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  • Paris riots continue after two die

    10/30/2005 10:02:57 PM PST · by ncountylee · 37 replies · 2,166+ views
    Ireland On-Line ^ | 30/10/2005
    Police detained 14 people yesterday after a second night of rioting that broke out in a working-class Paris suburb following the deaths of two youths who were electrocuted while trying to evade police, officials said. Hundreds of angry youths torched parked cars and threw rocks at police overnight in Clichy-sous-Bois, north of the capital, lightly injuring 15 officers and a journalist, officials said. Mobile police units were called in after assailants opened fire on a police riot vehicle, and restored order around 2am. About 300 police were remaining on site until further notice, officials said. Dozens of local residents held...
  • Saudi King Dies

    08/01/2005 6:44:34 AM PDT · by Leatherneck_MT · 7 replies · 521+ views
    foxnews ^ | Aug 01, 2005 | Associated Press
    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia's King Fahd (search) sought to modernize his desert kingdom while balancing change against tribal tradition and orthodox Islam, but a stroke a decade ago left him a ruler in name only during tumultuous times for the world's biggest oil producer.