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A man reported to be an Irish citizen has been heralded as a hero after fighting off a mob of Turkish shopkeepers who beat him with sticks. Described by Turkish media as an Irish tourist and a professional boxer, he had been at a market in Istanbul's Aksaray neighbourhood looking for a bottle of water. After he opened the fridge door, accidentally sending all the bottles tumbling to the floor, the owner of the shop held a stick to him. A large group of other shopkeepers then came to defend the shop owner, some carrying sticks or stools. Despite the...

FAISALABAD, Oct 8: Traders subjected two robbers to severe torture, leaving one of them dead, after a vendor was shot dead during a robbery bid at a jewellery shop at Mamunkanjan on Tuesday. Two robbers entered the shop owned by Shahid in Purana Dakhana Bazaar, Mamunkanjan. As the shop owner put up resistance, the panicked outlaws opened indiscriminate fire. A bullet hit Tanveer Ali, a vendor present outside the shop, who died on the spot. The traders retaliated the fire and forced the robbers to flee the market. They gave a chase to outlaws and finally nabbed them. The furious...

Obama rally angers Union shopkeepers: At least some of the store owners along Union Avenue are unhappy that the 3 p.m. Obama rally will hurt business. (Pueblo Chieftain, The (CO) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Nov. 1--Hank Cervantes, owner of the Military Surplus store on Union Avenue, isn't going to open his store today. He said the Secret Service has made it almost impossible to stay open for business during the hours before and during the Sen. Barack Obama campaign rally being held today at 3 p.m. at Union Avenue and D Street. Cervantes' store sits just a few doors down...