As he spoke, the tear-gas battle on Mohamed Mahmoud Street was continuing.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet As he spoke, the tear-gas battle on Mohamed Mahmoud Street was continuing.
Four gun battles occurred, and blazes were set or attempted at 11 banks and 16 gas stations across the state.
Decades of neglect spilled over into violence and destruction in the banlieues: burning cars, stone-throwing, tear gas, running battles with riot police.
Gun battles were fought from street to street as mortar fire and rockets rained down on both sides, causing a huge explosion when a gas pipeline was hit.
Last Friday was the Friday of Retribution, after the rock-throwing, tear-gas-hurling battles between protesters and police of the week before.
By Wendell Steavenson July 8 , 2011Last Friday was the Friday of Retribution, after the rock-throwing, tear-gas-hurling battles between protesters and police of the week before.
This is why my administration is firmly committed to fighting greenhouse gas emissions, a battle we will fight on every front.
There are already about 2.3 million miles of pipeline across the US, carrying oil and natural gas, but the battle over Keystone XL has become a proxy war over climate change.
The six-minute movie, about two American soldiers passing the interminable hours in their foxholes, musing about what they'll do when they return home and debating whether it is wiser to bring a sandwich or a gas mask into battle, has a fundamentally existential tone.
