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Greece has issued an international appeal for more tear gas after supplies ran low because police fired so much of it during a week of violent protests across the country. Officers released 4,600 capsules of tear gas during confrontations in Athens and nearly a dozen other cities since riots erupted over the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old schoolboy by a policeman last Saturday. The greek government is urgently seeking fresh supplies of tear gas from Israel and Germany, the police said. Yesterday, a report disputed claims by lawyers for the policeman accused of killing Alexandros Grigoropoulos that the bullet hit...

TOLEDO, Ohio - Police began receiving word midweek that gangs were going to descend on a neighborhood where a riot erupted over a planned march by a white supremacist group, but the resulting disturbance was worse than expected, the police chief said Sunday. Officers who work in the area reported that gang members were planning to turn out in force, and authorities made plans to handle any disturbances, Police Chief Mike Navarre said at a news conference Sunday morning. However, he added the protest lasted longer and was more intense than expected. Authorities want to determine why protesters turned their...