Although these reforms have sparked massive protests they are now credited with being in part responsible for the economic downswing and the rise of unemployment in Germany in the years 2006 / 7.

* 2009 Iranian election protests – The 2009 Iranian presidential election sparked massive protests in Iran and around the world against alleged electoral fraud and in support of defeated candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi.

Resentment over such massive changes in population and the resulting government presence and policies sparked more Miao and Yao revolts in 1464 to 1466, which were crushed by an army of 30, 000 Ming troops ( including 1, 000 Mongols ) joining the 160, 000 local Guangxi.

The mysterious circumstances of Khyber's death sparked massive anti-Daoud demonstrations in Kabul, which resulted in the arrest of several prominent PDPA leaders.

Famed for its lotus blooms, recently controversy has sparked with mismanaged tourism development resulting in the massive die off of trees, and recent findings of pollution in the water.

Its arrival in virgin wilderness sparked a massive logging industry almost overnight, spawning immigration from the United States to the Choctaw Nation -- and communities along its length.

This sparked off a massive debate, both in Microsoft and out, about the merits of the two APIs and whether or not Direct3D should be promoted.

Chief Piopio sparked a flint, igniting the gunpowder causing a massive explosion that killed him and nine other Māori instantly.

The final whistle sparked off a huge celebration inside the stadium as well as a massive celebratory pitch invasion.

Diallo's death, the change of venue, and the verdict each sparked massive demonstrations against police brutality and racial profiling, resulting in more than 1, 700 arrests over the course of many weeks.

Beginning in 1791, a massive slave revolt sparked a general insurrection against the plantation system and French colonial power.

Mason's move to the Roosters after his falling out with the Bulldogs ' coach Steve Folkes and Bulldogs club officials and administrators sparked massive controversy in the Australian rugby league community, with Bulldogs supporters alleging that Mason had turned his back on the club that had developed him into a State of Origin and national team representative only to join the club's most bitter rivals.

When Paul Lewis wrote his article, it sparked national and international debate on Project Champion, this then led to massive public resistance to Project Champion, which eventually led to it being stopped.

By the end of his first term, he was sitting on a Bahamian economy which was going into recession, brought on by a global downturn in productivity, sparked by the dot. com bubble bust and the attacks of 9 – 11, exacerbated by massive exits of foreign capital, due to new banking regulations set in place by his administration.

When introduced, the Dakota Digital sparked massive interest, primarily due to its price tag: $ 10. 99 ( US Dollars ).

There is still no confirmation any of this is real, and Harry wonders if he has sparked a massive false panic in the example of Chicken Little.

This appointment was considered by some a deliberate step to weaken Dahlan's position before the Israeli disengagement from the Gaza strip and sparked massive protests.

Artest then entered the crowd and sparked a massive brawl between players and fans.

With an increasingly successful music career, a supermodel wife and a young son, Lee's death was a surprise to the public and sparked a massive reaction in tributes to the drummer.

The massive amount of business sparked a turn-around in the company's sales that continued for many years.

Given his stature as a figure of power, his proclamation sparked massive riots.

Whilst the player was believed to have left with one of his agents, John Shittu, who had by now flown in to meet Mikel, his disappearance sparked massive media coverage in Norway and also provoked a police enquiry after the Lyn Oslo director Morgan Andersen made claims in the Norwegian media that Mikel had been ' kidnapped '.

Published under a pseudonym in Beirut, the book was titled " No To Rulers of Iraq " and sparked a massive political crisis in Baghdad and caused the Baathist regime to issue an ultimatum for the removal of all Lebanese nationals from Iraq within 72 hours.

The acceptance of foreign competition sparked a massive demand for tobacco production equipment in the 1990s, which has since slowed.

Mulroney sent a letter of condolence to then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, which sparked an uproar in Canada since he did not call families of the actual victims to offer condolences.

A proposed name change suggested by the Councilman sparked an uproar among local citizens, and the proposal was dropped.

Though concern about the existence of a duopoly had been around for some time, a press uproar sparked in 2006, when a controversial reform to the Federal Radio and Television Law, seriously hampered the entry of new competitors, like Cadena Tres.

When she was elected as the sole candidate for SF for the European Parliament in 2004 she sparked an uproar in SF by choosing to join the European Green Party – European Free Alliance instead of the European United Left – Nordic Green League without the approval of SF.

Though Manet's The Luncheon on the Grass ( Le déjeuner sur l ' herbe ) sparked controversy in 1863, his Olympia stirred an even bigger uproar when it was first exhibited at the 1865 Paris Salon.

