The killing sparked off several hours of rioting by residents, with soldiers responding by firing tear gas into the crowd.

A movement sparked by bloggers

The sentencing sparked criticism online.

Recent threats by the Bush administration to cut off billions of dollars in aid to Pakistan have sparked panic in government circles.

Anybody know what sparked today's protests?

The advice sparked lots of criticism online.

However, violations of the Constitution and of civil service rules and regulations sparked off fresh political instability, the result of social, military and political unrest.

This sparked the brief but bitter civil war.

He indicated that the major contributing factor was the Hebron massacre, which had sparked off widespread unrest among Arabs in the city and had yet to subside.

That prospect has already sparked renewed financial market volatility.

This attack by Israel has sparked indignation in Malaysia.

Alleged police brutality sparked the riots 2 days ago.

Quartz sparked enthusiasm among English speaking Twitter users, as well.

The ads quickly went viral and sparked a heated discussion online.

But the police action sparked outrage among supporters of the organisation.

It failed, and sparked the Second War of Religion (1567 1568).

The opening of the Chungbuk line in 1926 sparked regional development.

It was an idea that sparked a lot of people's imaginations.

Four years later, unrest over price increases even sparked a coup attempt.

This event has sparked many online reactions, both in favor and against.

The incident sparked indignation against passive politicians as well as religious hardliners.

There was a computer spook, a broken wire, a converter that sparked.

News of the flotilla raid in Gaza has sparked an uprising in Egypt.

The pun was not lost and the comment sparked a lot of reactions.

The arrival of World War I in Russia in 1914 sparked a change.

Acceptance of racism has sparked a widespread resurgence in racist and xenophobic crimes.

Well this has sparked a craze in Japan, because everyone's wanting a masterpiece.

However, the movie nevertheless sparked protests in other Afghan cities and on university campuses.

President Miguel de la Madrid resorted to currency devaluations which in turn sparked inflation.

Islamists, not the young liberals that sparked the revolution, won the majority in Parliament.

Two such campaigns in Iran and Palestine have sparked conversation amongst a subset of bloggers.

The launch of the national dialogue process has received much publicity and sparked mixed reactions.

On the other hand, debates in the plenary sparked by the decisions would solve nothing.

We salute the considerable efforts made by UNDCP, sparked by its Executive Director, Mr. Giacomelli.

These gorillas were murdered, some would even say crucified, and unsurprisingly, they sparked international outrage.

The payments in question were exhausted in December of last year and this is what sparked off in November the decision of the municipalities of the area to withdraw their participation in the Economic Co ordination Council.

The pictures from Naqoura were the ones Israelis had been dreading for two years since Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser were seized by Hizbullah an event that sparked off the summer war in southern Lebanon and northern Israel.

These changes sparked new initiatives in Georgia and in Moldova to restore, peacefully, their territorial integrity.

FEZ Just over a year ago, the Arab Spring sparked dramatic change throughout the Arab world.

The discussion about security, privacy, and freedom that the Snowden drama has sparked is long overdue.

The bonfire was sparked by the collapse of the Thai baht in the summer of 1997.

176. On 24 March 1994, between 45 and 50 Palestinians were wounded (reportedly by IDF gunfire) during serious unrest that broke out throughout the territories, sparked off by the killing of three Hamas suspects in Hebron on 23 March.

Her story shocked cycling rights activists, sparked spontaneous protests across the city and opened a national debate.

Increase in demand for circumcision may have been sparked by young men's desire to have unprotected sex.

The decision sparked nation wide protests, most notably a sit in was staged around the presidential palace.