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birmingham riots The English city that gave its name to Alabama's Birmingham is the latest scene of rioting in Britain. The unrest began in London on Saturday. Now English media and government leaders report it has resumed and is spreading today. The ignition point appears to have been a police shooting, but some are blaming nemployment, insensitive policing and opportunistic looting for the worst violence London has seen in years, The Associated Press reported.Read Full Story

Policeman handed life for murder that sparked Greek riots

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A court in Greece jailed a policeman for life on Monday after finding him guilty of the murder of a 15-year-old schoolboy in a shooting that sparked nationwide riots nearly two years ago. Epaminondas Korkoneas, 38, was convicted of culpable homicide by a court in the town of Amfissa over the killing of Alexis Grigoropoulos during a December 2008 night patrol in the Athens district of Exarchia. The panel of three judges and four jury also found Korkoneas's patrol partner Vassilios Saraliotis...Read Full Story

Policeman jailed for murder that sparked Greek riots

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Greek policeman jailed for murder that sparked riots

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A Greek court sentenced a policeman to life in prison on Monday for murdering a 15-year-old schoolboy in a shooting nearly two years ago that sparked rioting across the country. Epaminondas Korkoneas, 38, was convicted of culpable homicide by a court in the town of Amfissa over the killing of Alexis Grigoropoulos during a December 2008 night patrol in the Athens district of Exarchia. The panel of three judges and four jury also found Korkoneas's patrol partner Vassilios Saraliotis , 32...Read Full Story

Greek policeman convicted of murder that sparked riots

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A court in Greece found a policeman guilty of murder on Monday over the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old schoolboy nearly two years ago that sparked rioting across the country. Epaminondas Korkoneas, 38, was convicted of culpable homicide by a court in the town of Amfissa over the killing of Alexis Grigoropoulos during a December 2008 night patrol in the Athens district of Exarchia. The court will decide later Monday on the sentence of Korkoneas, who had pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors have...Read Full Story

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Avant-Garde January! It's Koltes, the TEAM, Toshiki Okada, and, er, Ira Glass...

which led to the shooting of Athens teenager Alexis Grigoropoulos, while also examining Motus's own artistic practice and its work on the ancient play Antigone, another piece about a young victim of social protest. In La MaMa’s sprawling Ellen ...

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Greek Students Continue Using Violence to Protest Violence

Greek students continued their violent protests today, marking the anniversary of 15-year-old student Alexis Grigoropoulos’s shooting death three years ago and bringing to light multiple problems with the Greek economy and education system.

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Alexis Grigoropoulos (1993-2008) was the 15-year-old Greek boy who was shot and killed by police in central Athens the night of Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008. His death sparked some of the worst riots Greece has seen in years.

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