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While Mr. Kan's side cites the dispatch of Tokyo firefighters as an example of the new system in action, his critics point to an earlier episode in which a police riot-control truck failed to tame overheating spent-fuel pools.

Kan Cuts Out Bureaucrats

Numerous photos and video clips posted online appeared to show police attacking rioters with sticks, as well as the mobilization of a fleet of armored personnel carriers and riot-control vehicles.

Land Rights at Center of Protests After Chinese Bureaucrat's Death

Those clashes, after peaceful uprisings that deposed the longtime rulers of Tunisia and Egypt, crystallized a rethinking of Israel's riot-control tactics that had begun months before the Arab Spring revolutions, according to Ron Ben Yishai, a military analyst for the newspaper Yediot Aharonot.

Grappling With Protests, Israel Seeks to Limit Use of Force

Given the magnitude of Iran's direct intervention in Syria and Assad's deference to his Iranian riot-control masters, it would not be too much of a stretch to assert that Iran, rather than Syria, is largely overseeing the repression given the extensive role Iranian forces now have in putting down the revolt.

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TEL AVIV Reuters - A senior officer said Monday that Israeli soldiers would show "much more tolerance" toward Palestinian demonstrations than in the past thanks to riot-control training and new equipment designed to reduce injuries and deaths.

Israel vows "tolerance" for Palestinian protests

Aid to Egyptian police and riot-control forces, which amounted to about $1 million last year, is minuscule by comparison.

Unrest tests Egyptian military and its crucial relationship with U.S.

Israeli riot-control forces waiting outside the compound — known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary — rushed in to restore order, using stun grenades to disperse the crowd, Jerusalem police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said.

Clashes Erupt at Jerusalem Mosque

Muammar Awad/Associated Press Israeli riot-control forces waiting outside the compound rushed in to restore order, using stun grenades to disperse the crowd.

Clashes Erupt at Jerusalem Mosque

Another presidential directive concerned the use of nonlethal riot-control agents.

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Blair told Wiranto that the United States would initiate this new riot-control training for the Indonesian armed forces.

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