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Taxi drivers' strike in Italy - Rome

Italian taxi drivers hold a strike against the government plan to free up the sector, creating more licenses and increasing the number of cabs on the...

by eidon Frustaci in Italy on 23/01/2012

Arts & Entertainment

Greeks queue for tickets to a Red Hot Chilli Peppers concert - Athens

Red Hot Chilli Peppers fans wait to buy a ticket on the first day of pre-sale tickets for the upcoming concert on 4th September 2012. A concert in...

by Kostas Pikoulas in Greece on 20/12/2011

Arts & Entertainment

Charley Boorman Signs copies of his new book at Bluewater Waterstones

Charley Boorman, English TV adventurer, travel writer and actor, signed copies of his new book at a branch of Waterstones, in the Bluewater shopping...

by Alexander Roscow in United Kingdom on 15/12/2011

BREAKING NEWS

23/01/2012 - Taxi drivers' strike in Italy - Rome - Italy - Italian taxi drivers hold a strike...
20/12/2011 - Greeks queue for tickets to a Red Hot Chilli Peppers concert - Athens - Greece - Red Hot Chilli Peppers fans wait to buy...
15/12/2011 - Charley Boorman Signs copies of his new book at Bluewater Waterstones - United Kingdom - Charley Boorman, English TV adventurer...
24/11/2011 - Lee Evans Book Signing at Waterstones - United Kingdom - Over 800 fans queued up as comedy giant...
03/11/2011 - Martina Cole signs books at Leadenhall Market - London - United Kingdom - Martina Cole at a book signing in...
14/10/2011 - The iPhone 4S goes on sale in Japan - Japan - Over 800 people camped out on the...
14/10/2011 - Official Launch of the Apple iPhone 4s - London - United Kingdom - Release day for the iPhone 4s as hours...
13/10/2011 - Overnight Queues for iPhone 4s in Covent Garden - London - United Kingdom - Queues started early in the evening at...
10/10/2011 - 1st in line for the new Iphone at the Apple Store in Covent Garden - United Kingdom - Rob Shoesmith has already been queuing...
15/09/2011 - Overnight Queues for new Sony Tablet - London - United Kingdom - A queue formed overnight by people...

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Tournament to show solidarity with Kashmiri people
Players stand in a queue holding Kashmir flags in a Kabadi tournament held at Pilot Secondary School to show solidarity with the people of Kashmir. The event was organized by Sindh Spor...
Gigantic queues on penultimate day of Leonardo exhibition - London
People began queuing outside the Leonardo exhibition from 3am for a chance to catch the greatest exhibition of Leonardo works ever shown in the UK. London, United Kingdom. 2nd February ...
Greeks queue for tickets to a Red Hot Chilli Peppers concert - Athens
Red Hot Chilli Peppers fans wait to buy a ticket on the first day of pre-sale tickets for the upcoming concert on 4th September 2012. A concert in Greece has been a long-time wish for m...
Disabled protest Welfare Reform Bill at Oxford Circus
Disabled people protested at Oxford Circus, chaining wheelchairs together and calling for the dropping of Welfare Reform Bill, urging savings cutting tax evasion by the rich rather than...
Taxi drivers' strike in Italy - Rome
Italian taxi drivers hold a strike against the government plan to free up the sector, creating more licenses and increasing the number of cabs on the streets. 23rd January 2012
Nepalis Protest Rising Fuel Prices
As in the international market, the fuel prices in Nepal rose enormously. Long queues in front of gas stations have become a daily occurrence. Demonstrators gathered to protest the 15 p...
The world`s largest human migration for Chinese New Year celebration
More than 300 million people move back home to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Due to the influx, the government applied new procedures for arriving to the Guangzhou Train Station. Gua...
Chinese Spring Festival Travellers crowd Guangzhou Railway Station
Thousands of holiday travelers flock to the main Guangzhou railway station, days before the Chinese Spring Festival, attempting to get home to be with family before Chinese New Year...
Arabs queue at Ministry of the Interior after court ruling - Jerusalem
Citizens are standing at the doors of the Israeli Interior Ministry where applications are given for Arabs living in East Jerusalem who wish to extend their rights through marriage. Isr...
Motorists wait in line to fill gas after a week of no supply - Quetta
Motorists stand in queues to fill gas at a compressed natural gas station. The CNG stations were reopened in the city after one week in Quetta. Pakistan. 11th January 2012
Cars queue after 24-hour gas closure at CNG stations - Karachi
A large number of vehicles and patrons wait in queues to fill gas at a Compressed Natural Gas, CNG, station.
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...
Jedward mania hits the Olympia Theatre - Dublin
Jedward fans queue for hours outside Dublin's Olympia Theatre for the opening night of 'Jedward and the Beanstalk'. Jedward is a hip pop music duo comprised of identical ...
Christmas Lottery frenzy in Spain
With just two days left before the Christmas draw, people are queueing up to buy tickets for the national lottery, with the famous Doña Manolita area being apparently the best place to ...
Egyptian parliamentary election voting - Giza
Egyptians vote in the second round of the country's first free election in the middle-class Giza neighborhood of Doqqi and the poor neighborhood of Imbaba, an Islamist stronghold. ...
Charley Boorman Signs copies of his new book at Bluewater Waterstones
Charley Boorman, English TV adventurer, travel writer and actor, signed copies of his new book at a branch of Waterstones, in the Bluewater shopping centre. Greenhithe, Kent. 15th Decem...
Oil-tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces stand still  - Karachi
The government decision to restrict the movement of vehicles carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan enters into its 13th day with queues of loaded trucks building along many o...
Sacred flame lit on tenth and final day of Deepam Festival
The Bharani Deepam (sacred flame) was lit in the pre-dawn hours of the final day of the 10-day Deepam festival, amidst thousands of devotees in the inner sanctum of the Arunachaleshwara...
Ebay open a 'pop-up' store in Soho's Dean Street - London
Ebay has opened its first 'pop-up' store in London. The opening comes ahead of Ebay's busiest online shopping day, which is expected to be Sunday the 4th of December. UK....
Queues at Eurostar due to Public Sector Strike Action
Large Queues formed outside the Eurostar checking in desk at St Pancras Station as the Public Sector strike starts. London, UK. 30th November 2011