrest Bakiyev relative accused in unrest

China busts ‘hard-core terrorists,’ says arrests underscore enduring threat 1 year after riots

China says terror bust underscores enduring threat

AP Exclusive: Dozens of Uighurs flee China in year after riots, relate fear of government

AP Exclusive: Uighurs flee China after riots

US envoy urges independent probe into Kyrgyz violence, video shows unarmed Uzbeks in riots

US envoy urges independent probe into Kyrgyz riots

International Red Cross says ’several hundred’ killed in Kyrgyzstan since start of rioting

Red Cross: ’several hundred’ dead in Kyrgyz unrest

Rioting leaves Bangkok in flames after army troops smash protesters’ encampment

Bangkok in flames after army storms protest camp

Thai PM confident order will be restored, promises firm action on arsonists in Bangkok unrest

Thai PM confident order will be restored

BANGKOK — Thailand’s prime minister says he is confident order will be restored and has promised firm action to crack down on arson that has spread through the capital and other areas around the country after troops cracked down on protesters.

Bangkok burns after Thai army storms protest zone, Red Shirt leaders arrested after 3 killed

Bangkok burns after Thai protest leaders arrested

Central Bangkok turns into battle zone as rioting by Red Shirt protesters spreads

Bangkok battle: Troops fire on rioting protesters

Greek police say 6 arrested people are members of Revolutionary Struggle terrorist group

Greek police arrest 6 domestic terrorism suspects

Soldiers, police in riot gear massing near anti-government protest sites in Thai capital

Thai security forces mass near protest sites

3 shot dead in Uganda riots after overnight fire destroys tombs of traditional kings

3 dead in Uganda riots after tombs set alight

Nigeria: 17 police officers detained over video showing extrajudicial killings after riot

Nigeria: 17 police officers detained over shooting

Huge rally marks anniversary of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, police clash with protesters

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Top China police officer says Xinjiang getting better but threat of unrest remains

China police boss says Xinjiang getting better

China sentences 4 more to death over last year’s ethnic riots in far-western Xinjiang

China sentences 4 more to death over ethnic riots

Migrants riot in southern Italian town after shooting, injuries and arrests reported

Migrants riot in southern Italian town

ROME — Hundreds of migrant workers went on the rampage Friday in a southern Italian town, in a second day of rioting after two of them were wounded in a shooting, authorities said.

Suriname police pursue anti-migrant rioters accused of rape, arson, looting

Suriname cops search for anti-migrant rioters

China sentences 5 more to death over July ethnic riots in far-western Xinjiang

China sentences 5 more to death over ethnic riots