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The statue was a gift from the people of Nii-jima (an island 163 kilometres (101 mi) from Tokyo but administratively part of the city) inspired by Easter Island moai. The name of the statue was derived by combining "moai" and the dialectal Japanese word moyai ( 催合い ) 'helping each other' .
Around 1,300 police officers took part in the operation against approximately 600 travellers. [1] The convoy of travellers heading for Stonehenge encountered a police road block seven miles from the landmark. Police claimed that some traveller vehicles then rammed police vehicles in an attempt to push through the roadblock. [3]
Riots and civil unrest in Chicago chronological order; Date Issue Event Deaths Injuries April 21, 1855 Prohibition, immigration Lager Beer Riot - German and Irish immigrants rioted after mayor Levi Boone raised the cost of a liquor license, an act that was seen as targeting those groups. One rioter was killed by police after he shot a policeman ...
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The Easter Island heads are located in the Rapa Nui National Park, according to the park’s website. The park has 887 Moai statues and 300 ceremonial platforms spread across the island, remnants ...
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Rogers was fatally shot by an unidentified Chicago Police officer shortly after shooting and killing Chicago Police Officer Lee Seward at an apartment building in the Buena Park neighborhood. [270] 1987-12-29 Sanders Alfred (39) New York (Queens) Sanders was shot when he allegedly lunged a knife at officers. Officers fired 11 shots at him. [271]
A geologic team, including many of the same authors of the Nature study, examined Neolithic-age stones at two well-known historic landmarks on Mainland, Orkney’s largest island, that were ...