Lots of coverage at Telegraph UK , ” London riots: breakdown of Monday night’s violence ,” and ” London riots: Guerrilla warfare erupts as no one knows where mob will strike next .” And again, stunning coverage at London’s Daily Mail , ” Britain burns at the hands of the mob as the PM finally flies home: Gangs armed with petrol bombs and poles on THIRD night of riots .” Also at ABC News, ” Britain Burning: Riots Rattle London, Spread Across U.K .”
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London Riots Continue for Third Day
AP – A 26-year-old man convicted of burning down a predominantly black Massachusetts church shortly after President Barack Obama’s election insisted on his innocence Friday before surrendering to U.S. marshals to be detained until sentencing.
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Man guilty of Mass. Obama church fire surrenders
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The NY Times call these “deadly protests.” Sounds more like a riot to me Violent protests over the burning of a Koran in Florida flared for a second straight day, with young men rampaging through the streets of this southern capital, flying Taliban flags and wielding sticks. Eight people were killed and 61 injured in the disturbances,
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Deadly Riots In Afghanistan Go For A Second Day
AP – President Barack Obama is extending his deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of those killed in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif by protesters enraged by the burning of a Quran in Florida.
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Obama criticizes Quran burning, Afghan attacks
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Reuters – A Christian pastor on Thursday canceled a plan to burn copies of the Koran at his obscure Florida church, which had drawn international condemnation and a warning from President Barack Obama that it could provoke al Qaeda suicide bombings.
