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July 2005
- Belfast police injured in riot
- 2nd other top story (13/7/2005, 03:42 – 05:37)
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- Belfast police injured in rioting
- 3rd other top story (13/7/2005, 05:37 – 07:43)
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August 2005
- Riots after Sudan VP Garang dies
- 3rd other top story (1/8/2005, 12:53 – 14:42)
- 5th other top story (2/8/2005, 00:41 – 01:19)
- 6th other top story (2/8/2005, 01:19 – 03:24)
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- Officers injured in Belfast riot
- 1st other top story (5/8/2005, 05:09 – 08:10)
- 2nd other top story (5/8/2005, 08:10 – 08:25)
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- Paramilitaries blamed over riot
- 4th other top story (5/8/2005, 14:15 – 16:01)
- 5th other top story (5/8/2005, 16:01 – 17:55)
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- Cypriot plane crashes in Greece
- Main headline (14/8/2005, 10:35 – 14:55)
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September 2005
- Civilian shot in loyalist rioting
- 1st other top story (10/9/2005, 19:30 – 23:10)
- Left subheadline (10/9/2005, 23:10 – 23:35)
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- Orde blames Orangemen for rioting
- Main headline (11/9/2005, 08:25 – 08:30)
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- Orangemen blamed for NI rioting
- Main headline (11/9/2005, 08:30 – 10:25)
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- NI sees 'worst rioting in years'
- Main headline (11/9/2005, 10:25 – 14:50)
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- Belfast rioters 'meant to kill police'
- Main headline (11/9/2005, 14:50 – 19:20)
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- NI rioters 'meant to kill police'
- Left subheadline (11/9/2005, 19:20 – 22:35)
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- More riots break out in Belfast
- Left subheadline (11/9/2005, 22:35 – 12/9/2005, 01:10)
- Main headline (12/9/2005, 01:10 – 05:30)
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- Hain warning after Belfast rioting
- Main headline (12/9/2005, 15:35 – 17:30)
- Left subheadline (12/9/2005, 17:30 – 18:25)
- 1st other top story (12/9/2005, 18:25 – 22:05)
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- Loyalist riot erupts in Belfast
- 1st other top story (12/9/2005, 23:15 – 13/9/2005, 00:00)
- 2nd other top story (13/9/2005, 00:00 – 02:55)
- 4th other top story (13/9/2005, 02:55 – 05:00)
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- Order is 'blameless' over rioting
- 4th other top story (14/9/2005, 13:10 – 16:55)
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October 2005
- Man killed in Egypt church riot
- 4th other top story (22/10/2005, 00:55 – 03:20)
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- Three killed in Egypt church riot
- 4th other top story (22/10/2005, 03:20 – 04:05)
- 1st other top story (22/10/2005, 04:05 – 04:20)
- 2nd other top story (22/10/2005, 04:20 – 06:55)
- 1st other top story (22/10/2005, 06:55 – 08:50)
- 4th other top story (22/10/2005, 08:50 – 09:30)
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- Further disturbances after riot
- 1st other top story (23/10/2005, 23:20 – 24/10/2005, 01:50)
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- Further clashes in riot city
- 1st other top story (24/10/2005, 01:50 – 02:40)
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- Further disturbances in riot city
- 1st other top story (24/10/2005, 02:40 – 04:45)
- Main headline (24/10/2005, 04:45 – 04:50)
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- Man fatally shot near riot scene
- Main headline (24/10/2005, 04:50 – 08:30)
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- Man shot dead near scene of riots
- Main headline (24/10/2005, 08:30 – 10:15)
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- Man shot dead close to riot scene
- Main headline (24/10/2005, 10:15 – 10:55)
