Hundreds arrested as London riots spread

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LONDON – Firefighters tackle a blaze at a store attacked by rioters in Croydon. (Inset) Police use armoured vehicles, called Jankels, in Hackney. Reuters/AFP

• British govt deploys 10,000 more police to stop unrest
• Buildings and vehicles set ablaze in worst-ever violence
• Looting spreads to other British cities

LONDON - Prime Minister David Cameron called Tuesday for an emergency session of Parliament, and announced an almost tripling of police on London streets, after the capital and other British cities burned in this nation’s worse civil disturbances in decades.

London Riots: BlackBerry Messenger Service Should Be Suspended, MP David Lammy Reportedly Says (UPDATE) (VIDEO)

London Riots: BlackBerry Messenger Service Should Be Suspended, MP David Lammy Reportedly Says (UPDATE) (VIDEO)

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London riots entered their third night on Monday, reportedly prompting Tottenham MP David Lammy to call for the suspension of the BlackBerry Messenger service some rioters are using to organize their movements. As Sky News reported:

Deeper Than Oil: Russia’s reaction to the UK riots | Columnists | RIA Novosti

Deeper Than Oil: Russia’s reaction to the UK riots | Columnists | RIA Novosti

Topic: England's summer of discontent

09:40 11/08/2011

Weekly column by Marc Bennetts“England pays for its tolerance,” ran the headline in one leading Russian daily, as rioting swept the UK. There was a similar gleefulness to other reports here in Moscow of the disturbances, many of which focused on “immigrant rioters.” But these articles perhaps said much more about Russian xenophobia than the real situation in London and other cities.

“England pays for its tolerance,” ran the headline in one leading Russian daily, as rioting swept the UK. There was a similar gleefulness to other reports here in Moscow of the disturbances, many of which focused on “immigrant rioters.” But these articles perhaps said much more about Russian xenophobia than the real situation in London and other cities.
When I spoke to family members and friends in the cities hit by rioting, it was notable that not one of them mentioned the racial make-up of the rampaging mobs. Russians, however, were obsessed with the theme.