Looting, arson spread widely in London, as civil unrest escalates
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LONDON – Swaths of London became scenes of lawless looting and raging fires Monday as the wave of civil unrest that has gripped this sprawling capital sharply escalated, including fresh riots close to the athletes' village and shiny new stadiums built for the 2012 Olympic Games.
The images of violence -- with hundreds of youths looting shops, setting businesses ablaze and clashing with police in at least a half-dozen neighborhoods – deeply shocked Londoners, dealing this legendary city an enormously damaging blow less than a year before the start of the Olympics.
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Anthony Faiola 09 Aug, 2011
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