Tag: Mayor
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Mayor Karachi visits, lays wreaths at Mazar e Quaid
KARACHI, Dec 25 (APP): Mayor of Karachi, Syed Waseem Akhter, representing the citizens visited the mausoleum of Quaid e Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah to mark his 144th birth anniversary here on Wednesday. Accompanied by Deputy Mayor, Arshad Hassan, Municipal Commissioner, Dr. Syed Saif ur Rehman, Parliamentary Leader in the Karachi City Council, Aslam Afridi and…
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Greek mayor warns of riots in ‘primitive’ island camp conditions
Samos, Greece, Nov 13 (AFP/APP): The mayor of a Greek island on the front line of migration from Turkey has warned of possible riots if “primitive” conditions at its overcrowded camp are not urgently addressed. The migrant camp on the island of Samos, originally built to handle 650 people, now houses more than 6,000 and…
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Pro-Kurdish mayor arrested in Turkey
Istanbul, Nov 8 (AFP/APP): A mayor from Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party was arrested on Friday, accused of membership in a “terrorist organisation”, according to state news agency Anadolu. Azim Yacan, mayor of Ipekyolu in the province of Van in southeast Turkey, was arrested along with his deputy, and charged with “terrorist propaganda” and membership in…
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Morales leads outrage over humiliating attack on Bolivian mayor
La Paz, Nov 8 (AFP/APP) :Bolivia’s President Evo Morales condemned Thursday an attack on a female mayor in which an opposition mob forcibly cut her hair, covered her in paint and marched her barefoot through the streets. Bolivia has been rocked by deadly post-election violence over opposition claims that Morales rigged his re-election last month.…
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Colombia elects first woman mayor of Bogota
Bogota, Oct 28 (AFP/APP): Claudia Lopez, a symbol of the fight against corruption in Colombia, on Sunday became the first woman to be elected mayor of the capital Bogota. The 49-year-old center-left candidate, who is openly gay, won the local election with 35.2 percent of the vote ahead of liberal Carlos Fernando Galan (32.5 percent)…
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Mexican mayor tied to truck, in protest
Southern Mexican Mayor being punished by he angry farmers
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The night Notre-Dame was saved
Paris, Oct 10 (AFP/APP): Monday, April 15, 2019. When an alarm goes off in the early evening at Notre-Dame cathedral in central Paris, there is no immediate sense of panic. Security exercises and false alerts are frequent at the historic place of worship, which has stood on the Ile de la Cite in central Paris…
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UN, Lesbos mayor urge migrant camp transfers after deadly fire
Moria, Greece, Sept 30 (AFP/APP):The UN and the mayor of Lesbos on Monday called for the immediate transfer of migrants from an overcrowded Greek refugee camp on the island after a deadly fire at the camp there sparked riots. Camp residents say a woman and child died in Sunday’s blaze at Moira, Europe’s largest migrant…
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Mayor of Houston Sylvester Turner invites PM Imran to visit Texas
ISLAMABAD, 26th July: The Mayor of Houston, Sylvester Turner has invited Prime Minister Imran Khan to visit Houston in September. In a video message posted on twitter, by the Federal Minister of Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi, the mayor can be heard saying: “This is Mayor Sylvester Turner of Houston, Texas. I sincerely, would welcome…