| 单词 | traffic circle |
| 例句 | So I get a big boulevard in the middle and lots of traffic circles around it, with circular parks, circular malls, little circle lakes. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The road they walked along came up to a traffic circle. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He came to a large traffic circle where the road going north crossed the Oxford ring road going east and west. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I make a traffic circle the eye and bring down boulevards to lead to the mouth, and Ebony giggles above me, taps her cane. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Not long ago, a coalition of local merchants and community leaders turned to the New York City Department of Transportation, which runs a program to make traffic circles, triangles and streets into pedestrian plazas. A Prescription for Plazas and Public Spaces 2013-05-31T12:00:01Z On Monument Avenue today, there are still flowering trees, grassy medians and regal brick homes, but the traffic circles that once held Confederate figures are filled instead with succulents. For a Black Man Hired to Undo a Confederate Legacy, It Has Not Been Easy 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z One simply read “PEACE PLEASE” and was worn by a Belgian man at a Bangkok traffic circle briefly used as a rally site until troops drove protesters away. 4 harmless acts criminalized by Thailand’s military rulers 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z We followed his BMW along twisty roads that sometimes swirled around traffic circles. Spice and everything nice on Grenada The 2006 study suggested that New York Avenue could be elevated over or tunneled under Florida, or that a true traffic circle could be constructed at the intersection of the two. What’s a Wendy’s doing there? The story of Washington’s weirdest traffic circle. 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z When I asked him what that meant for him, he turned away from the demolition derby of a traffic circle we were about to engage, looked over his shoulder, and offered a casual smile. “If I teach them, no one can stop them”: Roya Mahboob is fighting to educate the girls of Afghanistan 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z After crossing the traffic circle, Mr. Peck made his way into Prospect Park. Orville Peck, a Masked Gay Country Star, Rides Into Brooklyn 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z I spent a year in D.C., where I zipped past cars and around traffic circles to arrive at work each morning. A cyclist abroad: Why European bike culture far outpaces America’s 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Video posted to social media over the weekend and reported on by the Times shows Ukrainian soldiers engaging in intense fighting at a traffic circle near Ivankiv. Treasured Paintings Burned in Russian Invasion, Ukrainian Officials Say 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z I was eager to embrace European newness — Celsius and kilometers, euros and French, the ineffable pleasures of traffic circles. ‘What Would You Think of Living in Luxembourg?’ 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Ten minutes past the town of Mankessim, whose central traffic circle was overrun by grazing goats, we turned left and entered a pleasant enclave. On Slavery’s Doorstep in Ghana 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Betty was involved in planting Freeway Park, traffic circles around the city and the banks of the Lake Washington Ship Canal. Celebrating a force of nature: Elisabeth Miller 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z It's not unusual to see them grazing in an urban traffic circle or seeking shade near cars at a taxi rank. Senegal reality TV show features prettiest sheep 2012-10-11T12:18:09Z At Inverness, the Scottish Highlands’ biggest city, the road boomerangs south and forks toward the lake at a traffic circle crowned in the middle with a cheerful wooden statue of Nessie. “I’m not leaving until we solve this mystery”: Meet the world’s foremost Loch Ness Monster hunter 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z In any event, one wintry day my block's self-appointed grandmother to all called me regarding the local traffic circle's seasonal decorations, which she lovingly curates throughout the year. For the rest of us, there's Festivus: Celebrating 25 years of a "Seinfeld" holiday about nothing 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Rise above the din of Friday rush hour by heading to one of the city’s rooftop bars, built atop sparkling skyscrapers that provide a mesmerizing view of the city’s broad boulevards and chaotic traffic circles. 36 Hours in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2014-05-08T17:13:04Z Surrounding the Wendy’s is a “virtual traffic circle,” a polite way to refer to this urban aneurysm — a pair of triangles, really, with a roundabout movement forced upon them. What’s a Wendy’s doing there? The story of Washington’s weirdest traffic circle. 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z At first, before the music starts, we see a video of the actual Casa Verdi facade with cars passing through a traffic circle out front. Critic’s Notebook: Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Salzburg Festival 2013-08-06T21:00:31Z Built on a busy traffic circle on the outskirts of Bridgetown, the statue isn’t easy to reach. Slavery Was Part of Barbados Life for Centuries. But Its History Can Be Hard to Find 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z We first see him driving the wrong way around a traffic circle, as if trying to outrun decades of accumulated anxiety. | 'Looking for Eric': Steve Evets and Eric Cantona in Ken Loach?s Film 2010-05-13T22:40:00Z Traffic circles: For many first-time European drivers, traffic circles are a high-pressure event that require a snap decision about something you don’t completely understand: your exit. European road trip, anyone? Here’s how to make it happen 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z At one traffic circle, activists had plastered posters in remembrance not just of the 43 students, but of all Mexico’s missing. 9 years later, families of 43 missing Mexican students march to demand answers in emblematic case 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z A giant concrete memorial commemorating the Soviet Red Army for driving German Nazis out of Poland in World War II looms over a central traffic circle in Rzeszow. Poland embraces role as NATO country with a front-row seat to Russia’s war next door 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z At the traffic circle in Orange, we roamed the many antique stores and came across some things from my childhood that are now considered antiques. L.A. Affairs: I finally met a good guy but then I was diagnosed with cancer. What now? 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z With Dolly Parton’s office-worker anthem “Nine to Five” squawking from a speaker, a group of young doctors rallied next to a traffic circle outside Queen’s Hospital. A National Treasure, Tarnished: Can Britain Fix Its Health Service? 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z After a tense standoff that lasted more than an hour, heavy clashes broke out near a traffic circle near the police lines. In the Paris Suburb Where Police Shot a Teenager, Violence and Vigilance 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z So we did some country driving, along quiet roads in a residential area in Maryland, away from the slashing diagonal streets, traffic circles and pedestrians of D.C. Perspective | We’re a nation bristling with guns and no room for mistakes 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z People flooded across the Seine into the Place de la Concorde, a busy traffic circle that 230 years ago was named Revolutionary Square. Singing and Banging, French Lawmakers Vow to Stop Pension Change 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Thousands of protesters, along with some leftist legislators, gathered on the plaza, in the center of a giant traffic circle in the heart of the French capital. Protesters Clash With Police Over Retirement Change 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z At traffic circles slick with ice and mud, jobless men peddle trinkets, repair shoes and wave snow shovels at cars. The deepening chill of Afghanistan’s second Taliban winter 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Police cleared the vast traffic circle around the monument. White contractors wouldn’t remove Confederate statues. So a Black man did it. 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z At night, the traffic circle near City Island becomes more like a real-life carousel as deer graze on its grassy infield. What Is New York’s Greenest Borough? Probably Not the One You Think. 