Tag: Thousands
Hand-written letter by Titanic passenger expected to sell for thousands
A hand-written letter found on the body of a man killed in the sinking of the Titanic is expected to fetch up to £80,000 at auction...
Thousands in Sweden rally under ‘Don’t touch my mosque’ banner
After a string of attacks on mosques in Sweden, locals are expressing solidarity with Muslims by staging rallies on Friday. Under the banner of...
Lahoris turn up in thousands to see Khan’s show
PTI chief announces rallies for Mianwali and Multan as he addresses mammoth crowd at Lahore’s Minar-e-Pakistan
Khan says PTI will not end sit-ins until prime...
Thousands protest ‘Occupy’ movement in Hong Kong
1.4 million reportedly sign petition against the pro-democracy movement
Tens of thousands of people marched under a blistering sun in Hong Kong on Sunday to...
Thousands mourn as Bashir Bilour laid to rest
Tens of thousands of mourners on Sunday attended the funeral prayers of slain Khyber Pakhtunkhwa senior minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour.
Awami National Party President...
Thousands gather at Cairo’s Tahrir square for anti-Morsi rally
Thousands flocked to Cairo’s central Tahrir square on Tuesday for a protest against Egypt’s president in a significant test of whether the opposition can...
Khyber operation uproots hundreds of thousands
Nearly half a million tribal people are estimated to have fled fighting between soldiers and militia on the Afghan border with more than 264,000...
Britain cuts thousands of armed forces jobs
Up to 2,900 members of the British army including 400 Gurkhas will lose their jobs along with 1,000 air force personnel in the latest...
Tens of thousands protest against Putin
Around 120,000 people on Saturday attended a rally to protest against the alleged rigging of parliamentary polls in a new challenge to Russian strongman...
Thousands protest against rigged polls in Russia
Around 8,000 people protested in Moscow and Saint Petersburg on Sunday against what they say were rigged parliamentary polls handing victory to Vladimir Putin’s...
Thousands rally in China
Thousands of residents of a Chinese village under police blockade rallied Thursday to demand the government take action over illegal land grabs and the...
Turkey struggles to shelter thousands after quake
Turkey struggled to provide shelter on Wednesday to tens of thousands left homeless by an earthquake that killed nearly 500, and rescue teams began...
Myanmar set to free thousands of political prisoners
Myanmar announced a mass prisoner amnesty Tuesday, raising hope for the imminent release of hundreds of political detainees in what would be a major...
Thousands evacuated as typhoon nears Japan
More than a million people in Japan were warned to leave their homes on Tuesday as an approaching typhoon brought heavy rain and fears...
Thousands protest against nuclear power in Japan
Tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in Tokyo on Monday calling for an end to nuclear energy in Japan after the March 11 disaster...
Thousands trapped in country’s flood-hit south
In Pakistan’s fertile south, a grim-faced soldier found himself in a standoff with 100 flood-stricken protesters demanding help for their communities marooned by the...
Floods strand thousands in US after Irene
Thousands remained cut off by severe flooding across Vermont, New Jersey and upstate New York Wednesday in the lingering aftermath of Hurricane Irene, which...
