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In a third day of rioting in London, police have clashed with groups of youths in one part of the city, and vehicles and buildings have been set on fire in two other deprived neighborhoods

 

Rioting has now spread across London

 

Police in Britain's capital are facing a third night of rioting as skirmishes broke out between police and hooded youths in the boroughs of Hackney and Lewisham. Politicians and community leaders have condemned what has been called "opportunistic criminality" amid warnings of more widespread violence on London's streets. The scenes in Hackney echoed those in other areas of London over the weekend, with the fighting reportedly prompted by a stop and search incident earlier in the day. Rioters, many wearing hoods and masks, were confronted by police lines spanning the width of streets, occasionally moving forward to push the groups back. Officers dressed in riot gear came under fire from objects including chairs and pieces of wood. At one point several people broke into the back of a stationary lorry, pulling its contents out on to the road, with some hurling missiles at police and others smashing the windows of a bus. Meanwhile, a bus in Peckham, south London, was set on fire, a Transport for London spokeswoman has confirmed, while footage showed a trail of bins and an abandoned vehicle ablaze in nearby Lewisham. More than 100 people were arrested overnight and early on Monday morning after boroughs in north, south and east London fell victim to copycat rampages following trouble in Tottenham on Saturday.

Riots spread through UK cities

An injured man is removed from an electronic shop in handcuffs into an ambulance after being arrested for looting, in south London, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011.

LONDON: Violence and looting raged across London and spread to three other major British cities on Tuesday, as authorities struggled to contain the country’s most serious unrest since race riots set the capital ablaze in the 1980s.
In London, a third straight night of disorder saw buildings, vehicles and garbage dumps set alight, stores looted and police officers pelted with bottles and fireworks, as groups of young people rampaged through neighborhoods. It was an unwelcome reminder of London’s volatility for leaders organizing the 2012 Summer Olympics in less than a year.

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From 1996 to 2007, the rate of psychiatric hospital discharges rose by more than 80 percent for five to 13-year-olds and by 42 percent for older teens, the study, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, said.

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From 1996 to 2007, the rate of psychiatric hospital discharges rose by more than 80