11.   The riots began after a spurious rumor, repeated in a newspaper article, that a black man had tried to rape white women in an elevator.

12.   The riots began when unknown gunmen opened fire on three cafes on the dusty main street in Gazi Mahallesi on the European side of the Bosporus.

13.   Todd said co-workers used wire cutters to allow him an escape route a few moments late, as the riot began.

14.   Catholic priest Sandyawan Sumardi alleged last week that different reports supported a common pattern on how the riots began.

15.   Food riots began in parts of Java.

16.   However, the first riots began when the government finally acted, freezing the funds of two companies and arresting their directors.

17.   In Nis, where riots began Monday, a female prisoner escaped to tell reporters Tuesday the rioters were raping and molesting women inmates.

18.   Inmates were just starting to get some of their privileges back Thursday when the riot began.

19.   Israel had closed the airport shortly after the riots began, citing security concerns.

20.   It gave no estimate of the number of prisoners in the jail when the riot began or the number of those who it said had fled.