Sentence examples for unrest ignited from inspiring English sources

The decline in the rupiah has rattled officials because they remember that Mr. Suharto was ultimately swept out of power by violent unrest ignited by a weak currency.

Showdown at TV Centre This unrest ignited last week, at the latest in a series of informal meetings at Television Centre, in which members of what is now called "the talent community" met director general Mark Thompson, BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons and other senior managers.

The failed coup fueled unrest and ignited civil war, leaving the country divided into the rebel-held north and the government-controlled south.

But by the time Reagan won his second term in '84, that spark of unrest he ignited seemed to have fizzled out; maybe the hardcore scene had realized that anger alone wouldn't drive him from office, maybe singers just ran out of lyrics.

Riots or unrest may ignite, don't be afraid.

The cruelty with which the civil unrest was crushed ignited the civil war.

Instead of quelling the masses, State-sponsored violence has ignited unrest across the country.

Widely believed to have been driven by dissatisfaction with government and the wide gaps in income levels, additional ingredients such as political corruption, human rights violations, inflation, kleptocracy and unemployment ignited unrest which led to revolution.

The news that a grand jury had declined to indict the police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown last August ignited instant unrest on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, but more peaceful protests were also taking place in cities all across the country and in Washington DC.

After a long, tense day in which Haitians expressed anxiety that the results could ignite unrest, the announcement at 9 p.m. resulted in rock-throwing, tire-burning and shooting in several urban neighborhoods and outside the capital city, too.

If Kosovo was left to the mercy of Serbian repression, there is not merely a risk but a probability of re-igniting unrest in Albania Macedoniaa de-stabilised; almost certain knock-on effects in Bosnia; and further tension between Greece and Turkey.