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6 in custody over brawls after vendor initiative turns sour

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-7-4

SIX people were in custody for inciting brawls after a protest on Dongxin Road over an incident involving urban management officers and vendors that left four people injured, Putuo District police said yesterday. ...

Police deny request to air video of deadly street fight

National
2008-10-20

POLICE in Harbin refused to broadcast on television a video recording of a street brawl in which a man was killed early this month, Beijing News reported today. The fight involved six police officers and the father...

Police quell lunchtime brawl involving 600 students

World
2008-5-11

A FIGHT that broke out at a troubled South Los Angeles high school escalated into a campuswide brawl involving as many as 600 students before it was quelled by police in riot gear. The melee, which students said...

Fresh call to reopen rape case

World
2007-11-19

TWENTY years after a black teenager's allegations of a racially charged rape became a national flashpoint, her mother and stepfather want to reopen the case, it was revealed yesterday. Tawana Brawley was 15 when...

Pregnant woman killed, 2 hurt in US street brawl

World
2007-11-7

A PREGNANT woman who had just returned from her grandfather's funeral was killed when another woman deliberately rammed her car into a crowd during a street brawl involving nearly three dozen women, US authorities...

1 dead, 14 hurt in Argentine brawl

Sport | Soccer
2007-6-27

ONE man was killed and 14 others injured as rival soccer fans swinging metal pipes and throwing rocks clashed on Monday after a promotional playoff match between two Argentine clubs that spilled out onto a busy rush-hour...

Cops crack down on dark underside of nightlife

Metro | Crime and public security
2005-10-18

Police are cracking down on night life brawling, extortion, blackmail and hired hatchet men, all described as a "hideous social phenomenon."

NBA contests suspension ruling

Sport | Basketball
2004-12-24

THE question of whether Jermaine O'Neal will play on Christmas day will be in the hands of a federal court judge.

7 arrested in brawl on tarmac

National
2004-12-4

POLICE in eastern China have detained seven men, including the son of a member of the country's national parliament, who allegedly forced their way onto an airplane and beat an air policeman.