Cigarette shortages touched off some of the worst civil unrest in the last days of Communism.

Bahrain has been rocked the region's worst unrest since the 1990s, after activists from the Shi'ite majority launched protests against the Sunni-led government last month.

At least seven people were killed in the worst unrest seen in the country in over fifteen years.

Demonstrators stormed the 66th Precinct station house, fighting with officers and damaging property in the worst unrest the city had seen since riots in the 1960's.

The worst suburban unrest on Friday night was reported in Lyon and the city of Toulouse in the south-west.

The talks are aimed at defusing the worst unrest in a decade.

The bloodshed sparked off the worst unrest in Kosovo seen since the end of the 1999 war (in which 11 Serbs were killed).

It then appeared paralyzed as the violence spiraled into the worst civil unrest that France has faced in nearly 40 years.

It was the worst unrest the country has faced for at least a decade.

It was the worst civil unrest of Mr. Hussein's long rule.