Sentence examples for riots caused from inspiring English sources

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During the power blackout of 1977, riots caused $1 million damage to his Fedco stores, a warehouse and a computer center.

By April 29, Tallinn's streets were calm again after two nights of riots caused by the statue's removal, but Estonia's electronic Maginot Line was crumbling.

It followed a decision by the Victorian government last week to move up to 40 children from Parkville youth detention centre to a designated unit at Barwon after riots caused significant damage to the former.

But, he assured them, "the social and political situation in Vietnam continues to be stable".Yet Vietnam's reputation as a reliable, low-risk investment destination has already been tarnished, according to a few senior executives in Ho Chi Minh City. Lee Jong Hoe of the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry, for example, says the riots caused members of this group at least $13m in damages.

The riots caused a major change in the government's approach to racial issues, and led to the introduction of an aggressive affirmative action policy strongly favouring the Malays, the New Economic Policy NEPP).

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Anti-capitalism groups believe the recession and spiralling unemployment will encourage an uprising not seen since the poll tax riots, causing embarrassment to Gordon Brown as he hosts world leaders.

According to the university's president, Ebrahim Mohammed Janahi, the rioting caused $5 million in damage.

The riot caused such public distress that the military authorities held a public inquiry in the new national theater.

At least 18 people have been killed in Indonesia after a riot caused by a local boxer losing a fight led to 1,500 people stampeding out the stadium.

The most recent "Doomsday Preppers" included a white family 40 miles from Atlanta that is worried about rioting caused by economic collapse.

Some clusters form in isolation, amid a relatively crime-free area, from unusual events, such as a riot caused by the Los Angeles Lakers winning a championship.

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