Few observe silence in Republic Street
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Most of Europe yesterday fell silent for three minutes at 11 a.m. GMT - noon in Malta - in remembrance of the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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The streets of Rotterdam are silent apart from a whistling wind. Flickering neon signs advertising Halal butchers and falafel bars punctuate the grey facades of the tower blocks.
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Georgi Page was one lonely protester, standing out there on Eleventh Avenue all by herself. She'd come to the Potamkin Hummer dealership expecting to join a crowd of committed environmentalists in a protest against the gas-guzzling ravages of SUVs. Instead, she found a crowd of two dozen news reporters, 40 police officers and three private security guards.
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KIEV, Dec 10: An uneasy calm held in Ukraine Friday as police defended the presidential administration building against opposition demonstrators who vowed to stay put until free elections are held later this ...
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HAIFA, Israel  - Some pilgrims stand in silence. Others prostrate themselves and offer fragrant petals.
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Across Europe, in railroad stations and department stores, at airports and palaces and subway stations people bowed their heads in silence today to observe a three-minute commemoration of those who perished in ...
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A silence fell across Britain Friday as the country commemorated the moment a year ago when the first suicide bombers in western Europe killed 52 people along with themselves in coordinated attacks on the transit system.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Crowds were sparse and Mardi Gras costumes even sparser on Tuesday, with only a few people coming out before dawn to save spaces from which to watch what amounts to a day-long parade of parades - 11 of them, one after the other.
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NEW YORK -- It hangs from the wall of his office, a silent sentinel. A reminder of how a man of character is to conduct himself.
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By Venice Buhain, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep. 19--OLYMPIA -- No-panhandling zones and anti-loitering laws would make downtown less threatening, two Olympia City Councilmen told the council Monday night.
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The capital of tiny East Timor was quiet but tense on Tuesday, a day after thousands of supporters of rebel leader Alfredo Reinado burned tires and threw stones to protest a raid by international troops on the fugitive's hideout.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 30 -- The streets of Baghdad were mostly quiet Saturday, with the capital under total lockdown a day after U.S. troops arrested a bodyguard of a Sunni Arab political leader on suspicion of planning suicide bombings inside the fortified Green Zone.
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It&#39;s going to be a little quieter outside of Target stores this holiday season. The company isn&#39;t allowing the Salvation Army bell ringers outside its stores.
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Supporters of a Singaporean blogger have gathered at a busy subway station for a silent protest at the suspension of his weekly newspaper column after the government criticised his latest satirical piece about high living costs.
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If there is one common concern that people in Uzbekistan share it is their president's silence.
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Until recently, Dr Julius Tangus Rotich was a man known to very few people. Little known, even colourless, perhaps because when at the centre of a storm, Dr Rotich stays on the periphery rather than thumb his chest and dig in to fight back.
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With the possible exception of the 20,000 cardiologists who are descending on the city for a conference this weekend, few conversations are being conducted here that do not involve