Non-disabled Israelis tried to deal with daily difficulties of people with disabilities on a special day. The event's aim was to make the Israelis understand the importance of having access to people with disabilities.
Philippine Women’s Football Team practice during a rainy session at Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Krira Chokra Ground in Dhaka ahead of their last match against Bangladesh, in the AFC Women Asian Cup Group B qualifying round.
Tibet activists' protest was banned out of eyeshot during China's Li Keqiang's Swiss visit in Bern. In order not to disturb the Chinese Premier, officials allowed the rally only two blocks away from the Swiss parliament - far away from Li Keqiang.
Troops were honoured in a Royal welcome in Abingdon town center. Princess Anne honoured the homecoming soldiers, involving 270 troops from Dalton Barracks, after their tour of duty in the Middle East.
The Philippine National Games formally opens at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. The Philippine National Games shall become a yearly national championships for all sports - to assess the expanse of athletic potentials as by-product of your national programs
The Thursday afternoon a hundred and fifty people gathered in front of the Government Delegation in protest of the arrest of two photographers and in defense of press freedom. The demonstration was conducted without incidents.
Iran Women’s Football Team practice at Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Krira Chokra Ground in Dhaka ahead of their last match against Thailand in the AFC Women Asian Cup Group B qualifying round.
Dublin City Council formally announced this week that the current red brick surface will be replaced with more durable granite paving at a cost of €4 million. The repaving, which will be carried out in five phases, will commence in June 2013.
A protest at a Matalan store in Bristol was forced to stop as campaigners were told to leave the retail park by store security. Protesters are calling for the store to pay compensation to victims of garment factory disasters in Bangladesh.
Essex Police confirm 2 men were arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft. They have been removed from the aircraft, the Pakistani plane that was diverted to Stansted from Manchester by an RAF jet.
Explosions went off in the Shahr-e-Nau neighbourhood in Central Kabul, followed by a firefight. Afghan Channel One TV quoted police as saying a group of assailants had entered the Directorate of the Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF).
Whilst the furore of the killing of Lee Rigby in Woolwich continues around the country, security at the UK's Mosques is stepped up after several attacks by far-right individuals and groups.
Twenty dancers, 10 winners of the online public vote and 10 others chosen by Judges, arrive in Dublin to audition for a place in the new music & dance spectacular, Heartbeat of Home. The World Premiere takes place in Dublin on Wednesday 2nd October.
Activities of Ale Sunnat Wal Jammat with play cards and party flags sit on protest against the un fair election in Jhang in different PS 78 and NA 89 out side the Hyderabad press club.
Platform of Affected by Mortgage (PAH) protest in front of the offices of UCI (Santander Mortgage services) for the 6th day in a row, asking for a proper person to negotiate.
Members of the PAH (Mortgage Victim's Platform) and residents of the Lavapies district stopped the eviction of Carmen and her two sons. Evictions are common for unpaid mortgages during the Spanish economic crisis.
After a pause for one year, Art Athina 2013 was a major success with more than 30'000 visits, 12'000 more from 2011. Alex Kaniaris, representative of the organizer said that we can say that this is a restart for the biggest annual art event in Greece
School leavers in Ukraine celebrated the Farewell Bell. Kyiv school leavers bathed in fountains on Independence Square in compliance with the tradition.
Irish customs officers carry out a sweep of Dublin's Moore Street as the fight against illegal cigarette trading continues. Moore Street is a famous Irish street trading location that is also notorious for illegal trade in cigarettes.
A rally organized by the Democtaric Action Party was held last night at Padang Timur, Petaling Jaya. Among the most anticipated speakers were Nurul Izzah Anwar and Lim Kit Siang. Poet A Samad Said recited his new poem, Manusia Tanpa Lidah.
The opposition holds a mass rally to protest election results. The Election Committee is alleged to have cheated and committed fraud during the recent election.
Police were called to a bank robbery in the early hours of thursday may 23rd. The perpetrators gained access to the back of the bank and then broke into the cash machine at the Birkdale branch in Santander. Forensic's were still at the scene at 5pm.
The 5th annual graffiti abatement summit was held at Montgomery Park in Portland with speeches by Portland Police Bureau graffiti investigators Matt Miller and Anthony Zanetti. Members of local business and the community attended.
Artists as felons protested outside the 5th annual graffiti abatement summit in Portland to create a visual spectacle against the criminalisation of aerosol art in public spaces and to call on the police to re-examine heavy handed policies.
Officers arrived at the scene of an 'artists as felons' protest against the criminalisation of public art. They were on scene over an alleged report of a break in at a nearby food cart, shortly after Pat Bell interrupted the summit indoors.
The Italian, Danilo Di Luca, 37, of Vini Fantini-Selle Italia team, failed an out-of-competition test before the race. He has already served a ban for testing positive for the blood-boosting drug Cera.
The 5th Annual Vivid Sydney kicked off at 6pm today by lighting the sails of Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. Vivid Sydney takes over the city after dark from 24 May - 10 June 2013.
The President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Evo Morales, attended the high concentration of social movements at Plaza Villarroel, which demonstrated the support to back it up for reelection.
Maria van der Hoeven from IEA in the press conference in Ministry of Economics and Technology in Berlin says "further action is needed in Germany's energy transition is to maintain a balance between sustainability, affordability and competitiveness".
Graduation ceremony at the Feinberg Graduate School, the educational arm of The Weizmann Institute, founded in 1958 and charted as a higher education institute in the State of New York and accredited by the Israel Council for Higher Education.
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