Syria is in the grip of chronic fuel shortages, and motorists often wait for hours in queues at petrol stations.
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However, Canada, which too indirectly rations care for many specialized treatments by putting patients in queues, has succeeded in limiting per capita spending to 2.4%.
The fact that the ECB is certain to dodge a coercive restructuring is another concern: private investors would presumably be behind the ECB in queues of other countries' creditors, too.
If we consider all of the pre-orders that were made in lieu of standing in queues to get an iPhone directly on launch day, the sales figure could actually be much higher.
"I feel so much ashamed of myself, being in a warm place and having my violin with me and playing music while people have to stand in long queues in order to have something to eat, " he says.
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He found it in the queues of white-collar expatriates outside pricey Chinese restaurants in Jeddah.
Limited bandwidth can jam up traffic, forcing some slices of processing to wait in long queues.
As of last October, there were 7, 472 offers in holding queues, waiting to be assigned a staff member.
Their Privium smart card and retina scan allows Global Entry participants to clear immigration without waiting in long queues.
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The logos of the main gaming companies tower over the expo while many people wait in long queues to hear keynote speakers.
In bus queues and on street corners, Zimbabweans wonder why their young men are fighting a foreign war 2, 000 kilometres (1, 250 miles) away.
Another measure of changing attitudes: in bus queues or at sweet-potato stands, people are readier to chat to foreigners than they were just a few years ago.
The police, not usually renowned for their gentleness, were politeness personified as they shepherded millions of pilgrims down to the river banks, keeping them in orderly queues, and insured their safety while bathing.
Before we leave the airport question, what about better profiling because one of the criticisms often made of people standing in these queues is that everybody is treated exactly the same way and that perhaps some form of political correctness or other stops the authorities from focusing on those people that they are more suspicious of?
On election day, the crowds in the shopping malls were bigger than the queues in the polling stations.
In Garissa, frustration grew in the long queues as the heat beat down, our correspondent reports.
The stall has a loyal following, and long queues in front of the stall are a common sight.
Peak season means queues in the harbour, delays at the dock, congestion on the freeways, and delayed trains carrying containers inland.
It dictated that black and white communities should live in separate areas, travel in different buses and stand in their own queues.
To refuel between rides or while waiting in the lengthy queues, you can buy a steamed bun -- originally a traditional Chinese delicacy with hot, sweet or savoury fillings -- from Boiler Room Bites in Adventureland.
In the main square in Caracas, the queues of people stayed out until it was dark to pick up a copy of Les Miserables.
Long queues occur in the Ivory Coast for football matches because fans frequently do not adhere to the numerical seating system on tickets, according to Goal.com.
While not necessary, booking in advance is recommended in order to avoid the queues.
The LA Times also picked up on this meme in its coverage of the queues.
Queues of traffic in southbound lanes near the scene of the crashes stretched for eight miles, police said.
Business was better at Via della Mercede in central Rome: no queues, but at least a few signed applications.
Widespread congestion and traffic queues were reported in the city centre.
"During the morning commute, motorists are also using the Drumsmittal Road, North Kessock, in an attempt to avoid queues on the A9, " a police spokesman stated.
It lamented the presence of cash machines in casinos, where long queues form at midnight, as customers wait to withdraw the next day's ration of cash.
In a polite country where queues are respected, this announcement was seen as jumping ahead of the financial-services task-force, which had been set up in December 1996 and was scheduled to report this autumn.
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