Violence erupts outside London as capital waits
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Riots flared in English cities and towns on Tuesday night as London waited anxiously to see if thousands of police deployed on its streets could head off the youths who had rampaged across the capital virtually unchecked for three nights.
In Salford, part of greater Manchester in northwest England, rioters threw bricks at police and set fire to buildings. Television pictures showed flames leaping from shops and cars in Salford and Manchester, and plumes of thick black smoke billowing across roads. In central Manchester, police said a clothes shop was set alight. In London, commuters hurried home early, shops shut and many shopkeepers boarded their windows as the city prepared nervously for more violence. (Reuters)
