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...15th incident in which a black man was killed by city police since 1995 and the 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...
...communists. A remnant band of allegedly U.S.-trained ethnic minority rebels known by the French acronym fulro staged raids from across the Cambodian border until the early '90s when they migrated to the United States. Vietnamese authorities are accusing one of the former guerrillas of engineering last month's unrest. Officials in Gia Lai seized documents they say are proof that "reactionary forces" were behind the protests. Signed by Ksor Kok, founder of the Montagnard Foundation in South Carolina, the papers call for a general uprising and an autonomous highlands state, to be named Degar. "The Kinh people will kill...
...near the Cambodian border. They threw stones, broke windows and in one village reportedly tied up and beat a local official. Witnesses say some shouted for the Kinh to leave. In a country where open opposition is rare and dealt with harshly, the riots amounted to Vietnam's worst unrest since 1997 when thousands of villagers in northeastern Thai Binh province protested against land distribution by corrupt officials...
This latest unrest came at an especially bad time for the Communist Party, as it prepares for its twice-a-decade general congress. Already anxious about maintaining their grip on power, officials sent in army troops who crushed the revolt and quickly sealed off the highlands. At least 30 protesters were arrested. When foreign media were allowed in briefly last week, they were closely followed by a white van filled with local police. Officials blocked reporters' access to protest participants and downplayed the troubles, blaming it on Vietnamese exiles bent on toppling the Hanoi regime. "The extremists tried to trick...
...Kinh majority among members of the region's 38 hill tribes. Collectively known as Montagnards by the former French colonialists, the hill people are famous for their colorful dress and dance, ruou or rice wine ceremonies?and their recruitment by U.S. special forces during the Vietnam War. But the unrest goes beyond minority rights and transmigration problems. The central highlands' troubles are a microcosm of all the contentious issues facing Vietnam?land disputes, corruption, a shaky economy and accusations of religious repression...