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...working week intervenes. But the traffic jams that hit early Monday afternoon as commuters emptied the city were a sign that people knew something more serious was going on. That night saw the third successive outbreak of serious rioting in Protestant neighborhoods, violence that has caused another dip in Northern Ireland's roller coaster peace process...
...joined quickly by members of two loyalist paramilitary groups. They coordinated attacks that spread to towns outside Belfast. The burning cars and rubble-strewn streets they left in their wake were a sharp reminder of just how severe this outburst had been. Earlier this year, the Police Service of Northern Ireland had congratulated itself for not having to use plastic bullets, a riot control weapon, for two and a half years - last weekend, police and soldiers fired more than 400 of the projectiles. Perhaps more significantly, the British soldiers also used live ammunition when they came under fire from loyalist...
...Number of deaths in northern India due to Japanese encephalitis since late July, almost all children. An estimated 7 million Indian children are at risk of catching the disease; only 200,000 have been immunized...
...brought his laundry basket full of coffee and canned milk back to his Napoleon Avenue home, which had no form of communication except a land telephone. The line would determine his family’s survival when his aunt called, telling them that floodwaters were fast rising on the northern side of the city. Farmer drove out at 1 a.m. Wednesday morning...
DRYING OUT The highest point in New Orleans is the levee along the Mississippi River. The lowest parts are closest to Lake Pontchartrain. As more pumps come online, the water will recede toward the northern parts of the city...