- Left subheadline (24/10/2005, 10:55 – 11:35)
- Right subheadline (24/10/2005, 11:35 – 12:45)
- 1st other top story (24/10/2005, 12:45 – 12:50)
- Left subheadline (24/10/2005, 12:50 – 13:05)
- Right subheadline (24/10/2005, 13:05 – 15:40)
- 2nd other top story (24/10/2005, 15:40 – 16:15)
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- Knife mob killed city riot victim
- Right subheadline (24/10/2005, 16:15 – 23:45)
- 1st other top story (24/10/2005, 23:45 – 25/10/2005, 02:05)
- 2nd other top story (25/10/2005, 02:05 – 03:25)
- 3rd other top story (25/10/2005, 03:25 – 04:30)
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- Two released over 'riot' shooting
- 1st other top story (25/10/2005, 14:00 – 14:35)
- 2nd other top story (25/10/2005, 14:35 – 14:40)
- 3rd other top story (25/10/2005, 14:40 – 15:05)
- 5th other top story (25/10/2005, 15:05 – 15:55)
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- Two men held over riot stabbing
- 2nd other top story (27/10/2005, 17:55 – 18:05)
- Left subheadline (27/10/2005, 18:05 – 19:25)
- 1st other top story (27/10/2005, 19:25 – 20:00)
- Left subheadline (27/10/2005, 20:00 – 20:10)
- 1st other top story (27/10/2005, 20:10 – 28/10/2005, 05:00)
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- Hundreds of police in riot areas
- 2nd other top story (29/10/2005, 02:00 – 08:25)
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- New arrests by riot murder police
- 5th other top story (29/10/2005, 12:15 – 13:45)
- 6th other top story (29/10/2005, 13:45 – 13:50)
- 5th other top story (29/10/2005, 13:50 – 15:40)
- 3rd other top story (29/10/2005, 15:40 – 17:20)
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- Murder charges follow city riot
- Right subheadline (31/10/2005, 16:50 – 4/11/2005, 00:00)
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November 2005
- French police sent to riot towns
- 4th other top story (4/11/2005, 00:00 – 01:50)
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- Paris rioting enters second week
- 1st other top story (4/11/2005, 01:50 – 08:30)
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- French riots spread beyond Paris
- 1st other top story (4/11/2005, 08:30 – 08:50)
- Right subheadline (4/11/2005, 08:50 – 11:35)
- Left subheadline (4/11/2005, 11:35 – 12:00)
- Right subheadline (4/11/2005, 12:00 – 15:20)
- Left subheadline (4/11/2005, 15:20 – 16:35)
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- French riots 'need time to solve'
- Left subheadline (4/11/2005, 16:35 – 21:05)
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- French PM opens dialogue on riots
- Left subheadline (4/11/2005, 21:05 – 8/11/2005, 00:00)
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- French plan curfews to stop riots
- Left subheadline (8/11/2005, 00:00 – 02:15)
- 3rd other top story (8/11/2005, 02:15 – 02:30)
- 4th other top story (8/11/2005, 02:30 – 03:40)
- 5th other top story (8/11/2005, 03:40 – 05:15)
- 6th other top story (8/11/2005, 05:15 – 05:35)
- 5th other top story (8/11/2005, 05:35 – 06:55)
- 1st other top story (8/11/2005, 06:55 – 07:10)
- Right subheadline (8/11/2005, 07:10 – 07:15)
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- Curfew plan to end French riots
- Right subheadline (8/11/2005, 07:15 – 08:40)
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- New riots amid French curfew plan
- Right subheadline (8/11/2005, 08:40 – 10:25)
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- New powers to tackle French riots
- Right subheadline (8/11/2005, 13:35 – 17:30)
- 2nd other top story (8/11/2005, 17:30 – 21:10)
- Main headline (8/11/2005, 21:10 – 23:35)
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- French riot police impose curfews
- Main headline (8/11/2005, 23:35 – 9/11/2005, 01:30)
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- French riot police enforce curfew
- Main headline (9/11/2005, 01:30 – 04:15)
- 2nd other top story (9/11/2005, 04:15 – 04:50)
- Left subheadline (9/11/2005, 04:50 – 06:05)
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- French riots defy emergency plan