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Instead, to slow traffic on the Berlin Turnpike, the Town Square, affectionately known as the “Squirkle” for its cross between a town square and a traffic circle, was developed. In Dutchman’s Creek, ‘you get more home for your money’ 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z A traffic circle down the block is filled with flowers Wright planted. How 5 Seattle Neighbor Day honorees support their communities, help those in need … and inspire us all 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z It’s a total sensory experience that makes a traffic circle in an Italian village feel like a tight curve at the Monaco Grand Prix. Icons of Italian Automotive Style Struggle to Go Electric 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z A tree that had stood in the traffic circle, the Glorieta de la Palma, for a century had recently been removed. As Mexico hits grim milestone, families of the 'disappeared' seek to be heard 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Witnesses said they saw two men attacking pedestrians around a traffic circle and near a park. Three people killed in ax attack near Tel Aviv, Israeli medics say 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z They adopted our street’s traffic circle and it’s now a beautiful bouquet of blooms. Rant and Rave: Reader annoyed by phone wait times 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z “Newlands belongs in the dustbin of history, not preserved on a traffic circle that symbolizes the unity between the nation’s capital and the state of Maryland.” Maryland lawmakers put forth bill to remove racist senator’s name from Chevy Chase Circle 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z And so when Angela Smith visits the encampments that dot the sidewalks, traffic circles and pocket parks of Washington, she announces herself with a loud, friendly voice. Perspective | Miriam’s Kitchen reaches the unhoused where they live: On the streets 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Once the iconic, graffiti-covered plinth is gone — which is expected by the end of the month — the state will transfer ownership of the surrounding traffic circle to the city of Richmond, officials said Sunday. Virginia to dismantle pedestal where Robert E. Lee statue stood in Richmond 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z The Lee statue, a one-of-a-kind bronze equestrian piece installed in 1890, was perched in the middle of the traffic circle, part of a collection of other Confederate statuary along Richmond’s historic Monument Avenue. Northam to remove Lee statue pedestal, transfer land to city 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z The city has removed a number of prominent monuments honoring Confederate figures including a statue of Lee that stood in a prominent traffic circle. New Orleans: Push to rename Lee boulevard after Toussaint 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Unlike traffic circles where cars enter at 90-degree angles, traffic flows into modern roundabouts at a smaller angle, drastically cutting the chances of getting T-boned. These Americans Are Just Going Around in Circles. It Helps the Climate. 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z At a traffic circle on the edge of Montargis, known as the “peanut roundabout” because of its shape, traffic was blocked for two months, and stores ran out of stock. In France, the People the Climate Summit Forgot 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Eventually the state put concrete barriers and metal fencing all around the traffic circle, and police rousted overnight campers. Virginia to dismantle pedestal where Robert E. Lee statue stood in Richmond 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z His administration also announced plans to transfer ownership of the grassy island in the middle of a traffic circle where the statue was located to the city of Richmond. Northam to remove Lee statue pedestal, transfer land to city 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z He said “intervention devices,” such as temporary speed bumps and pop traffic circles, in areas favored by racers can play a role in thwarting the ability of drivers to speed. Street racing surged during the pandemic. L.A. now wants to crack down 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z On Thursday, the army initially said rounds were fired on at protesters as they passed through the Teyouneh traffic circle dividing Christian and Shi’ite Muslim neighbourhoods. Lebanon's Maronite patriarch urges non-interference into judiciary 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z The army initially said rounds were fired at protesters as they passed through the Teyouneh traffic circle dividing Christian and Shi'ite Muslim neighbourhoods. Beirut bloodshed deepens doubts over port blast probe 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z At the Bastille, a once-enormous traffic circle that was partly appropriated from cars, a tangle of bike lanes weave through traffic. As Bikers Throng the Streets, ‘It’s Like Paris Is in Anarchy’ 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Discover D.C.’s traffic circles — from the bustling to the bucolic. Washington celebrates Alma Thomas, the late D.C. painter who sought beauty in the everyday 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Gangs control roughly a third of the Caribbean nation’s capital of Port-au-Prince, where some traffic circles are littered with burned tires and other materials piled up to be used as barricades. Haitian deportees start over in country they don’t recognize 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Lawmakers in Los Angeles and other cities are being pressed to expand the number of speed bumps, traffic circles and other measures to slow cars down. We're souping up our rides. The neighbors are furious 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Early this year, the state installed fencing around the traffic circle and blocked all access to the statue. Robert E. Lee statue is removed in Richmond, ex-capital of Confederacy, after months of protests and legal resistance 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The insurgents had observed the American convoys long enough to know the vehicles tended to bunch together as they approached the large traffic circle at the southern gates to the city, forming an attractive target. In the shadow of the towers: Five lives and a world transformed In the catalogue for the Phillips exhibition, her circular compositions are likened to D.C.’s many traffic circles: “Springtime in Washington” evokes flowers in a roundabout, whizzed past in a car. Washington celebrates Alma Thomas, the late D.C. painter who sought beauty in the everyday 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z As anticipation built Tuesday afternoon, the grassy medians along Monument Avenue took on the festive air that had enveloped the great traffic circle around the statue during last year’s season of protest. Richmond prepares for removal of Robert E. Lee statue beginning Wednesday morning 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The Columbus statue, donated to the city many years ago, was a significant reference point on the 10-lane boulevard, and surrounding traffic circle is — so far — named for it. Goodbye Columbus: Mexico statue to be replaced by Indigenous 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Concrete barricades and metal fencing had been removed from one side of the traffic circle, and work trucks parked on the grass below the monument. Robert E. Lee statue is removed in Richmond, ex-capital of Confederacy, after months of protests and legal resistance 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Few were as prominent as the towering bronze likeness of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate commander, which has gazed down since 1890 from a traffic circle on Richmond’s Monument Avenue. Opinion | Two recent decisions put Virginia on the right side of history and morality 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Now, with the world reopening and everyone rushing to be somewhere, the placelessness of the traffic circle feels newly alluring, even endangered. Driver’s nightmare or urban oasis? Discover D.C.’s traffic circles — from the bustling to the bucolic. 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z So we went to this street of Kabul, and then in a traffic circle we watched that.” Washington is poised to accept a wave of Afghan refugees. How will they be received? 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z It was the first traffic circle he designed. Roomy houses, lots of amenities in the Prince George’s community of Perrywood 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Moments after the statue came off its base, JaPharii Jones, the head of BLM 757, broke through the barricades and ran around the traffic circle carrying a Black Lives Matter flag. Robert E. Lee statue is removed in Richmond, ex-capital of Confederacy, after months of protests and legal resistance 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The protesters climbed on top of a rock foundation in the middle of a traffic circle where there was a flagpole, trying to raise the red-green-and-black Afghan flag. Encounter with the Taliban: punched, detained — then offered an energy drink 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z It’s the travel brochure of traffic circles — complete with wanderlust-inducing architecture and characters. Driver’s nightmare or urban oasis? Discover D.C.’s traffic circles — from the bustling to the bucolic. 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z At one traffic circle in central Kabul, a group of Afghans was raising the traditional Afghan flag to replace the white Taliban banner. As protests break out, Taliban boasts of beating the 'arrogant' U.S. 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z It appears ready to launch itself at any moment at cars moving through the traffic circle below. The U.S. may be ready to see cicadas gone, but this French village has a statue, a song and ceramics in their honor 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Security was tight for the statue’s removal, as state and local law enforcement closed streets for several blocks around the Lee traffic circle on Monument Avenue. Robert E. Lee statue is removed in Richmond, ex-capital of Confederacy, after months of protests and legal resistance 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z A burned-out white car, hit by an airstrike this week, remained on the same spot at the seaside traffic circle where it was struck, forcing drivers to edge around it. After the Cease-Fire, Gaza Wakes to a Sea of Rubble 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Today, the partial traffic circle is undergoing a major renovation. Driver’s nightmare or urban oasis? Discover D.C.’s traffic circles — from the bustling to the bucolic. 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z That means more, she said, than removing Newlands’s plaque from the traffic circle, as some residents have been seeking. How George Floyd’s death is fueling a push for affordable housing in mostly White parts of D.C. 