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<title>April 2006 Protests for Return to Democracy</title>
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        Thousands of emboldened protesters defied curfews in Nepal on Sunday, clashing with police on the fourth day of increasingly violent demonstrations to demand a return to democracy in Himalayan kingdom.

The protests came despite the royal government's threat to shoot anyone breaking the curfew, imposed Saturday amid a general strike to pressure King Gyanendra to give up absolute rule. At least two protesters have been killed in clashes.

Police fired tear gas at stone-throwing youths in Nepal's capital Sunday, where at least 1,000 people assembled in one neighborhood, said a witness who declined to be named for fear of police reprisal. Police also fired rubber bullets, Private Kantipur Television reported, showing footage that included at least one injured protester.

Nepal's home minister said Sunday that Maoist militants who joined protesters clashing with police in the capital have started shooting on security forces.

Home Minister Kamal Thapa did not say whether there had been any injuries. Rebel chief Prachanda, whose organization is backing the ongoing anti-monarchy protest campaign, has promised not to carry out attacks in the capital, Katmandu.

"The terrorists have fired despite their pledge not to carry out violence in the capital," Thapa said.

He said "the security forces have recovered cartridges at Gangabu" neighborhood on the northwest edge of Katmandu where a curfew was not imposed but several protests were reported.

Another group tried to march into the city from a suburb but scuffled with police who managed to block them off, said a police official at the scene who asked not to be named because of the political climate.

Witnesses and Nepali media reported protests in dozens of other towns and cities.

On Saturday, security forces killed at least two protesters and wounded five in provincial cities. Saturday was the 16th anniversary of the introduction of democracy in Nepal, an experiment that Gyanendra abruptly ended last year when he reclaimed absolute power for the royal dynasty.

At the time, he said the move was needed to bring order to a chaotic and corrupt political scene and to end a communist insurgency that has killed nearly 13,000 people in the past decade.

Many Nepalis at first welcomed the king's move. But the insurgency since has worsened and the economy has faltered, fueling the discontent that has been on display in recent days as thousands of workers, professionals and business people have for the first time joined students and political activists at protests.

More than 2,000 people protested in the southern town of Bharatpur on Sunday, angered by the death of demonstrator shot by security forces a day earlier. On Saturday, protesters set fire to at least a half-dozen government offices and forced riot police to retreat from the town's main square.

The government extended the daylong curfew Sunday to the resort town of Pokhara, where the king was vacationing and clashes erupted a day earlier.

Gangadhar Baral said he was among a group of protesters throwing stones at security forces when soldiers opened fire in Pokhara on Saturday, killing one of his friends. A doctor reached by phone at the city's Gandaki Hospital confirmed the death and injuries but declined to give his name because he was not authorized to talk to the media.

The curfew began at 10 a.m. Saturday and officials said it would stay in effect through Sunday. They repeated warnings on state television and radio that violators would be shot.

Sunday was the last day of a four-day general strike called by an alliance of the country's seven main political parties and backed by the rebels.

"I have not opened my shop in four days and if this continues, I and my family will have no money left," said Ramesh Shrestha, a shop owner in Katmandu. "Both the government and the protesters are fighting for their own reasons but it is the common people who are suffering."

The government on Sunday said rebels planned to attack the capital, despite their promises to refrain from doing so.

"We are not going to allow massive public gatherings in the city as it has been verified that there is Maoist infiltration," Information Minister Shrish Shumshere Rana told The Associated Press.

Ram Sharan Mahat, a senior leader of Nepali Congress, the country's largest party, dismissed the claim.

"This is just an excuse. They are trying to tar this uprising with the Maoist brush, and to question its legitimacy," Mahat said.

Apart from Saturday's shootings, the government has arrested more than 800 people since Wednesday. Police were seen Saturday detaining another 20 rights activists for defying the curfew.

The crackdown on the opposition has prompted condemnations from the United States, Japan, the European Union and neighboring India, all of which have been critical of the king's power grab.

For the first time, the parties' protest has the backing of the communist rebels, with whom they formed a loose alliance in December.

