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Urgent: Baltimore begins curfew after street riots

Xinhua, April 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

After days of street riots in Baltimore, largest city in U.S. State of Maryland, began its week-long curfew at 10 p.m. Tuesday (0200 GMT, Wednesday).

The city wide curfew was declared on Monday by Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who condemned the violence, looting and arson after the funeral held for Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old African American who died after suffering a spine injury in police custody earlier this month. Endi