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z Veterans groups and retired military officers criticized Trump recently for pardoning four former guards who opened fire on Iraqi civilians in a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007. Thousands of Afghans and Iraqis are under threat for helping Americans. Now they hope Biden will help them resettle in the United States. 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z The cars drove up one by one Saturday afternoon, around the traffic circle in front of a ballpark in Erie, Pa., a scene that was captured by local news. The teddy bear toss is a hockey tradition. Even in a pandemic, this community kept it going. 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z The four men, military veterans working as contractors for the State Department, opened fire in the crowded traffic circle killing 14 Iraqis, including a child, and wounding over a dozen more. Relative of Blackwater victim in Iraq says pardons ‘unfair’ 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z The District has a lot of traffic circles: more than 30, by various definitions, which some say is too many. Driver’s nightmare or urban oasis? Discover D.C.’s traffic circles — from the bustling to the bucolic. 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Prosecutors alleged the men launched an unprovoked attack in a busy traffic circle using sniper fire, machine guns and grenade launchers in September 2007 in Baghdad’s Nisoor Square. Donald Trump expected to grant more pardons to allies in frenzied final month 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z The 2007 killings in the Baghdad traffic circle were among many attacks, large and small, hitting civilians that served to turn even some initial Iraqi supporters of Saddam Hussein’s overthrow against Americans. Pardons in killings of Iraqi civilians stir angry response 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z It followed a complicated legal path since the killings at Baghdad’s Nisoor Square in September 2007, when the men - former veterans working as contractors for the State Department - opened fire at the crowded traffic circle. UN rights office criticizes Trump pardons of ex-contractors 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z It followed a complicated legal path since the killings at Baghdad’s Nisoor Square in September 2007, when the men — former veterans working as contractors for the State Department — opened fire at the crowded traffic circle. UN rights office criticizes Trump pardons of ex-contractors 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z This keeps going for three miles of road, through traffic circles and parking lots, and finally reaches the centerpiece: a 54-foot tree covered with 200,000 LED lights. We could all use a little ‘merry and bright’ these days. These holiday light shows make the season sparkle. 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z Department of Justice said in a news release that Amanda Robinson, 33, of Henrico went to the traffic circle at the monument on June 4. VA woman pleads guilty to aiming laser pointer at plane 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Its wedge shape rhymes the urban curve where Connecticut Avenue meets the traffic circle even as its natural materials depart from surrounding asphalt and neon. These artists point to social upheaval — and one simple solution 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Sepia desert and warehouses ticked by as the taxi approached a traffic circle about 20 miles from the power plant. Column One: The Nepali man who came back from the dead 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Barney Circle’s name derives from the Pennsylvania Avenue traffic circle at the neighborhood’s southern tip, named after Commodore Joshua Barney, a commander in the War of 1812. Barney Circle offers something a bit different on Capitol Hill 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Hill in a traffic circle north of downtown. Virginia Supreme Court throws out injunction against Richmond’s removal of Confederate statues 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Robinson was apprehended at the traffic circle and officers recovered a green laser pointer. VA woman pleads guilty to aiming laser pointer at plane 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Some who debate the difference between traffic circles and roundabouts contend that adding signal lights turns them into traffic circles. All About Roundabouts 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z He crossed a traffic circle and stood silently next to the Confederate monument in front of the Alamance County Courthouse. Is any protest a threat to public safety? Yes, said this small North Carolina city. 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The traffic circles are supposed to be calming. Opinion | You try to wake up. But you are living the Suburban Lifestyle Dream. 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Hill, who is buried under the statue in a traffic circle on Richmond’s Northside. Judge hears evidence in suit blocking removal of Lee statue in Richmond 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z It sits on state property atop a giant pedestal in the middle of a grassy traffic circle. Attorney renews lawsuit over Lee statue removal plan 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z In New England, they’re called rotaries; in New Jersey, traffic circles; and in much of the rest of the English-speaking world, roundabouts. All About Roundabouts 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Hill’s remains are interred beneath the statue, which sits in the middle of a traffic circle. Judge blocks removal of Richmond Confederate monuments 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Wrapped in chains and heavy belts, some laced under Maury’s knees, the statue was raised from its stone pedestal by a forklift about 10 a.m. and set in the grassy traffic circle surrounding the monument. Richmond removes second Confederate statue, of Matthew Fontaine Maury 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z The prominent statue is located in the center of a busy traffic circle. ‘Slave Owner’ drawn on Jacksonville’s Andrew Jackson statue 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Under canopies around the traffic circle, volunteers offered voter registration, materials for making protest signs and free water and snacks. Thousands gather Sunday for prayer and protests in Washington 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z The newspaper reported that protesters were blocking the entrance to the traffic circle around the Lee monument. Richmond probing report of police car striking protesters 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z New York’s most well-known statue of Columbus soars above a Manhattan traffic circle that bears his name. New York's Cuomo defends Columbus statues for symbolism to Italian Americans 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z The traffic circle around the Lee statue has become the focal point for 12 days of demonstrations against racial injustice, and its granite base is covered with graffiti. Northam vows to fight temporary injunction against removing Robert E. Lee statue 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Police officers blocked off streets leading up to the traffic circle that surrounds the Lee statue around 7 a.m. Crews inspect, but won’t yet remove, Richmond’s Lee statue 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z The centerpiece was on May 3, when demonstrators planned to shut down federal offices by blocking the capital’s roads, bridges and traffic circles. Perspective | Remembering the protests of 1971, when questionable tactics kept D.C. open 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z Later, hundreds gathered again at the grassy, 100-foot traffic circle around the Lee statue. Northam says Virginia will remove Lee monument in Richmond 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z But before he reached her house, he met Ms. Rasmussen as they both were in line at a strawberry stand beside a traffic circle. A Closed Border Can’t Stop This Elderly Couple: ‘Love Is the Best Thing in the World’ 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z That typically includes relatively minor adjustments like widening a path in a park or removing mentions of landmarks like a statue or traffic circle. Google redraws the borders on maps depending on who’s looking 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z At traffic circles near my office, children with deformed limbs begged until long after dark. Perspective | India’s iconic democracy feels like it is under siege 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z The crash took place on a traffic circle in Sheffield in 2018, and both Hartley and the other driver, Henry James Hibbs, fled the scene. Court bans supercar dealer from driving after street racing wreck 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Driving on the left may be challenging for some, as well as using roundabouts, or traffic circles, which are common in New Zealand. To experience New Zealand’s rugged beauty, go by camper van 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Instead, drivers bank, swerve and loop their way through traffic circle after traffic circle. Traffic Circles Are Everywhere in France. Not Everyone Is Happy. 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Protesters hope to breathe new life into the yellow vest movement with actions Saturday around the capital and at traffic circles around the country. France’s yellow vest movement marks 1 year of protests 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z For several days he waited at a traffic circle in the coastal city of Ashkelon where contractors are known to recruit laborers. Israel quietly lets in Gaza workers in bid to ease tensions 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z It sits in the center of a traffic circle, a new landmark on a cityscape pockmarked from artillery fire. Dreaming of van Gogh in Gaza 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Participants planned to station themselves on 21 key bridges and traffic circles to prevent federal employees from getting to work, L. A. Kauffman wrote in her book “Direct Action.” Climate activists plan to shut down the D.C. commute Monday 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Even in Abbeville, on a recent morning, workers in fluorescent orange vests and hard hats were breaking ground on yet another traffic circle, as cars were backed up by the construction. Traffic Circles Are Everywhere in France. Not Everyone Is Happy. 