IGERIA: GIRLS' SPAT ESCALATES TO A RIOT A dispute between 12-year-old schoolgirls in the northern town of Kazaure grew into a riot with a group of Muslim radicals looting 40 shops and burning 11 Christian churches, the police said. The group had descended on a local school to protest the principal's alleged reluctance to take action against a Christian girl who, responding to schoolyard taunts from Muslim playmates, had insulted the Prophet Muhammad, an official said. When a policeman shot and injured a 17-year-old protester, the mob took to the streets.   (Agence France-Presse)