At a plenary meeting, Zoo workers organized in a trade union voted for a strike in May. It would be the first strike in the 169 years of history of the Zoo in Berlin. As today, normal operation of the Zoo continues.
With their engines rusting in the boats and equipment they can't use in a 3 mile area, the Gazan fishermen go back to using a hook to provide the little that they can for their starveling families.
Sharon Osborne and Mel B were at the annual gongs for the commercial radio industry. Triple M Network’s national radio host Merrick Watts co-hosted the Australian Commercial Radio Awards with special international guest, Sharon Osborne.
I Cantieri Culturali della Zisa is a big cultural centre in the heart of Palermo. The centre is growing up now after the symbolic occupation one year ago.
In spite of the vote of a law recognizing rights for disabled people, lot of work is still remaining before different persons will be allowed to live a decent life in an accessible city.
A set of stores in the east side of São Paulo city in Brazil are in flames. The cause for the fire is yet to be determined. According to the authorities there are no reports of victims, but roads were closed as a precautionary measure.
Another climb of the Mont Cenis like the stage before but in the opposite way and then a vertiginous downhill since Susa and then a flat run-out towards Turin and Ivrea with the unique difficult of the climb of Andrate, 17 km before the finish line.
Gil Vicente reported through its web that Paulo Alves is out as coach of the team 'gilista'. The decision was taken after a meeting between the coach and the club president, Antonio Fiuza. File images from January and April 2013.
Dublin's Savoy Cinema re-styled itself 1920s & 1930s-style for the Ireland Premiere of the Warner Bros. Motion picture "Gatsby", directed by Baz Luhrman, with the majority of people turning out in vintage dress. This is how it looked afterwards.
V.O.A. play a concert in Warsaw' club Ćma Barowa. V.O.A. members are: Will Richardson (Vocal), Robert Brylewski (Bass), Amadeusz Krebs (Drums) and Maciej Dłużniewski (Guitar) .
Gathered in Valence by French Disabled association (APF), the demonstrators escorted by their families and relatives ask for the right to a recent life. The slogan "Neither poor nor submissive" was claimed all along the way to the prefecture.
SC Braga signs with the Portuguese forward Edinho, 30, on a free transfer after the Spanish team RCD Malaga released the player. Edinho was on loan to Academica of Coimbra where participated in 27 matches scoring 13 goals. File images 2012 and 2013.
The new Central Library opened in Liverpool city centre. The £50m restoration and rebuilding project, which has taken more than two years to complete, opened its doors to the public on May 17 2013.
Taxi drivers from Berlin protest for higher salaries in front of the Brandenburg Gate. The main demand is a wage floor of 8,50 Euro per hour, while according to sources current salaries are about 5 Euros, or even less.
Dozens are dead with many more trapped beneath rubble and missing after a huge tornado ripped through Oklahoma state. Images and video courtesy of Michael Welch of Blanchard Oklahoma.
Strike called to mark anniversaries of two slain leaders Molvi Mohammad Farooq, who was assassinated on 21 May 1990 and Abdul Gani Lone killed on the same day in 2002 hit normal life in Indian Kashmir.
A Palestinian fisherman prepares his net at the seaport of Gaza. Israel expanded the distance it permits Gaza fishermen to head out to sea, restoring a limit it cut in half two months ago in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave.
Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, witnesses said, while checks are made.
The fourth anniversary of the most painful event to afflict the Tamil people in living memory. 18th May 2009 marked the peak of several weeks of indiscriminate violence that left tens of thousands of Tamil civilians dead.
Royal Mail's annual profits have more than doubled, helped by strong growth in parcel deliveries as more people shop online. Operating profits for the 52 weeks to the end of March jumped to £403m, up from £152m for the previous year.
President of Hungary Janos Ader visits president of Slovenia Borut Pahor. The reception was held at Kongresni and after the reception they went together to the president palace.
The Gumball 3000 is an annual British 3,000-mile international road rally which takes place on public roads, with a different route around the world each year. Participated by more then 100 cars, which are mostly exotic and powerful sports cars.
Thousands of protesters marched to Whitehall in defense of changes to the NHS in London. Medical staff and union members took part in the mass rally before delivering letters of protest to 10 Downing Street.
Esslingen am Neckar is a city in the Stuttgart region of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany, capital of the District of Esslingen as well as the largest city in the district.
A complete shutdown is being observed in Kashmir to mark Mirwaiz Mohammed Farooq's death after he was assassinated in 1991. Minor clashes were reported before police cleared the streets.
For eleven days the city of Cannes comes alive under the spell of film. Highlights are the many different events, with the hopes people have in seeing their favored movie star. Some wait for those arriving by boat.
La tempête tropicale a fait 4 morts et 3 blessés lors de son passage en Haïti. D’importants dégâts matériels considérables sont enregistrés dans plusieurs régions inondées, selon un dernier bilan de la direction de la protection civile (DPC) .
32-year-old Mark Carson, was shot and killed early Saturday morning by Elliot Morales after he allegedly yelled anti-gay slurs at Mr. Carson then shot him point blank in the head. Now, the community is rallying against hate.
Labourers use a hydraulic drill as they work on foundations of a new complex (L) of Jerusalem's Old City with the Dome of the Rock mosque and Al Aqsa mosque compound in the background.
Garments Shramik Songram Parishad organiesd a tribute to the unidentified victims of the Savar tragedy at Jurain Graveyard in the capital as they press home six points of demands.
Playing "boules" is not only a game for retired people, it is also a game with beautiful gestures. Selection of players and action, closely framed, showing how bowls play mix craft, concentration and elegance.
Playing boules is an old leisure activity in the capital of Rhône-Alps but, more than a tradition, it is quite a way of living for some of those who practice this sport. Craft and precision are required to be a good player.
They were more than 600 players engaged in the "Pentecost boules Tournament", proving one more time that, in Lyon, the tradition of playing boules is still really alive.
In, Lyon, playing boules is an old tradition. One could think this game is mostly played by old and retired men, but yesterday, on the Bellecour square, several teams of teenagers were playing the finals of the "Pentecost boules Tournament".
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