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People visit Prague Castle to pay tribute to Vaclav Havel

Approximately 20,000 people visit the Prague Castle to see the coffin of deceased president Vaclav Havel. Many people waited severel hours. Czech...

by Tomas Hajek in Czech Republic on 22/12/2011

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People still came to Prague castle to pay tribute to Vaclav Havel

About 20.000 people came on thurshday 22nd of December 2011 to Prague castle in Prague, Czech republic to see coffin with death president Vaclav...

by Tomas Hajek in Czech Republic on 22/12/2011

Society

Final preparations for Eid Ul Adha festival

As Eid Ul Adha approaches, Muslims busy themselves with final preparations for Bangladesh's second largest festival. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 5th...

by Suvra Kanti Das in Bangladesh on 05/11/2011

BREAKING NEWS

22/12/2011 - People visit Prague Castle to pay tribute to Vaclav Havel - Czech Republic - Approximately 20,000 people visit the...
05/11/2011 - Final preparations for Eid Ul Adha festival - Bangladesh - As Eid Ul Adha approaches, Muslims busy...
03/07/2011 - Pakistan Flood victims of 2010 still waiting for relief - Pakistan - According to Pakistani government data...
25/03/2011 - Crowds gather outside Apple stores in London ahead of Ipad 2 launch - United Kingdom - Customers queued up over night at Apple...
20/12/2010 - Stranded Eurostar passengers queue outside St Pancras, London - United Kingdom - Thousands of passengers are currently...
23/10/2010 - 27 days of strike in the patrol terminal of Marseilles - Fos - France - The strike in the patrol terminal of...
26/09/2010 - Cart pulling the labour of Karachi - Pakistan - Cart Labor waiting for opening the...
03/09/2010 - Bangladesh Railway starts selling tickets in advance - Bangladesh - Desperate people are waiting to buy...
03/05/2010 - weston super mare pier recruitment day - United Kingdom - Recruitment day - people hoping to work...
09/02/2010 - Tezer - Woman waits for son at Tunis airport for 6 years - Tunisia - DMTX. Images of Tezer, a 70 year old...

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