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The student riots in Tehran were taken most seriously by the Italian newspapers, some of which led their front pages with dramatic headlines--"A Day of Civil War" ( La Stampa of Turin), "The Fist of the Ayatollahs" ( La Repubblica of Rome)--and devoted several pages to their coverage of the unrest.
We experienced riots in McDonald's here in Taipei, Taiwan (the land the United Nations forgot), earlier this year when Hello Kitty collectible toys were made available to the public.
The bloody 1934 riots on the Place de la Concorde in Paris offered a disturbing echo to the street fighting in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.
In 1967 Penang was hit by serious riots, which highlighted the fact that political and social harmony could not be taken for granted.
The riots proved to be a warning for the government, with legislation passed at the time such as granting special rights to Malays and even restrictions on public gatherings.