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z A federal judge Thursday reduced the sentences of three ex-Blackwater security contractors who opened fire at a traffic circle in Baghdad in 2007, killing 14 unarmed civilians and injuring 17 others. Judge reduces ex-Blackwater contractors' sentences for 2007 Iraq shooting that killed 14 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z The case stems from a chaotic 2007 incident when the men’s Blackwater unit opened fire at a Baghdad traffic circle, killing 14 unarmed Iraqis. Sentences of 3 Blackwater guards reduced from 2007 massacre 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Later that evening, a suicide bomber detonated in a busy traffic circle, killing at least 10 people, including the police spokesman. After Taliban bomb kills civilians, Afghans call for foreign compound to be closed 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Police officers eventually tried persuading the demonstrators to leave the traffic circle, with little luck. Tens of Thousands Take to Streets to Protest Boris Johnson Maneuver in Parliament 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z There are no official statistics, but estimates of the total number of traffic circles in France range from 20,000 to 50,000. Traffic Circles Are Everywhere in France. Not Everyone Is Happy. 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Rauch, who is now leading a social study on the Yellow Vests’ roundabouts, said that many considered themselves guardians of the traffic circles. Holidays Are a Way of Life in France in August. Yellow Vests Can’t Afford Them. 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z A former Blackwater security contractor was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for taking part in a mass shooting at a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007 that killed 14 unarmed civilians. Ex-Blackwater contractor sentenced to life for 2007 Iraq shooting that killed 14 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Prosecutors charged that Slatten was the first to fire shots in the September 2007 massacre of Iraqi civilians at a crowded traffic circle in Baghdad. Ex-Blackwater contractor sentenced to life in Iraq shootings 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z The officer crashed his police SUV into the stone wall at the center of the traffic circle at Veterans Memorial Drive and Greenwich Avenue. Police officer injured after crashing SUV at traffic circle 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Trash piled up in the traffic circle on their corner. ‘God help whoever wins’: Seattle elections could hinge on voter angst over street homelessness 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Before the 19th century, most memorials — largely statues of war generals — were scattered among the capital’s many traffic circles and parks. Female Veterans, and a Memorial to Them, Struggle to Honor Women Who Served 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Whether the flames are burning tires at suburban traffic circles or burning stores along the Champs-Elysées, they seem to symbolize a nation at war with itself over who represents France. Opinion | Notre Dame tells a story of quarreling, not unity. That’s why it unites the French. 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z The money would be used to acquire and design a replacement for the perplexing traffic circle. Bowser releases 2020 D.C. budget with more money for housing 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z He alluded to the location of the cross in a traffic circle but failed to mention its significance. Opinion | At war with the Peace Cross 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Another woman spoke of scavenging for a plant that grows in the crevices between houses and in traffic circles, which she boiled and forced herself to eat. A Desperate Exodus From ISIS’s Final Village 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z The mothers, sisters and aunts of the victims gathered every week at a traffic circle in Managua to maintain their visibility until such demonstrations were prohibited. Mothers of April: Relatives of the slain unite in Nicaragua 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z A man ended up starting 2019 in the hospital after he wound up impaled on a deer statue in a traffic circle in Philadelphia, according to officials. Man impaled on deer statue in Philadelphia traffic circle 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Prosecutors say Slatten was the first to fire shots in the killings of 14 Iraqi civilians at a crowded traffic circle in Baghdad. Ex-Blackwater contractor found guilty in 2007 Iraq shooting 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Many continued to occupy dozens of traffic circles through to Sunday, rebuffing calls from the Interior Minister Christophe Castaner to vacate the traffic circles. France’s 'yellow vest' protesters rage on for fifth weekend 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Jaime Malacara, 48, who works in private security, joined several dozen others at a traffic circle to express dismay at the caravan. Some Tijuana residents rally against migrant caravan 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z The convoy was attacked one more time at a traffic circle, according to American officials. How a Taliban Assassin Got Close Enough to Kill a General 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z That includes gathering data on Washington’s uniquely complicated topography, which includes traffic circles, fractured angle merges, and other traffic idiosyncrasies from the centuries of road planning. Ford will test self-driving cars in Washington, DC, with an emphasis on ‘equity’ 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Standing by the traffic circle, Elias casts his mind over this strange love triangle and its unforeseen contortions. Marginal Men Take Center Stage in the Novels of Dag Solstad 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Then he saw a body floating down a nearby stream, and that of a soldier at a traffic circle. Cameroon on Brink of Civil War as English Speakers Recount ‘Unbearable’ Horrors 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z A dozen SUV drivers tend to congregate every evening at the traffic circle - officially named Cartagena Circle. Uber, Lyft drivers have turned garden spot into parking lot 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Thursday’s attack occurred about two weeks after Wendy Martinez, 35, was fatally stabbed about a half mile away — on the other side of the traffic circle — in the 1400 block of 11th Street NW. The attack began with spit. It ended with hammer blows and a broken wine bottle. 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The names are still there on the giant war memorial in a traffic circle, passed by thousands of commuters a day outside the nation’s capital. Who are the 49 World War I servicemen stirring a legal battle over a giant cross? 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z The last third or so of “Shyness and Dignity” is a wonderful aria in which Elias—still standing at the Bislett traffic circle—voices a long internal complaint about his cultural and political isolation. Marginal Men Take Center Stage in the Novels of Dag Solstad 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Police kept a portion of the traffic circle, one of the District’s busiest and most complex closed into Friday afternoon. Scooter rider fatally struck by SUV in Dupont Circle, officials say 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z It is marooned by highway construction on a projected bypass, at the edge of a choked traffic circle. Yes, There Is a French McDonald’s That Is Beloved (by Its Staff) 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z On Thursday evening street children scurried through the rubble next to a traffic circle while workers attempted to bring order to what resembled a bomb blast site. Demolitions to protect river spark rows in Kenyan capital 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Even then, the traffic circle was challenging to navigate, but it wasn’t until she saw news reports about the lawsuit that she learned that her uncle’s name was on the bronze plaque. Who are the 49 World War I servicemen stirring a legal battle over a giant cross? 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Elias walks along the street and stops at a traffic circle, in sight of the Bislett sports stadium. Marginal Men Take Center Stage in the Novels of Dag Solstad 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Samar was referring to a peaceful protest staged by Hazara students and young people just over two years ago at a traffic circle in Kabul. Bombing of student center in Kabul highlights threat to minority Shiite youth 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z The murder trial of a former Blackwater security contractor charged in the 2007 mass shooting of unarmed civilians in a Baghdad traffic circle is back in the hands of a U.S. jury. Blackwater guard’s retrial on murder charge in 2007 Iraq massacre goes to U.S. jury 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Let’s just say that getting through that traffic circle alive on a real-life day is a Mission: Impossible. Review: Tom Cruise thwarts the apocalypse on a broken ankle 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z For any new presidential team, the challenges of adapting to Washington include navigating a capital with its own unceasing rhythms and high-pitched atmospherics, not to mention a maze of madness-inducing traffic circles. From Kellyanne Conway to Stephen Miller, Trump’s advisers face taunts from hecklers around D.C. 