Posts Tagged ‘city’
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
Tags: Bangkok, bangkok-sunday, bringing-the-city, city, protesters-poured, Virtual Standstill
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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’
Tags: business, city, financial-services, says-the-head
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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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US seeks Nigeria massacre trial
Tags: Africa, city, clinton, Hillary Clinton, near-the-city, Nigeria, people-near, the-city
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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
Tags: capital, Chile, city, concepcion, concepcion-at-least, last-month, move-the-city, the-west, the-west-southwest, west, West Coast
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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
Tags: Africa, city, near-the-city, reported-killed, suspected-communal, the-city, violence-near
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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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Police quizzed Purcell at council
Tags: chambers-last, city, council, former-leader, Glasgow, glasgow-city, inside-the-city, police-inside, the-city
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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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Dozens injured in Jerusalem clashes
Tags: city, friday, injured-during, israeli, Jerusalem, jerusalem-at-one, Palestinian, people-were, the-city
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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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Pilots killed as military plane crashes at India air show
Tags: aerobatics-display, city, hyderabad, indian, Naval Plane, taking-part, the-city
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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
Tags: americas, amid-looting, city, concepcion, restore-order, saturday, soldiers-try, the-city
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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
Tags: city, israeli, Jerusalem, jerusalem-at-one, men-were, Palestinians, sunday, sunday-as-palestinians, the-city
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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
Tags: americas, Chile, city, Massive Earthquake, strikes-central, the-city
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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’
Tags: birmingham, city, khyra, khyra-ishaq, services-says, seven-year-old, will-not
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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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Pair given life for Devlin murder
Tags: Belfast, city, given-life, murdering-teenager, north, the-city, the-north, thomas, thomas-devlin
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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’
Tags: Africa, city, Mogadishu, people-die, rebels-pour, Somali, somali-islamist, witnesses-say
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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
Tags: city, ciudad, Ciudad JuáRez, drug, drug-cartel, his-city, mayor, reyes, reyes-ferriz, war-gripping
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