In May 2010, the local Mail & Guardian published a cartoon depicting the prophet Muhammad by Jonathan Shapiro ( aka Zapiro ) which sparked some uproar from the Muslim community.

The decision to re-introduce segregation at the facilities sparked off a local and international uproar, with local Coloured and Black residents initiating a yearlong boycott of shops in the CBD.

The film sparked a national uproar, from whites who feared the film's events to be prophetic truth, and from blacks who were horrified by the portrayal of their race.

Barakeh's decision to join an Israeli delegation visiting World War II-era concentration camps sparked uproar among by a group of right-wing Israeli legislators, led by Danny Danon, who lobbied unsuccessfully to have Barakeh barred from the commemoration.

He took a considerable risk during the mid-1960s, when the Civil Rights Movement sparked violence throughout the South by signing country music's first African-American singer Charley Pride, who sang rawer country than the smoother music Atkins had pioneered.

* September 28 – Brixton race riots are sparked with the shooting of Dorothy ' Cherry ' Groce by the Metropolitan Police in Brixton, an area of South London, England.

The SEC case was sparked in 2004 after David Bazzetta, a former auditor at then DaimlerChrysler Corp, filed a whistleblower complaint after he was fired for raising questions about bank accounts controlled by Mercedes-Benz units in South America.

In the aftermath of the recapture of the city, the discovery of several mass graves ( the last of which were uncovered in 1970 ) of South Vietnamese citizens of Hue sparked a controversy that has not diminished with time.

The South African government's policy of racial segregation polarised opinions and sparked controversy throughout New Zealand.

That, however, sparked further disagreements over leadership and expenditures and, as the postwar red scare picked up momentum, prompted raids by the United Steelworkers of America, the United Auto Workers and other unions, particularly in mining in the South, where the CIO encouraged predominantly white miners ' locals to defect.

The campaigns sparked a series of arrests, resulting in more than 400 Māori being jailed in the South Island, where they remained without trial for as long as 16 months.

Hardship as a result of the Great Depression, and the election of Jack Lang of the Labor party as Premier of New South Wales, sparked the formation of the " Riverina Movement ".

Youth Day on 16 June in South Africa commemorates the start of the Soweto riots of 1976, initially sparked by a government edict that all instruction in black schools would be held in Afrikaans.

The interracial marriage sparked a furore among both the apartheid government of South Africa and the tribal elders of the Bamangwato.

In New South Wales, handguns were effectively banned after World War II but the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games sparked a new interest in the sport of pistol shooting and laws were changed to allow the sport to develop.

The stretch-out sparked hundreds of strikes throughout the Southeast: by one count, there were more than eighty strikes in South Carolina in 1929 alone.

This sparked a sharp debate with Republican South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham, who repeatedly asserted that Nixon authorized the break-in at Democratic headquarters.

The feature of the tourists game against New South Wales at the SCG in 1879 was a riot sparked apparently when the crowd disagreed with an umpiring decision by George Coulthard that went against the locals.

In 2006, L. P. appeared at music conference, South by Southwest, and reportedly sparked a bidding war amongst major labels, eventually being signed by L. A. Reid to his Island Def Jam Music Group record label, part of the Universal Music Group.

The Renco Group also owns various mills and mines in the United States and South America, and pollution problems at some of the company's properties have sparked public outcries, environmental lawsuits, and hundreds of millions of dollars in environmental penalties and fines.

As with many South Side Chicago communities, the two events that sparked commercial and residential development were annexation to Chicago in 1889 and the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893.

Bucci sparked the interest of Raven as Raven was looking to put together a new stable known as The Flock in Extreme Championship Wrestling and asked Bucci to appear at the ECW Arena in South Philadelphia.

The students sparked a vital movement in South Korea.

The result sparked outrage about racism across the country, especially in South Central Los Angeles and South East Los Angeles where large groups of blacks took to the streets, many shouting " Black justice!

However, shortly after the South American colonies became independent of Spain, problems developed in the capitals, and civil wars were sparked in some provinces ; Bolívar lost many of his supporters and fell ill. Opposition to his presidency continued to increase, and in 1830, after 11 years of rule, he resigned as president of Gran Colombia.

The party launch received substantial and, in the view of most party organizers, largely positive, media coverage, which in turn sparked a significant number of inquiries from across the South and from around the world.

The case sparked intense media interest in both Britain and South Africa, with several court transcripts appearing in the press Allan famously told Carman