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Old Porte de France reopens to vendors and consumers - Tunis

The Porte de France, long closed to vendors, is seen today reoccupied by dozens of street vendors on its first day of sales. Tunisia. 1st February...

by hamideddine Bouali in Tunisia on 01/02/2012

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Queues around the block for Boxing Day Sales - London

Thousands of bargain-hunting shoppers descended on London's busiest shopping zone in Oxford Street to enjoy the annual Boxing Day sales. Queues...

by Pete Riches in United Kingdom on 26/12/2011

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Casablanca's brand new Morocco Mall

Casablanca's 'Morocco Mall' is now the largest mall in Africa and the 5th in the World according to its Moroccan founders. The mall...

by alexenafrique in Morocco on 08/12/2011

BREAKING NEWS

01/02/2012 - Old Porte de France reopens to vendors and consumers - Tunis - Tunisia - The Porte de France, long closed to...
26/12/2011 - Queues around the block for Boxing Day Sales - London - United Kingdom - Thousands of bargain-hunting shoppers...
08/12/2011 - Casablanca's brand new Morocco Mall - Morocco - Casablanca's 'Morocco Mall...
17/09/2011 - Occupy Wall Street Anti-Bank Protest - United States - Citizens gathered in the financial...
26/11/2010 - International 'Fur-Free Friday' Protest in Portland - United States - Over 100 anti-fur protesters led by a...
02/10/2010 - Squatters open Free-shop in Kreuzberg - Germany - Squatters in Kreuzberg opened a free-...
14/09/2010 - Versailles: Takashi Murakami in the palace of the Sun King - France - Japanese artist Takashi Murakami...
27/06/2010 - Gay Shame Goth Cry In - United States - Protesters gathered outside the LGBT on...
10/03/2010 - International Tourism Bourse 2010 in Berlin - Germany - DMTX. The whole world meets at the ITB...
27/12/2009 - Portrait of the American Recession - United States - DMTX. The Everything Store, which lies...

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Old Porte de France reopens to vendors and consumers - Tunis
The Porte de France, long closed to vendors, is seen today reoccupied by dozens of street vendors on its first day of sales. Tunisia. 1st February 2012
Queues around the block for Boxing Day Sales - London
Thousands of bargain-hunting shoppers descended on London's busiest shopping zone in Oxford Street to enjoy the annual Boxing Day sales. Queues for Selfridges and Gucci alone stret...
Casablanca's brand new Morocco Mall
Casablanca's 'Morocco Mall' is now the largest mall in Africa and the 5th in the World according to its Moroccan founders. The mall sits just a few hundred meters from Ca...
UK Uncut joins Occupy protesters and Occupy London Stock Exchange
Campaign group UK Uncut has joined the Occupy campers outside Saint Paul's Cathedral occupying Finsbury Square. UK. 25th October 2011
Waste Management problems continue in Mauritius
The persistent waste management issues that Mauritius island is facing may undermine the tropical island states tourism sector in the future. Moka, June - August 2011
Occupy Wall Street Anti-Bank Protest
Citizens gathered in the financial district to protest consumerism, corporate greed and government austerity measures in New York City. USA in a week-long protest beginning on 17th Sept...
French indignants gather to discuss direct democracy - Agen
The movement of indignant people gathered in the town hall square to discuss direct democracy. Agen, France. 15th June 2011
Reclaim Love 2011 in London
Londoners celebrated the power of love at the eighth annual Reclaim Love street party. London, UK. 12/02/2011
International 'Fur-Free Friday' Protest in Portland
Over 100 anti-fur protesters led by a boisterous group of Radical Cheerleaders for animal rights attended the 'In Defence of Animals' march through downtown Portland on Black ...
A Working Woman's Life and Family in Syria
In a small Village like Sukas in the east Mediterranean, the course of life is very different from the downtown of the capital. In silence young families sweat to meet their living cost...
Squatters open Free-shop in Kreuzberg
Squatters in Kreuzberg opened a free-shop today on Falckensteinstrasse 5, after the long established rent more than doubled. People contributed things they no longer needed and provided...
Versailles: Takashi Murakami in the palace of the Sun King
Japanese artist Takashi Murakami created the slick colored sculptures on exhibit at France’s gilded former seat of power opened at the Chateau de Versailes, Murakami’s figures share var...
Gay Shame Goth Cry In
Protesters gathered outside the LGBT on Market street before marching towards the City Hall carrying a coffin with 'Pride' inside suggesting that it had been killed by capital...
iPad reaches UK - Regent Steet Apple Store celebrates it like a feast
Apple's last gadget, the iPad, reaches UK market. Central London Apple Store in Regent Street transformed the pavement in a fenced queue system for the first buyers. iPad's ev...
International Tourism Bourse 2010 in Berlin
DMTX. The whole world meets at the ITB Berlin for the annual Travel Trade Show.The world’s largest travel trade show International Tourism Bourse (ITB) Berlin has welcomed over 11,000 e...
Climate change demonstration in Amsterdam
DMTX. Prior to the Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, Rebel Clowns march on the streets in Amsterdam with a clear message: Climate Change - Who Cares? Amsterdam, Netherlands. 23/1...
Portrait of the American Recession
DMTX. The Everything Store, which lies empty in what is already a depressed area full of crumbling strip malls and houses made from cheap vinyl siding, has stood empty and boarded up fo...
Climate Change Protest in Madrid
DMTX. The group Ecologistas en Acción (Ecologists in Actions) organized a protest meeting in Madrid as part of a day of action on climate change to coincide with the Copenhagen COP15 Cl...
Sustainable Development Trade Show, Paris
The Sustainable Development Trade Show was held in Paris. Paris, France. 02/04/2009.
NATALIS – Lisbon’s Christmas Trade Fair
FIL (International Lisbon Trade Fair) is hosting the 4th edition of NATALIS – Lisbon’s Christmas Trade Fair - between the 5th and 13th of December