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Demotix is the award-winning home of global user-generated news.
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Demotix' reporters are people just like you - telling extraordinary stories from around the world with images, video, text (and soon audio too). Jump in, have fun, tweet, digg, share - and maybe join the community.

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The news is made all around us. Whether it's a festival, a political rally, a feature, an accident, or an investigation - if you were there, we want to hear about it.

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Demotix is a megaphone: We push your stories out to over 200 news organisations around the world every day, and your stories are seen by 1000s of daily browsers on Demotix. Share, tweet, digg, link - spread the word!

Daily, Demotix licences your stories, images and video to media around the world. 50% keeps us running, 50% goes to you.
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01/09/2010 - March against discrimination towards indigenous people in Chile - Chile - Relatives, organizations and...
01/09/2010 - Krishna Janmastami festival at Patan Durbar Square in Kathmandu - Nepal - An evening view of Krishna Temple at...
01/09/2010 - Maya Hansen Collection at Valencia Fashion Week 2011 - Spain - Maya Hansen presented her collection of...
01/09/2010 - Valencia Fashion Week: Spring-Summer 2011 - Spain - Images of life during the Valencia...
01/09/2010 - Final Preparations for Launch of Delhi Metro Section - India - The underground portion of the much...
01/09/2010 - Reported Hostage Situation at Discovery Communications HQ - United States - Police cordoned off a large section of...
01/09/2010 - The Janmastami Celebration - India - India - Janmastami Celebrations take part all...

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