61.   A spokesman said the riot had apparently begun with a brawl in a hotel.

62.   The riot began on Friday, with prisoners demanding sentence reductions and amnesty for all those taking part in the disturbance.

63.   The riots began after a high school pupil died in police custody in Beni Douala, near the Kabylie capital of Tizi Ouzou.

64.   The riots began Monday as students demanded a meeting with university administrators over the arrest by police of student leader Suba Churchill Meshack, whose whereabouts are still unknown.

65.   The riots began as a protest against the resumption of French nuclear testing in the South Pacific.

66.   The riot began when a detainee trying to gain the attention of visiting immigration department officials investigating camp conditions toppled from a tree.

67.   The jail director said the riot began when fighting broke out between inmates at two pavilions.