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z The rest of this short novel—a hundred or so pages more—takes place at the traffic circle, as we circle around the interior of Elias’s mind. Marginal Men Take Center Stage in the Novels of Dag Solstad 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z The barely controlled chaos of traffic zips past hotels, American fast-food restaurants, concrete office buildings and grassy traffic circles. Having being deported to Central America after fleeing gangs 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z This week, a few dozen protesters gathered at a traffic circle marked with crosses for those killed in the violence, waving flags at passing motorists. Violence in Nicaragua Undermines Peace Talks 2 Months Into Uprising 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z By midday, Taliban insurgents were posting photographs and video of themselves celebrating in the main traffic circle at the center of the city, and parading captured Afghan military vehicles and weapons. Taliban Claim They’ve Taken Control of Western Afghan City, Farah 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z The dispute over the name of the veterans' memorial began over a decade ago when city officials proposed to create a traffic circle and revamp the veterans' memorial. Eastside veterans' memorial square a place of pride yet source of division over its official name 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z And in a traffic circle blocks from the White House, about 50 seniors will hold their own rally in solidarity with the student-led rally along Pennsylvania Avenue. ‘Grannies for gun control’: These grandmothers are taking to the streets for the March for Our Lives 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z One fan amid a festive crowd hoisted a life-sized likeness of the gilded Oscar statue at La Minerva, a central traffic circle in Guadalajara. Mexico celebrates Hollywood success of director Guillermo del Toro on Oscar night 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Northern Virginia is plagued by signage at irregular, multi-street intersections rather than traffic circles. Danger ahead: Road signs that are too small or too confusing 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z How then to interpret the old station’s moatlike traffic circle, which made it impossible to access the city directly upon disembarking? Why You’ll Want to Visit Rotterdam in 2018 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z “The security guards treated that traffic circle like it was Piccadilly Square and the Queen was about to arrive!” she said. Ex-Revel customers tell what they want in new Ocean Resort 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z Coming around: The traffic circle “roundabout” was long treated with skepticism from officials. Essential California: Was the killing of Blaze Bernstein a hate crime? 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z According to The Economist, half the world’s traffic circles are in France, where they work well. How would Jesus drive? 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z The traffic circle outside the Beverly Hilton hotel was overrun with plastic and unfurled carpets Thursday morning, while the fountain at the center continued to gush uninterrupted. Golden Globes roll out of the red carpet, and Seth Meyers is ready to host in a year of change 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z The company’s reputation was badly damaged after several Blackwater guards shot and killed numerous unarmed Iraqi civilians in a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007. Blackwater founder Erik Prince denies he owes an ex-business partner $1 million 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Children as young as their 12-year-old, Ahmed, were rounded up and forced to watch beheadings in Paradise Square, the infamous traffic circle that residents renamed Hell Square. One family's tale of life under Islamic State: 'We were living in a big prison' 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z Some of its guards were convicted of killing 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians at a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007, an incident that outraged Iraqis and inflamed anti-U.S. sentiment around the world. Blackwater founder still promotes plan to privatize Afghan operations 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Posters honoring the fallen crowd traffic circles along the roads leading to the wetlands and line the walls inside a monument honoring those killed by Saddam a generation earlier. Iraq’s vast marshes, reborn after Saddam, are in peril again 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z When a summer heat wave hit Raqqa, nestled on the banks of the Euphrates River, children jumped into the fountain at the center of the Naem traffic circle to get some relief. The Life and Death of a Raqqa Landmark 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Attention quickly focused on the statue of Christopher Columbus unveiled in October 1892, at his namesake traffic circle near the southwest corner of Central Park. Boos and Rain Greet de Blasio at Columbus Day Parade 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z A Post reporter remarked that tourists especially enjoyed seeing the city’s traffic circles. Perspective | In the 1930s, visitors could take a blimp ride over downtown Washington 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Some of its guards were convicted of killing 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians at a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007, an incident that outraged Iraqis and inflamed anti-U.S. sentiment around the world. Blackwater founder still promotes plan to privatize Afghan operations 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z “I’m sure everyone in Seattle has their favorite five-way, and none better than one blocked by a misshapen, view-obliterating traffic circle on steroids.” The artist behind the viral image of Seattle’s wacky intersections 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The statue sits in the middle of a traffic circle on Monument Avenue, a stately boulevard with several other Confederate monuments. Virginia gov ‘most likely’ to pursue Lee statue removal 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z This week’s Traffic Lab Q&A tackles questions about Metro Transit and the rules for Seattle’s traffic circles. Q&A: Who cleans Metro Transit bus stops? What are rules for Seattle traffic circles? 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z It’s located in Abbottstown, a town so small that its most notable landmark is its traffic circle. Meet Pennsylvania’s unlikely ‘Pastor for Pot’ 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z Firing from heavily armored trucks, the contractors unleashed a torrent of machine gun fire and launched grenades into a crowded traffic circle. Court Rejects a Murder Conviction and Sentences in Blackwater Case 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Footage of another of the blast sites showed what appeared to be the remains of a person and badly damaged vehicles outside a mosque in the Baytara traffic circle near the old city. Suicide bomber kills seven in centre of Syrian capital 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Footage from another of the blast sites showed what appeared to be the remains of a person and badly damaged vehicles outside a mosque in the Baytara traffic circle near the Old City. Three car bombs hit Damascus, at least seven people killed 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Illegally parked cars at traffic circles face towing. Q&A: Who cleans Metro Transit bus stops? What are rules for Seattle traffic circles? 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Abbottstown, Pennsylvania and its quaint traffic circle might seem removed from the nation’s heroin crisis. Meet Pennsylvania’s unlikely ‘Pastor for Pot’ 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z City officials decided whether to install a traffic circle based, in part, on an intersection’s history of collisions. Frequent complaint: Too many drivers speed through Seattle’s unmarked intersections 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z When Anderson sang, “I’ll be the roundabout,” most American listeners surely had no idea that he was referring to the kind of intersection known less euphoniously, in the U.S., as a traffic circle. The Persistence of Prog Rock 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The first part of the neighborhood platted as Lyon Village had tree-lined streets, traffic circles and an “intricate system of curvilinear roads that complemented the less-than-one-acre housing lots,” it said. In Arlington, Lyon Village lives up to the second part of its name 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z City officials decide whether to install traffic circles at particular intersections based, in part, on the history of collisions there. Q&A: Who cleans Metro Transit bus stops? What are rules for Seattle traffic circles? 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z The traffic circle I had rounded a thousand times since first coming here 19 years ago was gone. In Kabul, a massive bombing took its toll on me and a city I love 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Connecting two main traffic circles, the strip is open to pedestrians and vehicles, and is always busy, particularly in the morning. Kabul bomb: 'It felt like an earthquake, then everything came down' 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The monuments sat at the entrance to the city’s largest park, on a vaunted greenway, in a major traffic circle in one of this city’s squares. ‘They were not patriots’: New Orleans removes monument to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z It towered over a traffic circle - Lee Circle - in an area between the office buildings of the city’s business district and stately 19th century mansions in the nearby Garden District. Statue of General Lee coming down in New Orleans on Friday 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Q: Is it true that the city of Seattle doesn’t mandate a counterclockwise traffic flow through its traffic circles, in the mostly universal “roundabout” fashion? Q&A: Who cleans Metro Transit bus stops? What are rules for Seattle traffic circles? 