The 2001 riots prompted governmental and independent inquiries, which collectively agreed on community relations improvements and considerable regeneration schemes for the town.

Several riots prompted increased tension in Syria's Kurdish areas since 2004.

In 1566, Calvinist-led riots in the Netherlands prompted the Duke of Alba to march into the country to restore order.

Since 2004, several riots in Syria's Kurdish areas have prompted increased tension.

Several important riots in Malayan history had prompted the colonial government to respond umambiguosly.

The riot after the 1980 Scottish Cup Final prompted reforms, as alcohol was banned from football stadia in Scotland.

This riot prompted the Westmoreland County Sheriff's Office to devise a heighten security plan for the return game in Latrobe.

That same year, a riot during Madison's Halloween festivities prompted police to begin systematically clamping down on the Mifflin event.

The riots prompted a period of turmoil within the newspaper over policies on hiring, race and sexual discrimination, Mr. Wolinsky said.

In 1998, racial riots against the ethnic Chinese in West Java prompted the production and sale of "anti-rape corsets".