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(12 Dec) - A squeaky clean republic known for its impeccable public security and the absence of even the slightest street demonstrations saw its most violent riot in four decades last weekend. The riot, which erupted after a migrant worker was run down by a bus in Singapore's Little India, was participated by more than 400 people... 

(10 Dec) - Singapore's first major riot in four decades is forcing the wealthy island to confront a stubborn but vexing question: how to treat low-paid foreign workers whose muscle underpins much of the economy but whose presence increasingly riles its citizens. Images of rioters overturning police cars, throwing garbage bins... 

By Jeanette Tan | Yahoo Newsroom – Wed, Dec 11, 2013 Whenever Roy Steven Danker was on standby as a riot police man in Singapore back in the 1960s, he would sleep in his boots waiting for the emergency bell to ring. Doing so was a small discomfort for him because when riots were raging – and they frequently did at that time...