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z The remaining monument, a 70-foot column topped by Robert E. Lee in a prominent downtown traffic circle, awaits. New Orleans Removes Beauregard Statue, and Subdued Crowds Look On 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Unveiled in 1884, the monument is on a mound at a traffic circle - Lee Circle - that splits historic St. Charles line and the rail line on which 1920s-era streetcars rumble by. Removal of Confederate statues stirs varied reactions 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z Unveiled in 1884, the monument is on a mound at a traffic circle — Lee Circle — that splits historic St. Charles line and the rail line on which 1920s-era streetcars rumble by. Removal of Confederate statues stirs varied reactions 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z The huge bronze image of Beauregard on horseback sits in the center of a traffic circle at the entrance to New Orleans City Park. Death sentence stands in Charleston church slayings 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z They were met at Lee Circle, where the towering figure of the Confederate general is perched on a pedestal in the middle of a traffic circle, by demonstrators who want the memorials to remain. New Orleans: Protesters face off over Confederate monuments 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z He then became the chief operating officer of Xe, as Blackwater renamed itself after its employees shot scores of unarmed Iraq civilians in 2007 at a Baghdad traffic circle. US company denies security risks, prostitution at Iraq base 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z The Park Service lists 25 parks in the city, and altogether 19.1 percent of the District is parkland, including dozens of squares, triangle parks and traffic circles controlled by the Park Service. D.C. mayor to Trump: Give us control of our parkland, including RFK 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Imagine a traffic circle in Rome or the entrance to New York’s Holland Tunnel. Let’s go for a test drive in Mobileye’s self-driving car 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z The Islamic State’s trademark black-and-white iconography still adorns buildings, parks and traffic circles. Our journey to the front lines in the fight against ISIS 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z At busy traffic circles, stalls sell fresh vegetables and meat. Inside the fight against IS sleeper cells in liberated Mosul 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z Adding traffic circles on the eastern border along North Utah Street has been part of the solution to slow traffic. Arlington’s Waverly Hills charms residents with its ‘very storybook’ qualities 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z The carjacking occurred about 6:20 p.m. on Western Avenue, near Connecticut Avenue and the Chevy Chase traffic circle. Woman is carjacked by 5 masked assailants while unloading groceries in Chevy Chase 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The crowds filled a major traffic circle in the heart of the city on Sunday and sprawled into its main thoroughfares. Indonesians rally for tolerance after blasphemy protests 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z That evening, Richard Hoagland, a former ambassador who worked closely with Raphel in Pakistan and Washington, met her at Bar Dupont, a popular hangout on one of Washington’s busiest traffic circles. The Last Diplomat 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Mrs. Clinton’s campaign had a white shuttle van bedecked with Clinton signs idling in the traffic circle outside the student center, ready to ferry voters a mile and a half to an early voting center. Clinton Pushes Minority Turnout as Trump Tries to Rally His Base 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The Syrian army, backed by Iranian-backed militias, also said it had consolidated its control of the al Jandoul traffic circle at a major road intersection on the northern outskirts of Aleppo. Russian jets resume heavy bombing of eastern Aleppo: rebels, monitor 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z In Wisconsin, where traffic circles are already more plentiful, the state has announced plans to build 44 traffic circles along a stretch of State Highway 41. Transportation officials again looking to traffic circles 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Their bodies were left for three days in a traffic circle. Haunting traces left behind by ISIS in Libya 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z In one neighborhood, pro-government fighters took down a large iron frame at a traffic circle where the militants used to execute residents, hanging them up as in a crucifixion and then shooting them. Even with U.S. airstrikes, a struggle to oust ISIS from Libyan stronghold 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z "If you went there right now you would still see the bodies filling all the main traffic circles," Ahmed said. Iraqis flee Mosul campaign for packed and underequipped camp 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z “If you went there right now you would still see the bodies filling all the main traffic circles,” Ahmed said. Iraqis flee Mosul campaign for packed and underequipped camp 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z Most historic traffic circles were abandoned by the end of the century, leaving Waco’s circle as a rare relic. Transportation officials again looking to traffic circles 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Bicyclists and pedestrians will have their own scenic lane, whose terminus, after some controversy, has been shifted from a residential neighborhood to a traffic circle in South Nyack. Milestone for New Tappan Zee Bridge: It’s Halfway Done 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Spokesmen for the Islamic State quickly claimed responsibility for the attack at a traffic circle jammed with demonstrators, according to Afghan media. Blast kills at least 80 during peaceful protest in Kabul 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z Adding to the difficulty are curvy and squiggly streets, one-way roads, dead ends and traffic circles. Nice, Donald Trump, ‘Ghostbusters’: Your Friday Briefing 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z On a barricaded road near his building, snipers recently shot several residents at a traffic circle. ‘Trapped by all the sides’ in Yemen’s largely ignored war 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The center’s previous site sat on the edge of a busy traffic circle off Lee Highway, which meant walking past retail stores and restaurants to find aid. Fairfax City officials wanted the homeless out. Now they’re helping them settle in. 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Every window seems to have a flower box, every traffic circle its freshly painted lines and sans-serif signs. The Long Dig 2008-09-15T04:00:00Z That’s why he is so taken with Hans Monderman’s experiment in some Dutch neighborhoods to remove traffic lights and replace them with traffic circles. Forget forbidden pleasures: Find joy in everyday comforts 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Watson said he caught up with Wright a half-block away at a traffic circle and asked the mayor to roll down his window, but the light turned green and Wright took off again. Sheriff, police chase mayor down over expired car sticker 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z When I visited the main junction in the center of town, however, three P.K.K. flags were mounted atop an empty billboard frame in the middle of a traffic circle. The Fight for Mosul 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Hours after the verdict was read, protesters gathered at a traffic circle called the Shahbag roundabout to demand the death penalty for those indicted on war-crimes charges. The Price of Secularism in Bangladesh 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Last month, Hellfire missiles fired from a Reaper drone killed Mohammed Emwazi, the Islamic State’s most notorious executioner, near a major traffic circle a few blocks from city hall. In ISIS Strategy, U.S. Weighs Risk to Civilians 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z We move through the traffic circles of our lives without red lights or cops to tell us what we must not do. Forget forbidden pleasures: Find joy in everyday comforts 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Stella Kanissa, a Roman Catholic, was one of many Bangui residents waiting at a traffic circle for the pope’s arrival on Sunday. In Africa, Pope Makes First Visit to a War Zone 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z All of which encouraged me drive it like a hooligan, catapulting around traffic circles and treating it like the happy sport wagon that it really wants to be. Audi wants you to stop talking about diesels and look at its electric plans 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Roads throughout Kabul were blocked during the rainy morning as men and women carried the victims’ coffins and pictures to a traffic circle just outside the presidential palace. Carrying coffins, Afghans protest beheadings by militants 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z They watch over police officers at traffic circles, their convoys patrol thoroughfares, their raids drive daily headlines. Crime Down in Karachi, Paramilitary in Pakistan Shifts Focus 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z A decade ago, in the traffic circle outside the Béatrice Hotel, Congo’s