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...gunned down by masked assailants outside the station where he had worked for more than fifteen years. The free and democratic elections promised by the President, Rene Preval, have been postponed for months. Since March 29, ten prominent public figures have been assassinated for political reasons. During a political riot following the funeral of Dominique, the police reportedly stood by and did nothing...
...spray to keep some 100 demonstrators around the house at bay, the situation around the house quickly calmed down after the van carrying Elian left. Reno, who insisted immediately afterwards that the Miami relatives had left the government no option, had feared that a forced seizure might provoke a riot in Miami. And although Miami police are braced for the venting of some fierce emotions, those will likely peter out quickly as it becomes obvious that no amount of anger on the streets of Miami will bring Elian back to his great-uncle's home...
...least 14 Harvard students risked arrest and anti-riot measures this weekend as they demonstrated in Washington, D.C. against the policies of two leaders in international finance...
Benko said she had not heard from the group as of last night and did not know if any students had been taken into custody or subjected to anti-riot measures. However, she said police had been "arresting everyone who happen[ed] to be there, even if they're not trespassing or engaging in civil disobediance...
...police continued to battle mostly peaceful protesters challenging the international financial system and demanding debt relief for the world's poorest countries. Heavy-handed policing has, however, for the most part allowed the annual meetings of the bank and fund to proceed unmolested. Still, images of riot policemen dragging young Americans off the streets of the nation's capital, and of blue-collar workers making common cause with turtle-hugging environmentalists has reinforced the idea, in the public mind, that there are many Americans unconvinced about the virtues of globalization. "Like the earlier Seattle protests over trade, the Washington protests...