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...fourth such incident since last November, strained relations in Cincinnati beyond the breaking point. On Monday evening, riots broke out in Over-the-Rhine, the impoverished, primarily black area where Thomas lived. The unrest spread to other neighborhoods and intensified Monday night, when police attempted to quell the violence with rubber bullets, beanbags and tear gas. As of April 14, a week after the shooting, more than 60 people had been injured and over 25 had been admitted to a hospital. On Thursday, Mayor Charles Luken imposed a nighttime curfew, which appears to have restored a degree of calm...
...council is trying to quell tutors' fears...
...left the government; an important coalition partner had withdrawn its support and all business in parliament had come to a halt. The scandal broke after a media company, Tehelka.com, screened videotape evidence of a widespread network of bribery, corruption and influence peddling among top politicians. In an attempt to quell the crisis, Vajpayee announced in a television address that he had set up a judicial enquiry and appealed to his political opponents to allow parliament to resume so that the issue could be discussed and reforms put in place...
DIED. JAMES A. RHODES, 91, Ohio's longest-serving Governor, who in May 1970 dispatched the National Guard to Kent State University to quell anti-Vietnam protests; in Columbus, Ohio. In Rhodes' 16-year tenure, Ohio's economy and public university system flourished, but history will always note the fateful May afternoon when soldiers killed four students and injured nine...
Harvard sketched the outlines of a payment deal with Watertown yesterday in an attempt to quell fears that the University's tax-exempt status would cost the town millions in vital revenue if Harvard purchases Arsenal on the Charles, a Watertown business complex...