Riots


MAPUTO, Mozambique - Mozambique's economy has lost more than $3 million because of deadly riots over the rising prices of food and other goods, the government said Friday, as state media reported new protests in two other towns.

MAPUTO, Mozambique - Angry protesters burned tires on the streets of Mozambique's capital and a TV station said at least one person was killed Thursday, a day after at least four people died in clashes between police and rioters.

ATHENS, Greece - Dozens of masked youths clashed with police at a union protest Tuesday in Athens during the country's fifth general strike this year against the cash-strapped government's planned pension and labor reforms.

DURBAN, South Africa - Armed riot police charged into hundreds of security stewards at a World Cup stadium, using tear gas and firing rubber bullets to break up a protest over low wages hours after Sunday's match between Germany and Australia.

ATHENS, Greece - More than 20,000 protesters marched through Athens to parliament Thursday as unions challenged Greece's harsh austerity measures with their fourth general strike this year - and the first since three people died when a bank was torched.
Older News
S M T W T F S
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Copyright© 2010 The Gaea Times