- Left subheadline (9/11/2005, 06:05 – 11:25)
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- France to deport foreign rioters
- 1st other top story (9/11/2005, 18:40 – 10/11/2005, 00:35)
- 2nd other top story (10/11/2005, 00:35 – 00:55)
- 3rd other top story (10/11/2005, 00:55 – 01:20)
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- Curfew for riot-hit French towns
- 2nd other top story (10/11/2005, 01:45 – 03:35)
- 5th other top story (10/11/2005, 03:35 – 04:20)
- 6th other top story (10/11/2005, 04:20 – 04:55)
- 7th other top story (10/11/2005, 04:55 – 07:40)
- 6th other top story (10/11/2005, 07:40 – 07:45)
- 2nd other top story (10/11/2005, 07:45 – 10:40)
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- Paris bans rallies to avert riots
- 2nd other top story (12/11/2005, 05:35 – 05:50)
- Right subheadline (12/11/2005, 05:50 – 07:55)
- Left subheadline (12/11/2005, 07:55 – 08:50)
- Right subheadline (12/11/2005, 08:50 – 09:10)
- 1st other top story (12/11/2005, 09:10 – 11:20)
- Left subheadline (12/11/2005, 11:20 – 15:55)
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- Riot erupts in French city centre
- Left subheadline (12/11/2005, 17:45 – 17:50)
- Main headline (12/11/2005, 17:50 – 18:20)
- Left subheadline (12/11/2005, 18:20 – 18:35)
- Main headline (12/11/2005, 18:35 – 13/11/2005, 03:20)
- Left subheadline (13/11/2005, 03:20 – 06:25)
- 3rd other top story (13/11/2005, 06:25 – 08:00)
- 2nd other top story (13/11/2005, 08:00 – 10:25)
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- Curfew fails to stop French riot
- 1st other top story (13/11/2005, 10:25 – 11:30)
- 3rd other top story (13/11/2005, 11:30 – 16:55)
- 4th other top story (13/11/2005, 16:55 – 17:25)
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- Riot-hit Lyon bans public meeting
- 4th other top story (13/11/2005, 17:25 – 18:20)
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- EU offers France aid after riots
- 1st other top story (13/11/2005, 20:20 – 14/11/2005, 03:10)
- 2nd other top story (14/11/2005, 03:10 – 03:25)
- 4th other top story (14/11/2005, 03:25 – 05:25)
- 5th other top story (14/11/2005, 05:25 – 06:10)
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- Chirac in new pledge to end riots
- Left subheadline (14/11/2005, 20:00 – 20:20)
- Main headline (14/11/2005, 20:20 – 15/11/2005, 04:35)
- 2nd other top story (15/11/2005, 04:35 – 08:50)
- 3rd other top story (15/11/2005, 08:50 – 08:55)
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February 2006
- Lebanon minister quits over riot
- Right subheadline (6/2/2006, 00:20 – 05:35)
- 1st other top story (6/2/2006, 05:35 – 05:40)
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- Lebanon minister quits over riots
- Main headline (6/2/2006, 07:30 – 07:50)
- Left subheadline (6/2/2006, 07:50 – 08:05)
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- UK troops rushed to Afghan riot
- Right subheadline (7/2/2006, 12:55 – 17:55)
- 1st other top story (7/2/2006, 17:55 – 20:15)
- 2nd other top story (7/2/2006, 20:15 – 20:55)
- 3rd other top story (7/2/2006, 20:55 – 23:45)
- 4th other top story (7/2/2006, 23:45 – 8/2/2006, 01:20)
- 5th other top story (8/2/2006, 01:20 – 01:50)
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- Two killed in Afghan cartoon riot
- Left subheadline (8/2/2006, 07:55 – 11:45)
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- Four die in Afghan cartoon riot
- Left subheadline (8/2/2006, 11:45 – 15:10)
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- Riots in Nigeria leave many dead
- 3rd other top story (23/2/2006, 01:15 – 04:15)
- 4th other top story (23/2/2006, 04:15 – 04:45)
- 5th other top story (23/2/2006, 04:45 – 06:00)
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- Officers injured in Dublin riot
- 2nd other top story (25/2/2006, 13:55 – 14:30)
- Right subheadline (25/2/2006, 14:30 – 23:05)
- 4th other top story (25/2/2006, 23:05 – 26/2/2006, 00:30)
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- Thirteen charged over Dublin riot
