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Most Israelis are more worried about their physical safety. In the past six weeks, 14 Israelis have been stabbed by Palestinians, four of them fatally. That bloodshed, which followed the killing of 20 Palestinians last month by Israeli forces during a riot on the Temple Mount, has dealt the notion of coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians its worst blow since the uprising started three years ago. As tough military measures fail to stop the attacks, more and more Israelis are demanding a ban on the 120,000 Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza who work in Israel. Says...
...inevitable clash occurred Aug. 8, the second anniversary of the 1988 massacre. Students and monks demonstrated in Mandalay. When riot police leveled their rifles at rock throwers, a monk tried to intercede. He was hit by a bullet, and 14 other protesters were injured, though the army denies that anyone was killed...
...then it was left to the scantily clad Yale contingent to take up the pre-Game demonstrators' vow--"we won't go back"--as the action degenerated into near-riot chaos and the mounted police made frequent trips onto the gridiron...
...Hindus and Muslims in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Shouting "Break the mosque! Break the mosque!" about 100 stone-throwing crusaders pulled plaster from the walls and planted saffron-colored flags atop the shrine before they were driven off by police and paramilitary troops armed with tear gas, riot sticks and guns. At least six militants died; next day an additional 16 were killed as police used bullets and bamboo staves to hold back the crowds...
...families are interethnic. That would be highly unlikely in a men's prison, where blacks, Hispanics and whites often segregate themselves and interact only violently. Warders who have worked with inmates of both sexes unanimously testify that the women are far less violent. In California there has been no riot among women prisoners in the past dozen years...