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Youth riots in Stockholm suburb

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In the Stockholm suburb of Husby, police clashed with youths, who set fire to buildings and cars on May 19.

Authorities said that around 50 people were involved in the riot – and that they were unsure what caused it.

Local media reports that the violence was sparked by the fatal shooting of a Husby local by police on May 13.

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Cambodians mark Anger Day

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At the Choeun Ek memorial site, Cambodians marked Anger Day on May 20 – with re-enactments of Khmer Rouge torture and executions.

Choeun Ek, from 17 kilometres south of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, is one of the sites known as the Killing Fields – where the Khmer Rouge executed over more than a million people between 1975 and 1979.

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EU to look in detail at pros and cons of fracking

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The European Union is to look more closely at hydraulic fracturing – or fracking – and the environmental concerns surrounding the practice, according to the EU’s energy commissioner.

Guenther Oettinger told the German newspaper Die Welt it would be “absolutely right” to protect areas where there is drinking and ground water.

Fracking has taken place in some European countries such as Poland. It involves pumping water, sand and chemicals at intense pressure to break up rock patterns and release shale gas. It could provide a relatively inexpensive energy source. But critics believe it could pollute the water supply and increase the risk of earth tremors.

The commissioner called on Germany, where some companies are looking to explore fracking, not to dismiss it too quickly. He said the country’s engineering expertise should make test drilling possible.

The British government is also reportedly keen to accelerate plans to develop the practice.

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Motorcyklist rammer sten og omkommer nær Roskilde

En mand er drbt i en motorcykelulykke ved Kirke Hvals nr Roskilde, oplyser
Midt- og Vestsjllands Politi, som er p vej til stedet.

Det er en motorcyklist, som er blevet pkrt, men andet ved jeg ikke lige
nu, siger vagtchef Allan Kronvold til Ritzau.

Det er den anden ddsulykke p motorcykel i pinsen. En 60-rig mand mistede
lrdag livet, da han krte galt p sin motorcykel ved Kolind p Djursland.

Han kommer krende fra Kolind ad Ndagervej, da han i en venstrekurve mister
herredmmet over sin motorcykel, sagde vagtchefen ved stjyllands Politi,
Thomas Hinge.

Manden rammer en sten i hjre side af vejen og fortstter ind i en motorcykel,
der holder parkeret, samt nogle betonklodser, fr han til sidst rammer en
trpl.
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Politiet kræver fire fra drikkelag fængslet for drabsforsøg

To kvinder og to mnd fremstilles i et grundlovsforhr, hvor de alle er sigtet
for drabsforsg, efter en 33-rig mand i aftes blev stukket i lysken med en
kniv under et drikkelag i Kaas ved Pandrup i Nordjylland.

Det oplyser vagtchef Per Vagn Nielsen ved Nordjyllands Politi til Ritzau.

De to mnd p 48 og 52 r og kvinderne p 38 og 45 r var i huset, da offeret
blev stukket.

Da ambulance og politi nr frem sndag aften finder man den 33-rige, der er
sret af et knivstik i lysken, i et vrelse. De to mnd er i gang med at
give ham frstehjlp.

Han har ingen puls, da han bliver fundet, men i ambulancen p vej til
sygehuset, fr man pulsen op igen, sagde vagtchefen ved Nordjyllands
Politi, Henrik Beck, til Ritzau.
Uden for livsfareDen 33-rige mand er mandag uden for livsfare, men det har vret svrt for
politiet at finde ud af, hvad der er foreget i huset.

Der har vret noget drikkelag. De er alle fire kraftigt berusede og har
forelbig ikke sagt noget om, hvad der er sket. S vi ved ikke, om han har
stukket sig selv, men vi behandler sagen som et drabsforsg, fortalte
vagtchefen.

Den 33-rige samt en mand og en kvinde var tilsyneladende p besg hos det
par, der bor i huset. Manden har angiveligt fet knivstikket i kkkenet.

Der er blodspor fra kkkenet til det vrelse, han bliver fundet i, og vi har
fundet den kniv, som blev brugt, gemt af vejen i kkkenet, fortalte Henrik
Beck.

Kriminalteknikere er tilkaldt for at undersge huset og sikre eventuelle spor.
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Syria: fierce battle for strategic town of Qusair

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Around 30 Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers have been killed in fierce fighting in Qusair since Sunday May 19 – according to activists opposed to President Bashar al Assad.

The town, which is located near the Lebanese border, had been a stronghold of opposition forces until the Syrian regime launched an offensive to recapture the strategically important town.

The Syrian state news agency announced on May 20 that the army had taken control of most of Qusair and killed a hundred of what it called ‘terrorists’.

Activists, however, said the town had not been captured.

Qusair is seen as a conduit for supplies and fighters from Lebanon, which is just 10 kilometres away.

For the Syrian regime, controlling it would help link the capital Damascus with its strongholds on the Mediterranean coast.

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Iraq: Baghdad and Basra hit by car bomb attacks

China’s prime minister has pledged to build trust and cooperation during his visit to India. Li Keqiang’s first foreign trip since taking office comes just weeks after a military standoff between the Asian giants on their ill-defined border in the Himalayan mountains. Talks

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