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Associated Press reporter Neelesh Misra contributed to this report. <br/>Tags: complicated, corruption, king, democracy, nepal, crackdown, clash, violent, tear gas, shooting, riot, general strike, maoist<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/65532">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<title>Body cremated by mob.</title>
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        In July of 1903 a mob overtook city hall to kidnap John Metcalf, a black man who allegedly shot and killed a white man ealier in the evening outside of the bar. After beating, dragging, and hanging him, this is where he was eventually brought and set on fire. The site has changed drastically since then, but at the time it was accross the street from the Vermilion County Jail.<br/>Tags: art, history, murder, riot, danville, lynch<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/893172">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<title>Temporary Living</title>
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        There was a hotel here for the Air Force while they had the base there that I lived at for a couple months before my mom and I were able to find a place to live. We eventually moved into a small town west of the base. It was a garden-apartment, half below ground, half above. I got quite used to living in the hotel, although I could tell my mother was going mad after awhile. 

One night there were riots at the front gate. German civilians were rioting against the base and the military had to bring out water canons. They did eventually use them after all other avenues were exhausted, and shortly after they did the riots quelled. <br/>Tags: hotel, air force, riot, temporary living, water cannon, going mad<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/44270">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        1980/05/18. A three-day race riot breaks out after an all-white jury acquits four white Miami police officers of killing Arthur McDuffie, a black insurance salesman. The police had beaten him with their flashlights and billyclubs, and he died in the hospital. The riot resulted in 15 deaths in Miami, Florida. This was the worst riot since those in Watts and Detroit in the 1960s. (http://www.galegroup.com and http://www.rotten.com)<br/>Tags: riot, race riots, 15 dead, riots<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/34527">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        1963/09/15. Four young black girls attending Sunday school are killed when a bomb explodes at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, a popular location for civil rights meetings. Riots erupt in Birmingham, leading to the deaths of two more black youths<br/>Tags: tragedy, riot, bombing, little girls killed, outrage, anger<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/35109">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        1992/04/29. Riots break out in Los Angeles, sparked by the acquittal of four white police officers caught on videotape beating Rodney King, a black motorist. The riots cause at least 55 deaths and $1 billion in damage. (http://www.britannica.com)<br/>Tags: history, protest, racism, riot, injustice, rodney king, beating, race riot, fire<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/34472">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        One June 13, 1969, Kent Ford, a leader of the Black Panthers, was brutally beaten by Portland Police when he tried to stop them from arresting a number of young people for curfew violation. The beating triggered a riot involving approximately 150 youths that lasted two days and resulted in over 12 arrests.<br/>Tags: police violence, portland radical history tour, racism, curfew, youth, black panthers, kent ford, riot<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/79335">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<title>Violence in Sao Paulo</title>
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        Violence has broken out in Sao Paulo, Brazil between the PCC and police.  What will happen in Brazil and is there anything the rest of the world can learn from this?<br/>Tags: sao paulo, violence, riots, geography, catholicgauze, pcc, police, riot, urban warfare, brazil, brasil, assualt<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/84130">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<title>Body hanged by mob.</title>
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        In July of 1903 a mob overtook city hall to kidnap John Metcalf, a black man who allegedly shot and killed a white man ealier in the evening outside of the bar. After beating and dragging him, he was hanged in this location. Eventually he would be taken across the street from the County Jail and his body would be burned.<br/>Tags: art, history, murder, riot, danville, lynch<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/893174">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<title>City Hall 1903</title>
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        In July of 1903 a mob overtook city hall. Their collective action caused the sheriff and other officers to flee, defenseless against over a thousand rioters. There was no one was left to protect the prisoner the mob would eventually kidnap. The mob was angered by a shooting earlier in the evening. John Metcalf allegedly shot and killed Carl Gatterman, a white man, outside of a saloon.

Now the site is occupied with a dilapidated parking garage.<br/>Tags: art, history, murder, riot, danville, lynch<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/893176">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<title>Riot Music</title>
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        Riot Music (305) 891-3508<br/>Tags: riot<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/2573734">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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