August 12, 2011 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT
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Aug. 10: A police officers walks behind a cordon in front of Reeves Furniture showroom in Croydon, south London which was destroyed by fire in Monday's disturbances in the area. The presence of thousands of extra police officers helped keep a nervous London quiet early Wednesday after three nights of rioting, but violence and looting flared in English cities including Manchester and Birmingham.
August 12, 2011Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT
Police in London said Friday they have charged almost 600 people with violence, disorder and looting over deadly riots in Britain's capital, as the city's mayor said Londoners wanted to see "significant sentences" handed out to the guilty.