Read more riots stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10991/riots.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:21:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73639/china-executes-9-over-uighur-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNine people convicted of murder and arson during July riots in China’s Xinjiang province were executed today. Chinese news services did not identify the executed, but previous statements suggest that they are Uighurs. The riots in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region, left 197 people dead as Uighurs clashed...http://www.newser.com/story/73639/china-executes-9-over-uighur-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 13:59:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72190/dozens-disappeared-after-china-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDozens of Uighur men and boys rounded up in the wake of the riots that shook China's Xinjiang province over the summer are missing, according to a reports from a human rights group. Interviews with families in Urumqi found evidence that 43 people had vanished since being taken away by...http://www.newser.com/story/72190/dozens-disappeared-after-china-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 3:49:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71466/chinese-court-sentences-6-to-death-for-ethnic-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA court in China's far western Xinjiang region sentenced six men to death today over riots between Muslim Uighurs and members of the Han Chinese majority that killed nearly 200 people in July. The sentences—the first for any of the scores of suspects arrested in the rioting—appeared aimed...http://www.newser.com/story/71466/chinese-court-sentences-6-to-death-for-ethnic-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 6:56:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67961/the-memorial-killings-what-katrina-doctors-did.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the staff at one New Orleans hospital faced a torturous dilemma: For critically ill patients who would have to be carried down as many as 8 flights of stairs and back up to the roof of a garage, evacuation seemed impossible. With rumors of...http://www.newser.com/story/67961/the-memorial-killings-what-katrina-doctors-did.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 10:09:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64422/300-cars-torched-in-bastille-day-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrance's celebration of the 320th anniversary of rioters storming the Bastille was marred by major riots, Der Speigel reports. Over 300 cars were torched in cities across the country, and hundreds of arrests were made as youths hurled home-made explosives at police, injuring several officers. Authorities say the number of...http://www.newser.com/story/64422/300-cars-torched-in-bastille-day-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 3:33:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63884/as-riots-quiet-china-vows-to-execute-killers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter thousands of troops were deployed to quell ethnic unrest in the Chinese city of Urumqi, “the situation is under control,” said officials—who vowed to execute anyone behind the riot's 156 deaths. Most of those charged with murder so far have been students, said the city’s Communist Party head,...http://www.newser.com/story/63884/as-riots-quiet-china-vows-to-execute-killers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Jul 2009 12:55:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63769/han-chinese-retaliate-against-uighurs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThousands of ethnic Han Chinese rioted in the western city of Urumqi today, destroying shops and property belonging to Muslim Uighurs in retaliation for Han deaths over the weekend, the Guardian reports. Police tried to disperse the mob with tear gas, but many rioters remained, throwing rocks at mosques and...http://www.newser.com/story/63769/han-chinese-retaliate-against-uighurs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Jul 2009 9:57:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63013/rioter-reflects-on-stonewall-40-years-later.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs New York City gears up for the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, one of the original protesters admits he never thought "it would turn out to be much of anything," the AP reports. Raymond Castro, now living with his partner of 30 years, says the crowd on June...http://www.newser.com/story/63013/rioter-reflects-on-stonewall-40-years-later.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 27 Jun 2009 19:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62113/iran-foreign-media-speaks-for-hooligans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIran has slammed foreign journalists for sparking unrest in the country as the “mouthpieces” of “hooligans,” CNN reports. The foreign ministry said “hundreds” of foreigners had been allowed into Iran in “a sign of the total transparency in the trends of the elections,” but “certain countries have rushed to judgment...http://www.newser.com/story/62113/iran-foreign-media-speaks-for-hooligans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Jun 2009 13:02:01 CDT