- 1st other top story (26/2/2006, 11:10 – 12:45)
- 2nd other top story (26/2/2006, 12:45 – 13:05)
- 3rd other top story (26/2/2006, 13:05 – 13:50)
- 2nd other top story (26/2/2006, 13:50 – 15:05)
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- Afghanistan prison riot spreads
- Left subheadline (26/2/2006, 13:50 – 16:15)
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- Thirteen charged over Dublin riot
- 3rd other top story (26/2/2006, 15:05 – 16:20)
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- Troops surround Afghan riot jail
- Left subheadline (26/2/2006, 16:15 – 17:15)
- 4th other top story (26/2/2006, 17:15 – 20:15)
- 5th other top story (26/2/2006, 20:15 – 27/2/2006, 01:45)
- 4th other top story (27/2/2006, 01:45 – 03:15)
- 5th other top story (27/2/2006, 03:15 – 04:15)
- 3rd other top story (27/2/2006, 10:25 – 11:05)
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- Afghan riot inmates set demands
- 3rd other top story (27/2/2006, 11:05 – 12:35)
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March 2006
- Final approval for US Patriot Act
- 2nd other top story (8/3/2006, 04:55 – 06:20)
- 3rd other top story (8/3/2006, 06:20 – 08:25)
- 4th other top story (8/3/2006, 08:25 – 9/3/2006, 09:25)
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- Chirac urges dialogue after riots
- 2nd other top story (17/3/2006, 16:25 – 20:10)
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- Riots erupt after French protests
- Left subheadline (19/3/2006, 05:40 – 07:50)
- 1st other top story (19/3/2006, 07:50 – 11:10)
- 2nd other top story (19/3/2006, 11:10 – 11:25)
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- Belarus riot police halt protests
- Right subheadline (24/3/2006, 02:20 – 09:15)
- 1st other top story (24/3/2006, 09:15 – 12:10)
- 2nd other top story (24/3/2006, 12:10 – 12:30)
- 3rd other top story (24/3/2006, 12:30 – 13:30)
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May 2006
- Jail riots follow Brazil attacks
- 1st other top story (14/5/2006, 04:00 – 06:40)
- 2nd other top story (14/5/2006, 06:40 – 09:35)
- 3rd other top story (14/5/2006, 09:35 – 11:45)
- 4th other top story (14/5/2006, 11:45 – 12:40)
- 6th other top story (14/5/2006, 12:40 – 13:05)
- 3rd other top story (14/5/2006, 13:55 – 16:20)
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- Three guilty of riot night murder
- Left subheadline (22/5/2006, 11:55 – 12:20)
- Main headline (22/5/2006, 12:20 – 19:00)
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- Life for Birmingham riots murderers
- Main headline (22/5/2006, 19:00 – 23/5/2006, 02:15)
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- Life for city riots murderers
- 2nd other top story (23/5/2006, 02:15 – 04:10)
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- Divide 'remains' after 2001 riots
- 5th other top story (25/5/2006, 04:30 – 05:05)
- 2nd other top story (25/5/2006, 08:35 – 10:55)
- Left subheadline (25/5/2006, 10:55 – 11:00)
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- 'Divide remains' after 2001 riots
- Left subheadline (25/5/2006, 11:00 – 11:40)
- 1st other top story (25/5/2006, 11:40 – 13:00)
- 2nd other top story (25/5/2006, 13:00 – 13:20)
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- US crash sparks Afghanistan riot
- 3rd other top story (29/5/2006, 08:00 – 08:50)
- 2nd other top story (29/5/2006, 08:50 – 12:40)
- 1st other top story (29/5/2006, 12:40 – 16:40)
- 2nd other top story (29/5/2006, 16:40 – 21:05)
- 1st other top story (29/5/2006, 21:05 – 30/5/2006, 00:05)
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- Curfew in Kabul after deadly riot
- Left subheadline (30/5/2006, 00:05 – 01:10)
- 3rd other top story (30/5/2006, 01:10 – 01:20)
- 4th other top story (30/5/2006, 01:20 – 06:00)
- 5th other top story (30/5/2006, 06:00 – 07:20)
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- Kabul quiet after deadly rioting
- 5th other top story (30/5/2006, 07:20 – 08:00)
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- Council policy 'aggravated' riots