culture minister had erected a statue of King Leopold, suggesting that his countrymen temper their memories of the horror of the colonial era. Playing Handel in Kinshasa 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z In the Central Square, where the Taliban planted its white flag atop a traffic circle post, the Afghan flag now flies. Kunduz faces tough resurrection after brief Taliban takeover 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z The Afghan flag flew from the main traffic circle in the provincial capital of 300,000 people, but residents said they heard occasional gunfire coming from the direction of the governor’s office and police headquarters. Afghan forces hunt Taliban in Kunduz as militant leader claims 'symbolic victory' 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Mothers clutching children sleep on traffic circles, under bridges, in parks and in the doorways of shops. As tragedies shock Europe, a bigger refugee crisis looms in the Middle East 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z Authorities say it appears the driver lost control of the truck while traveling through a traffic circle. Police: Speeding pickup truck driver crashes into gas pumps 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z At a nearby traffic circle, a crane operator was trying to lift an old Soviet-designed T-55 tank recently recovered from Islamic State fighters. Inside Syria: Kurds Roll Back ISIS, but Alliances Are Strained 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z It’s a first attempt at casting off the Circle’s identity as a traffic circle. Indianapolis aims to re-imagine Monument Circle using art 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z New Jersey has gradually been replacing traffic circles with roundabouts. As Americans Figure Out the Roundabout, It Spreads Across the U.S. 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z At around 11 AM, Cyril drops me off near the Porte Maillot, one of the major traffic circles along the western edge of Paris. On the ground with the opposing factions of Paris’ Uber protests 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z At a traffic circle near the entrance to Alam, a big black banner lists the names of residents who were executed there by the Islamic State — 11 in all. After Iraqis Wrest Tikrit From ISIS, Sectarian and Tribal Tensions Persist 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z In one part of the city, a traffic circle was filled with Burundian police guarding the headquarters of the CNDD-FDD, the ruling party. Political crisis raises fears of widespread bloodshed in Burundi 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z A half-marathon this weekend drew thousands of runners, and more than 200 volunteers - some wearing American football pads and helmets - deftly guided the runners through traffic circles and onto and off of overpasses. Egypt runners defy Cairo mayhem as sport’s popularity grows 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Roundabouts are not the same as traffic circles. As Americans Figure Out the Roundabout, It Spreads Across the U.S. 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z A half-marathon this weekend drew thousands of runners, and more than 200 volunteers -- some wearing American football pads and helmets -- deftly guided the runners through traffic circles and onto and off of overpasses. Egypt runners defy Cairo mayhem as sport's popularity grows 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z He announced the new plan to stop drivers from making some turns at traffic circles that would block oncoming cars and said the measure would improve flow by up to 40 percent. Kenyan drivers fume over city plan to get traffic moving 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z “It was impossible for a civilian jury in peacetime Washington, D.C., to understand the extreme mortal threats that Paul and his colleagues faced on a daily basis and in the Baghdad traffic circle that day.” Four Blackwater guards sentenced in Iraq shootings of 31 unarmed civilians 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z The raucous crowd walked and jogged down main thoroughfares in the Kenyan capital on Tuesday, sometimes sitting in traffic circles and intersections. Kenyan students demonstrate to honor those killed in attack 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Columbus Circle in Manhattan, for example, is a traffic circle; vehicles have the right of way based on when their light turns green. As Americans Figure Out the Roundabout, It Spreads Across the U.S. 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z That helped, except when I got to traffic circles. Embrace the Adventure, and Find an Even Keel 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z At a traffic circle here on a Friday, a Kurdish fighter stood and looked around, as gunfire and shelling from combat in nearby villages could be heard. In Liberated Kobani, Pride Despite the Devastation 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z “He just ran over the traffic circle,” Richardson said into his radio, according to a dashboard recording. Md. rap artist Abraham ‘Honest Abe’ Kamara gets 9 years on drug, fleeing charges after high-speed chase 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Roundabouts, neighborhood traffic circles and raised center islands that narrow lanes also slow traffic. Varied Routes to Safer Streets 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z London cabbies need to know all of those streets, and how to drive them — the direction they run, which are one-way, which are dead ends, where to enter and exit traffic circles, and so on. The Knowledge, London's Legendary Taxi-Driver Test, Puts Up a Fight in the Age of GPS 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Steve and his staff of 11 people do their work in an actual showroom for business jet aircraft at the cross-roads of one of the busiest and most lucrative traffic circles in the Western hemisphere. How to Sell Jet Planes and Other Lessons in Leadership 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Down the street and around the corner from the traffic circle, a handful of children played in a doorway. In Liberated Kobani, Pride Despite the Devastation 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z Then, two vehicles back, on the main artery running north into the traffic circle, a white Kia abruptly lurched forward. As Blackwater Trial Closes, Focus on Moments Before Chaos Erupted 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Several dozen anti-Obama protesters held signs and waved at passing vehicles on Saturday afternoon at a traffic circle near a bridge that links Cape Cod to other parts of Massachusetts. No optical illusion: Obama balances world crises with golf, time off 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z Several dozen anti-Obama protesters held signs and waved at passing vehicles on Saturday afternoon at a traffic circle near a bridge that links the area to other parts of Massachusetts. No optical illusion: Obama balances world crises with golf, time off 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z Other black flags fly from the nearby traffic circle and the roof of Mr. Imami’s house. Jihadis Tug at Edges of a Staunch American Ally 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z But scrutiny of the company intensified after a Blackwater convoy traveling through Nisour Square on Sept. 16, 2007, just over two weeks after Mr. Richter sent his memo, fired on the crowded traffic circle. Before Shooting in Iraq, Warning on Blackwater 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z Spread across the region are tens of thousands of Syrian refugees, some of them children who beg at traffic circles in the capital, Erbil. A Reignited War Drives Iraqis Out in Huge Numbers 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Nobody disputes that a team of Blackwater guards, working for the State Department, drove four armored trucks into a busy traffic circle and opened fire. In U.S. Court, Iraqis Accusing Blackwater of Murders in ’07 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z At the Jacob Circle roundabout, a teenager gunned his motor scooter the wrong direction around the one-way traffic circle, his helmetless friend hanging on tight behind him. The Slumdog Millionaire Architect 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z The works on view in “Sculpted: Histories Revealed” are not the sleek monoliths of the modern office courtyard or the bronze generals on horseback standing astride our traffic circles. Art review: ‘Sculpted: Histories Revealed’ The violence at the Nisoor Square traffic circle in downtown Baghdad was the darkest episode of contractor violence during the war in Iraq. 7 years later, Blackwater guards go on trial 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Witnesses described a convoy of Blackwater contractors firing wildly into a crowded traffic circle in Baghdad the previous month, killing 17 people. Trying to Salvage Remains of Blackwater Case 2014-05-12T01:11:46Z But the four former security guards standing trial — three on manslaughter charges, one on a murder charge — say they believed they were being ambushed in the traffic circle. In U.S. Court, Iraqis Accusing Blackwater of Murders in ’07 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Some other residents hammered posters to the railing of a traffic circle, each with the silhouette of a face and the name of one of the missing girls. Nigerians Critical of Government’s Slow Kidnappings Response 2014-05-11T23:29:47Z A recently added wider sidewalks, a traffic circle, and new trees. Virginia Town is Best Place in the U.S. to Raise Kids 2011-11-15T20:25:55Z About 2,000 people work in a new office building overlooking a traffic circle named for Solidarity, the trade union movement that led Poland out of Communism. Midsize Cities in Poland Develop as Service Hubs for Outsourcing Industry 2013-12-23T04:06:59Z The area of wide avenues and traffic circles is home to the White House, National Mall and museums. U.S. panel rejects changes to Washington skyline 2013-11-20T20:50:01Z “Today’s indictment charges four Blackwater guards with killing or wounding 32 defenseless Iraqi citizens, including women and children, in a Baghdad traffic circle in September 2007,” U.S. New charges brought against former Blackwater guards in Baghdad shooting 2013-10-17T23:27:32Z Aggressive acceleration is needed far less often in encounters in the city’s stressful traffic circles. Washington Journal: An Ode to a City Overcoming Its Usual Summer Doldrums 2013-08-14T23:32:32Z The hub is like a traffic circle for data. Obamacare months behind in testing IT data security: government 2013-08-06T19:00:57Z Though he clambered back on his bike and eventually caught up with the peloton — displaying his bike handling skills as he bunny-hopped a traffic circle — he had used up precious power. German Sprints to Victory in Stage 6 2013-07-04T19:14:10Z Minutes later, his 21-year-old brother Salam stabbed an Israeli settler waiting at a traffic circle in the occupied West Bank, killing him before being shot and arrested by soldiers. Palestinian family says son who stabbed Israeli 'did his duty' 2013-05-02T14:24:45Z Roundabout is the official word used to describe the traffic circle that was recently completed in our rather small city. 30 of your Britishisms used by Americans 2012-10-16T23:37:53Z Minutes later, Bilkhayr was shoved back into the car and dropped off near a traffic circle. An Abduction in Benghazi: the Revenge of the Islamists? 