After we shoot up a Sudanese military plane, Sudan may orchestrate a "spontaneous" popular riot that will involve lynching a few U.S. aid workers - or journalists.

In 1977, negative public reaction to infitah policies led to massive spontaneous riots involving hundreds of thousands of Egyptians when the state announced that it was retiring subsidies on basic foodstuffs.

This kind of "kin liability" has been widely regarded as illegal by human rights organisations and led to a spontaneous riot.

This "joint responsibility" was considered as illegal approach by the human rights organizations and led to spontaneous riots in Stolipinovo.

A spontaneous riot forced Milošević to accept the results and step down as president, Kostunica then assumed the presidency.

Mr. Swamy said of the new disturbances: "These are not spontaneous riots.

In the first half of the Meiji period (1868-1912), most labour disputes occurred in the mining and textile industries and took the form of small-scale strikes and spontaneous riots.

"This was a spontaneous riot," said Jiang Gangliang, deputy director of the Mayor's office here.

Paul IV's rule had been so brutal that spontaneous riots broke out in Rome after his death, with crowds toppling his statue and attacking the Inquisition's headquarters.

A spontaneous riot could flare anywhere, in the kitchens as easily as in the corridors or in the elevators.