The government is considering an order forbidding political parties from holding rallies in the busy streets of central Dhaka.

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The government has also posted extra security on Kabul's busy streets.

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Most people appeared to heed the warnings in Providence, where typically busy streets were empty Saturday morning as the wind blew snow into drifts that buried cars and parking lots.

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Nearby Cezayir offers sanctuary from these busy streets.

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I've seen it in the shuttered windows of once booming factories and the vacant storefronts on once busy Main Streets.

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Weave through the busy Bethlehem streets to the neighbouring village of Beit Sahour, home to the Biblical field where shepherds watched their flocks by night.

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Apple has managed to sell large items from locations on busy urban streets, and refused to clutter up a store to get more sales per sq. ft.

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Drinking raw milk carries a certain amount of risk, as do many other acts that adults are allowed to engage in, from drinking alcohol, to driving in a steel cage every morning at unbelievable speeds along with thousands of other people on busy city streets.

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Police cordoned off the streets around the building, which is located in a busy commercial area of Mexico City.

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Business travelers will also discover that cycling around side streets for an hour or so can be a relaxing interlude in an otherwise busy trip.

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