- 4th other top story (31/5/2006, 01:55 – 02:45)
- 3rd other top story (31/5/2006, 02:45 – 05:10)
- 5th other top story (31/5/2006, 05:10 – 05:25)
- 4th other top story (31/5/2006, 05:25 – 06:00)
- 5th other top story (31/5/2006, 06:00 – 08:35)
- 6th other top story (31/5/2006, 08:35 – 09:40)
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June 2006
- Riot police keep rival fans apart
- Right subheadline (24/6/2006, 21:50 – 22:15)
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- Riot police arrest England fans
- Right subheadline (24/6/2006, 22:15 – 22:50)
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- England fans held by riot police
- Right subheadline (24/6/2006, 22:50 – 23:10)
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July 2006
- Riots as Somali minister killed
- 4th other top story (28/7/2006, 16:20 – 17:55)
- 5th other top story (28/7/2006, 17:55 – 21:50)
- 4th other top story (28/7/2006, 21:50 – 22:25)
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September 2006
- Riots over Hungarian PM's 'lies'
- Main headline (19/9/2006, 08:30 – 11:25)
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- PM's warning to Hungary rioters
- Main headline (19/9/2006, 11:25 – 14:55)
- Left subheadline (19/9/2006, 14:55 – 16:30)
- 3rd other top story (19/9/2006, 16:30 – 17:00)
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- Hungarian PM defiant over riots
- 3rd other top story (20/9/2006, 14:30 – 15:00)
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October 2006
- Warning over UK race riot danger
- Right subheadline (22/10/2006, 08:35 – 16:10)
- Left subheadline (22/10/2006, 16:10 – 16:15)
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December 2006
- Paris riot probe confirms chase
- 1st other top story (7/12/2006, 16:50 – 20:55)
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January 2007
- No charges over Iraq video riots
- 4th other top story (4/1/2007, 12:55 – 16:30)
- 5th other top story (4/1/2007, 16:30 – 17:20)
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- Brown outlines 'patriotic vision'
- 1st other top story (7/1/2007, 12:00 – 16:00)
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- Bail refused to 'British patriot'
- 1st other top story (12/1/2007, 17:10 – 22:00)
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February 2007
- Italy buries football riot victim
- 3rd other top story (5/2/2007, 12:45 – 13:10)
- 4th other top story (5/2/2007, 13:10 – 13:25)
- Right subheadline (5/2/2007, 13:25 – 15:55)
- 1st other top story (5/2/2007, 15:55 – 16:35)
- 6th other top story (5/2/2007, 16:35 – 19:00)
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- French police probed in riot case
- 2nd other top story (8/2/2007, 19:25 – 21:25)
- 3rd other top story (8/2/2007, 21:25 – 9/2/2007, 01:15)
- 4th other top story (9/2/2007, 01:15 – 02:10)
- 5th other top story (9/2/2007, 02:10 – 02:15)
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- Further disturbance at riot jail
- 3rd other top story (28/2/2007, 00:45 – 02:00)
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March 2007
- Greek Cypriots dismantle barrier
- 4th other top story (9/3/2007, 00:00 – 00:05)
- 3rd other top story (9/3/2007, 00:05 – 02:50)
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- Nine hurt in asylum centre riot
- Right subheadline (14/3/2007, 10:45 – 12:50)
- 3rd other top story (14/3/2007, 12:50 – 13:10)
- 1st other top story (14/3/2007, 13:10 – 18:20)
- 2nd other top story (14/3/2007, 18:20 – 18:50)
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- Riot at asylum centre 'contained'
- 2nd other top story (14/3/2007, 18:50 – 20:35)
- 3rd other top story (14/3/2007, 20:35 – 23:20)
- 4th other top story (14/3/2007, 23:20 – 15/3/2007, 01:50)
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April 2007
- Tallinn tense after deadly riots
- 5th other top story (28/4/2007, 21:50 – 29/4/2007, 02:05)
- 6th other top story (29/4/2007, 02:05 – 02:15)
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