Rioters fought gun battles with police and extra troops were rushed in

Rioters fought gun battles with police and extra troops were rushed in.At least 20 died yesterday, including seven Muslim militants shot dead by police commandos in a rooftop gun battle in the city centre, witnesses said.Rioters pelted fire engines with stones and petrol bombs to try to stop them putting out scores of fires.A curfew was imposed on 12 mixed neighbourhoods. Edward James Oliver, writer, born London 1911, married 1934 Betty Cowen (died 1981; two daughters), died Southampton 7 December 1992 E J. Not surprising really, given that the Big Six accounting firms currently face more than 600 writs - a decade ago the figure was three And the potential claims are huge. If this were a car, it would be a Trabant.TRY ITJapanese Green Tea Ice Cream. Seven years ago he went to David Leadbetter and asked him to redesign his swing.Mechanical Man emerged and so did the odd spanner.

Claiming the prize for victory in the major battle depends on whether Warwickshire can show an urgent batting improvement on an albeit flat pitch.In 19 matches, Lancashire have taken full bowling points eight times and a maximum for batting on 11 occasions, including each of the past five games.The alarming shortfall has been only two wins but their nostrils are twitching at today's prospects.Warwickshire look ripe for the taking. Last October, the main parties in the borough, currently controlled by the Liberal Democrats, were rocked by BNP member Derek Beackon's seven-vote win over Labour in the Millwall ward, amid violent race clashes. This year the unions say they will call for wage rises of 5 to 6 per cent, although in the end they invariably cave in to the rate offered by management, which has been calculated with the 'assistance' of the Ministry of Labour.Highway to hellMeanwhile the Japanese car industry, once thought unstoppable, is beset by the twin troubles of a domestic recession and a high yen. Indeed, the acknowledgements reveal that 'This novel would not have been possible without the help of St Petersburg's Central Board of Internal Affairs', though providing British novelists with a police car with driver and telephone 'on a 24-hour basis' hardly seems the best use of scarce police resources. THERE was a drama in Muriel Harvey's household. But the likes of the hooker, Brian Moore, have an irrefutable case when they state that it was the French who had men sent off; moreover, that it is the French who account for a quarter of all international dismissals.Moore, accused by Berbizier of spitting and swearing, said yesterday: 'It's a ploy, and a none-too-subtle one, to divert attention from their appalling disciplinary record. British Gas, whose relationship with the regulator has reached an all-time low, refused to comment on the issue.Meanwhile Ofgas is attempting to finalise interim arrangements with British Gas under which other companies can use the pipes over the next year.Before the MMC reference, British Gas was demanding a rate of return on the pipeline system of between 6.7 per cent and 10.8 per cent.

In 1983, a British Airways Sikorsky on its way from Penzance to the Isles of Scilly fell into 200ft-deep water, killing 20 people. Why, then, is Mr Major wasting the few weeks or months that remain to him worrying about organised school games? This, unlike my May to December purge, or the dog mess initiative, is a vote- loser, not a vote-winner: hardly anybody likes school games. The contribution of these meticulous and dispassionately conducted studies to the early development of criminology in Britain was immense.His Cambridge contribution was not limited to research. In Freudian terms, transvestites are said to identify with the 'maternal phallus' - that is, the penis they discover their mother to not have. Who, for instance, called the emergency 911 number to tell the police about Foster? The Washington Times - a main force in investigating the affair - says nobody has come forward. The company was floated at 110p; its shares closed yesterday at 450p.The problem of valuing the assets is compounded by the significant property that often accompanies the ports, although the Ports Act did incorporate a clawback arrangement for property transactions in the 10 years following privatisation.But buyers still believe there are costs to be squeezed out of the remaining ports. In one City shipbroking firm, picked at random, more than half the men with school-age children will be taking time off, including one who will be going to performances by all four children.'A lot of blokes at our place say they're going to carol services,' said our source.