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| May.19 |
 Southern Italy |
Neapolitans torch rubbish piles  Map of Naples Italy Firefighters battled overnight to extinguish dozens of blazes as angry residents set rubbish piles alight
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| Jan.1 |
 Kenya |
Mob burns Kenyans cowering in church  Map of Eldoret Kenya A mob set fire to a church where Kenyans were seeking refuge from post-election violence, searing many and leaving others as heaps of ash
| The mob set fire to the church in Eldoret where many people from President Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe were sheltering. An estimated 250 people have died following the controversial re-election
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| Aug.28 |
 Greece |
Agents probe 'arson plot' The government has enlisted intelligence and counterterrorism agents to foil what it sees as a deliberate plan by arsonists to destroy forests
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| Aug.27 |
Greece |
Greece may label fires acts of terrorism| A top prosecutor ordered an investigation into whether arson attacks in Greek forests could be considered terrorism | |
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| Aug.26 |
Greece |
Forest fires reward offered A 1m euro has been offered to help catch the arsonists suspected of being behind forest fires which have killed at least 60
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| May.24 |
 Switzerland |
Arson suspected in synagogue fire Map of Geneva Switzerland Fire caused major damage to the Hekhal Haness Synagogue, Geneva's largest synagogue
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| May.14 |
 Russia |
Cafe blast turns deadly Map of Orsk Russia 10 people have been found dead after an explosion and fire in a café in the city of Orsk. Investigators suspect arson attack
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| Oct.27 |
 Southern California |
4 firefighters died in fire 5-man Forest Service crew was trying to protect a house from the fire, which was deliberately set near Palm Springs
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| Aug.8 |
 Spain |
Two held as Spain battles fires Police have arrested 2 suspected arsonists in the Galicia region, where 64 forest fires are raging
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| Aug.3 |
 Congo |
Ballots go up in flames A suspicious fire at a major Kinshasa election center deepened concerns over the transparency of the results
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Hezbollah kidnapping prompts Israeli move
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| May.26 |
 East Timor |
Militias torch homes Militias torched dozens of houses in the capital of Dili as international troops sought to stem the violence
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| Feb.5 |
 Beirut |
  Danish consulate in Beirut ablaze| Thousands of protesters rallying while some of their number torched the consulate | |
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| Feb.4 |
 Syria |
  Danish, Norwegian embassies ablaze Hundreds of Syrian demonstrators stormed the Danish Embassy in Damascus and set fire to the building in protest at the cartoons
| Protesters scaled the Danish mission amid chants of 'God is great', before moving on to attack the Norwegian site. Denmark and Norway urged their citizens to leave and condemned Syria for failing international obligations. Palestinians protest in Gaza and the West Bank
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| Dec.21 |
 Nigeria |
Militants suspected in oil pipeline fire Investigators are probing the source of a fire that was blazing on a ruptured Royal Dutch Shell oil pipeline
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| Jul.11 |
Russia |
Store explosion kills 20 A fire in the northern Russian city of Ukhta is apparently an arson attack
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| Nov.6 |
 India |
Deadly row at tea plantation 21 people have been burned to death amid a row over jobs in eastern India
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| Sep.15 |
 Japan |
Deadly blast ends office siege 3 people have died and 19 injured after an explosion after a disgruntled worker took several people hostage
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| Jul.29 |
 France |
Fight against arsonists The authorities are planning to stop and search people visiting forests in the south of the country
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| Mar.7 |
North East India |
Rebels attack refinery Mortars caused a massive fire at a historic oil refinery in northeastern state of Assam
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| Feb.17 |
 South Korea |
182 died after arson attack in subway| 135 people are believed to be injured as firefighters struggled to free those still trapped in the city of Daegu | |
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| Jan.22 |
France |
Fugitive arson killer held in Nice Ted Maher convicted of the killing of his wealthy boss has been recaptured after escaping from his Monaco prison cell
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| Dec.20 |
Kenya |
'Arsonists' torch Mombasa discos Fire has razed a discotheque, scene of twin attacks targeting Israelis last month, in the second suspected case of arson
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Chechen gunmen seize theater
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| Jun.16 |
Colorado |
Forest worker charged over fires
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| Feb.27 |
Gujarat |
Attackers set train ablaze. 55 killed A stone-throwing mob stopped the Sabarmati Express carrying hardline Hindu activists and set several coaches on fire
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| Dec.26 |
Sydney |
Hunt for arsonists
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| Mar.26 |
Kenya |
Arson theory in school fire
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| Jan.16 |
California |
Truck crashes into California Capitol
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