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...Angeles two weeks ago, the trouble started when the Mann theater oversold tickets to the movie's premiere and turned away hundreds of frustrated patrons. About 800 youths went on a rampage, breaking windows and looting stores in the trendy neighborhood near the UCLA campus. It took 100 riot police 3 1/2 hours to quell the disturbance. When it was over, nine people had been arrested and 21 shops damaged...
...pitched battle broke out when Serbian riot police, firing rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons, charged the ralliers. Many of the protesters fought back with trash cans, paving blocks ripped from the sidewalks and even furniture from open-air cafes. As the crowd swarmed toward the Serbian parliament building, a 17-year-old boy, Branivoje Milinovic, was killed by police gunfire; more than 100 other people were injured, and a policeman later died of head wounds. The federal army, commanded by a largely Serbian officer corps, deployed tanks and armored personnel carriers at Serbia's request, in what Croatian...
...onset, governments remain edgy. In Egypt, for instance, though opposition to the fight against Saddam remains limited to a relatively small group of leftists and fundamentalists, authorities cracked down hard on the first, small anti- U.S. demonstration, which occurred last week. When the participants refused to disperse, 200 riot police waded into the crowd and arrested a handful of protesters...
...Harvard crew, McSwain has only praise. "JJ's a riot, she's a ball of fire," McSwain says. "Even when the camera's not on her, she's always smiling, she's always upbeat...
...Francisco, more than 1000 protesters massed at the Federal Building before dawn. One person Was quickly arrested as ranks of police in riot gear faced the restless, mostly young crowd. There were reports of scuffles between demonstrators and workers attempting to get inside...