Posts Tagged ‘city’

‘Red Shirt’ protesters flood Bangkok

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Tens of thousands of protesters poured into the center of Bangkok Sunday, bringing the city to a virtual standstill in an effort to topple the Thailand government.

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‘Red Shirt’ protesters flood Bangkok

Market abuse ‘unacceptably high’

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

Market abuse in the UK’s financial services sector is “unacceptably high”, says the head of the City watchdog.

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Market abuse ‘unacceptably high’

US seeks Nigeria massacre trial

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Hillary Clinton urges Nigeria to arrest and try those responsible for killing hundreds of people near the city of Jos.

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Quake moves city more than 10 feet

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

The magnitude-8.8 earthquake that rocked the west coast of Chile last month was violent enough to move the city of Concepcion at least 10 feet to the west and the capital, Santiago, about 11 inches to the west-southwest, researchers said.

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Quake moves city more than 10 feet

‘Scores killed’ in Nigeria riots

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Scores of people are reported killed in suspected communal violence near the city of Jos in central Nigeria.

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‘Scores killed’ in Nigeria riots

Police quizzed Purcell at council

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

The former leader of Glasgow City Council was interviewed by police inside the city chambers last year, it is confirmed.

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Dozens injured in Jerusalem clashes

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Dozens of people were injured during clashes Friday between Israeli police and Palestinian youths in east Jerusalem at one of the city’s holiest sites.

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Pilots killed as military plane crashes at India air show

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

An Indian naval plane taking part in an aerobatics display in the city of Hyderabad crashes into a residential area, killing both pilots and destroying a house.

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Chile troops tackle quake looters

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Chilean soldiers try to restore order in the city of Concepcion, amid looting after Saturday’s devastating earthquake.

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Chile troops tackle quake looters

Five held after clashes at holy site

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Five men were arrested Sunday as Palestinians clashed with Israeli police in East Jerusalem at one of the city’s holiest sites.

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Five held after clashes at holy site

Massive earthquake strikes Chile

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

A massive earthquake of 8.8 magnitude strikes central Chile, north-east of the city of Concepcion.

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Massive earthquake strikes Chile

Khyra care boss ‘will not quit’

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

The head of Birmingham children’s services says he will not quit after seven-year old Khyra Ishaq was starved to death in the city.

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Khyra care boss ‘will not quit’

Pair given life for Devlin murder

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Two Belfast men are given life sentences for murdering teenager Thomas Devlin in the north of the city in August 2005.

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Rebels ‘pour into Somali capital’

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Hundreds of Somali Islamist rebels pour into Mogadishu, witnesses say, as at least 16 people die in clashes in the city.

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Rebels ‘pour into Somali capital’

Mayor: Social decay behind drugs war

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Jose Reyes Ferriz, the mayor of violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, said the drug cartel war gripping his city is rooted in social decomposition such as broken homes.

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Mayor: Social decay behind drugs war