Nov 7th, 2005 · Awaz Dehkani, a high school teacher in Trappes, France, says her mostly immigrant students have mixed feelings about the violence that has spread to their community. They understand the anger that arises from lack of opportunity but also worry the unrest will hurt the image of immigrants in France.
Nov 7th, 2005 · Unrest in France has spread from the immigrant communities of the Paris suburbs to some 300 towns across the country. James Graff, Time magazine's Paris bureau chief, says the riots show that the French vision of color-blind equality doesn't work in reality.
Nov 6th, 2005 · On the 10th consecutive night of urban unrest that started in Paris' immigrant-populated suburbs, the violence spreads to other French cities. For the first time Saturday night, the rioting reaches central Paris, where scores of cars were burned. And police are hard-pressed to control the attacks.
Nov 3rd, 2005 · The suburbs of Paris have been engulfed in riots and civil unrest for much of the week. Madeleine Brand discusses the cultural and political climate that sparked the riots with Francois Sergent, reporter for the French daily newspaper Libération.
Oct 6th, 2005 · The Chinese government is feeling the unprecedented political pressure of rising prices at the gas pump. This summer has seen shortages and long. But the government is wary of lifting price controls, fearing inflation and unrest among taxi drivers and farmers who rely on gas.
Aug 28th, 2005 · Chad began exporting oil last year. But petroleum in Africa has fueled civil unrest in Angola, Nigeria and Sudan. Chad has vowed to avoid these and other problems.
Aug 26th, 2005 · For the first time, Chinese farmers are not paying a harvest tax. Beijing is lifting the tax to fight growing unrest in the countryside that in the past has brought on revolution.
Aug 6th, 2005 · Rebel leader-turned-Vice President John Garang is buried in Juba, the largest city in southern Sudan. His death in an air crash last weekend sparked riots in Sudan's capital, and the unrest has left 130 people dead. CBC reporter David McGuffin speaks to Scott Simon from Juba.