UK streets calmer after nights of riots and chaos

LONDON — Days of rioting and looting across Britain looked to be cooling on Wednesday after Prime Minister David Cameron promised a fightback and flooded city streets with police to try to restore order. By 9.30 p.m., incidents were limited to isolated skirmishes and standoffs between riot police ...

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