Escalator
The escalator is a continuous moving staircase that carries people from one level or floor to another. A series of steps are pulled by chains along two sets of tracks, powered by an electric...
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HARARE, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's main opposition said
on Tuesday President Robert Mugabe's government was escalating a
violent crackdown against its members, but said it would not
walk away f...
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Young Russians staged raucous protests in Moscow on Wednesday to denounce neighboring Estonia for removing a Soviet war memorial from its capital, and the Estonian ambassador said pro-Kremlin activ...
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Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand have intensified their deadly attacks and imposed greater control over the local populace despite offers of peace and reconciliation by the country's military...
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Prime Minister Tony Blair warned Tuesday that his government could make public evidence that a British navy crew was in Iraqi waters when it was captured by Iran, saying he was prepared to take the...
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Turkish warplanes and helicopter gunships attacked suspected positions of Kurdish rebels near Iraq on Wednesday, a possible prelude to a cross-border operation that would likely raise tensions with...
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Amman (dpa) - Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdul Ilah Khatib urged
"immediate" intervention by the European Union and the Middle East
quartet to halt the latest escalation in ...
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At rail stations and shopping malls around the world, reports are popping up of people, particularly young children, getting their toes caught in escalators. The one common theme seems to be the cl...
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