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Retailers rail at street vendor threat
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 2 years ago
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Street vendors, mainly illegal foreign women, pose a serious threat to retail outlets in the holy city of Makkah. Selling low quality products at cheaper rates by these vendors has turned out to be a big setback for shop owners who claim that they
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Urgent need for central law to protect streetvendor rights:activists
New Delhi :: India | over 2 years ago
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With the Supreme Court mandating that Parliament enact national legislation for protection and regulation of street vending by June 30, 2011, social activists have stressed the need of a central Law to protect rights to the vendor and provide vending
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Are food carts environmentally superior to restaurants?
Washington :: DC :: USA | over 2 years ago
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But whenever I'm standing there, waiting for a slice of pizza, falafel or kimchi quesadilla, I always feel a twinge of guilt as I hear the generator chug away...Would buying my lunch at an actual restaurant make my meal any greener?...So she's
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Sharjah residents warned over street vendor fare
Sharjah :: United Arab Emirates | almost 3 years ago
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Street food vendors in Sharjah are popular during the iftar hours. Residents are being warned about eating potentially contaminated foods sold by street vendors during Ramadan. Some pastries, pancakes, juices, desserts and dates to be sold at iftar
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Street vendor permits on Marina City Council agenda
San Jose :: CA :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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The City Council today will hold a public hearing and consider taking preliminary action on a proposed "traveling merchant" ordinance that would be enforced by police officers. "It's a relatively new thing, like we have been discovered (by the
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Here come the chengguan
Beijing :: China | almost 3 years ago
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I had a sense of contentment that gave way to a sudden urge to buy some fruit from a street vendor. On a normal night the street would be buzzing with peddlers selling everything from shoestrings to fruit...It wasn't the kind powerful roar you might
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NY 'bomb-foiling' street vendor set to profit through 'saw something-say something' T's
New York City :: NY :: USA | 3 years ago
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Duane Jackson, along with his fellow vendor Lance Orton were the first ones to alert the police after spotting the suspiciously parked Nissan Pathfinder in a No Parking zone at the Times Square 45th street. Jackson said that the idea of selling T-
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HOLMES: The Times Square bomb plot: Success or failure?
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | 3 years ago
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Comparing it with the Christmas Day bombing suspect, where mistakes were admitted, the administration thinks it did quite well. FBI Deputy Director John Pistole even lauded the "collective success" of federal authorities in "unraveling this plot."...
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A street vendor turned entrepreneur who shared high table with Obama
New Delhi :: India | 3 years ago
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Obama encouraged entrepreneurs from Muslim countries to come forward, he said while noting so many high officials from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke came to meet them and learn about their problems. "It was a
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Explosives In Car, Confuse Times Square
A car parked in the area of Times Square, New York, creating panic vendors. Van in the car because these types contain bomb-making materials that have been out of smoke. Fortunately the merchants immediately report to the authorities,
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