2012-09-23T15:35:21Z Last week, about 200 protesters gathered at a traffic circle in the heart of Amman. Jordan Limits Protests, and Internet, as Tensions Simmer 2012-09-19T21:24:34Z They act like traffic circles or hubs that link disparate regions. This Is Your Brain on Drugs 2012-05-15T11:45:00.207Z A Western-style supermarket located on that same traffic circle was hit by a suicide bomber in January 2011, the first of what would be a series of attacks to his Kabul last year. Afghan Soldiers Arrested in Suspected Attack Against Government 2012-03-27T11:56:50Z Among the attacks the man said he committed was planting a bomb in a busy traffic circle and assassinating an official from the Foreign Ministry with a silencer pistol. Tariq al-Hashimi Denies Ordering Assassinations in Iraq 2011-12-20T14:14:01Z Video posted online by opposition activists showed the blogger, Zainab Alkhawaja, being handcuffed and dragged away from a traffic circle in the capital, Manama. The Lede Blog: Bahrain Activist's Arrest Caught on Video 2011-12-16T00:44:49Z Several people who participated in the demonstration said uniformed government soldiers in armored vehicles stopped a morning march as it reached a traffic circle at the edge of the al-Hasab neighborhood. New Violence Erupts in Yemeni City 2011-12-05T13:18:36Z Billboards decorate traffic circles and intersections, hawking either local or Asian products because of the Western sanctions. The Road to Naypyidaw: What Hillary Clinton Will See in Burma 2011-11-14T14:10:00Z His task: essentially arbitrate a crisis in which neither side even agrees on what to call the landmark traffic circle where the revolt erupted. Bahrain Nervously Awaits Revolt Report?s Findings 2011-11-21T17:19:53Z On Saturday, the main rally in Tel Aviv began with a march and ended in Kikar Hamedina, a broad traffic circle and park lined with luxury stores. Israel Protests Peak as 400,000 Take to Streets 2011-09-04T02:27:38Z Another video clip posted online by the activists showed tear gas wafting in to the mall’s Costa Coffee shop, which is located on the edge of the traffic circle. The Lede Blog: Bahrain Activist's Arrest Caught on Video 2011-12-16T00:44:49Z Local residents, who are watching from beyond the traffic circle, begin to panic, but Bwisir, a businessman back In Benghazi, calmly dismantles the bomb. On Patrol with the Benghazi Brigade: Winning Hearts and Minds in Tripoli 2011-08-28T12:45:00Z The incident took place at a traffic circle in an area of Tripoli that had been held by forces loyal to Gaddafi. Thirty Gaddafi fighters found dead at Tripoli camp 2011-08-25T12:52:23Z On the west bank of the Nile River, a few dozen Mubarak supporters have set up a makeshift, Tahrir-like rallying point in a traffic circle. What's happening to a model healthcare system? 2011-08-24T12:28:00Z Statues in traffic circles, unaltered, are a reminder of the permanence of monuments in a rapidly changing urban landscape. Vintage photography Web sites offer a chance to ?time travel? 2011-08-12T17:38:12Z An improvised explosive device went off in a traffic circle in the northeastern city of Maiduguri as a police vehicle drove by, injuring five civilians, said Maj. Islamist Group Steps Up Nigeria Fight 2011-07-16T01:22:55Z At the time, Cairo felt cramped and crowded, so Haussmann reordered the square with wide streets and large traffic circles. Public Spaces Like Tahrir Square Aided Arab Spring Protests 2011-05-18T04:00:00Z Blankets had been placed over the dead and the traffic circle was littered with wrecked vehicles. Thirty Gaddafi fighters found dead at Tripoli camp 2011-08-25T12:52:23Z At the time, Cairo felt cramped and crowded so Haussmann reordered the square with wide streets and large traffic circles. Square Roots: How Public Spaces Helped Mold the Arab Spring 2011-05-17T23:50:00Z There were no clusters of rebels and machine-gun trucks at the traffic circle by the outdoor bazaar and huge mosque. At War: For Libyan Rebels, a Light Moment in a Doleful War 2011-05-13T01:29:37Z As Mr. Sadoon spoke, cars bustled through the square, which is surrounded by a large traffic circle that connects many of the city’s main streets. Iraqi Victims Confused by Decision to Reopen Manslaughter Case Involving Contractors 2011-04-25T16:14:07Z The only customers--or, rather, people--who unfailingly make Grant angry are those who use our driveway as a traffic circle. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z As we left the town’s last traffic circle, heading for Benghazi, all of us saw the checkpoint in the distance. Uncertainty and Cruelty Followed Times Journalists Held in Libya 2011-03-22T23:02:15Z It is a small, dry outpost of cinder-block and white-stone homes on rocky soil, with a traffic circle, a few shops and lot of young people. Bullets Stall Youthful Push for Arab Spring 2011-03-18T01:30:40Z More than 60 people were in hospital with wounds sustained when security forces fired on protesters as they headed to Pearl Square, a traffic circle in Manama, the previous day. Bahrain king offers dialogue to resolve crisis 2011-02-19T07:47:13Z For those who were in the traffic circle known as Pearl Square when the police opened fire without warning on thousands who were sleeping there, it was a day of shock and disbelief. Bahrain Turmoil Poses Fresh Test for White House 2011-02-18T08:48:40Z The authorities also blocked a video channel that was carrying images uploaded by demonstrators in Pearl Square, a traffic circle the protesters have dubbed Bahrain’s Tahrir Square. U.S. Follows Two Paths on Unrest in Iran and Bahrain 2011-02-16T03:31:55Z Mr. Qasim was among about 200 people who joined a Valentine’s Day protest on Monday in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, a small plaza on the edge of a traffic circle. Iraqi Protesters Seek Not a New Regime, but Jobs 2011-02-15T00:51:53Z He said he had taken a dip in the Hoover Tower fountain — “it’s like an ice bath after practice” — and navigated the so-called Circle of Death, a perilous traffic circle for bikes. A Diploma, Then the Draft 2011-02-12T18:43:32Z In 2009, Mr. Hulkower represented Paul Slough, the lead defendant in the case against five former Blackwater security guards who were charged with gunning down 17 Iraqis near a Baghdad traffic circle on Sept. Mark J. Hulkower Dies at 53; Prosecuted Aldrich Ames 2011-02-10T03:34:31Z He pulled over during the morning rush hour near a traffic circle in Ware, England, and assisted the photographer Paul Long and his two children. Soccer Roundup: England Is Winner on Day for Nations, Not Clubs 2011-02-10T00:50:05Z The volume of street-side trash can be staggering; I once saw an impromptu traffic circle constructed entirely of garbage. Prague as theme park. Plus: Cairo! 2011-02-03T01:30:00Z The supermarket is in a neighborhood heavily populated by diplomats and foreigners and is on a traffic circle about 100 yards from the perimeter wall surrounding the British Embassy. Explosion Hits Supermarket in Kabul 2011-01-28T11:00:42Z A local resident reported the suspicious object to a police post in a traffic circle 20 yards away, he said, and a community leader and several police officers ran to the site. Afghan Police Officer Killed By Blast in Downtown Kabul 2011-01-05T00:50:09Z The many traffic circles in New Jersey seem to have tainted perceptions of roundabouts for millions of Americans east of the Mississippi River. European Import Has Cars Spinning. Heads, Too. 2010-11-19T13:12:00Z But it was a mistake in 1811 when they left Broadway in as a traffic street,” said Samuel I. Schwartz, the éminence grise of the city’s traffic circles. Broadway Is Busy, With Pedestrians, if Not Car Traffic 2010-09-06T03:14:00Z At a nearby traffic circle, Islamic charities were seeking to fill the void left by the government, offering food and health services to anyone in need. Aid begins to trickle in to flood-ravaged northwestern Pakistan 2010-08-03T04:00:00Z The outburst occurred on the road leading from Kabul's airport, near the traffic circle named for the guerrilla commander Ahmad Shah Massoud that is directly outside the U.S. 3 more U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan; record toll for July at 66 2010-07-30T17:30:00Z KABUL—A United Nations vehicle was shot up at a busy traffic circle in Afghanistan's capital Tuesday, and at least one person was wounded, witnesses said. U.N. Vehicle Shot in Kabul 2010-06-29T11:41:00Z Avoid rooms near the front, which face a traffic circle. One Steamy Morning 2010-06-04T00:16:00Z If only it worked that way for traffic circles. Big City: Honoring Frederick Douglass, Very Slowly 2010-05-22T01:13:00Z The outer walls are stained black by exhaust fumes from buses, mopeds, and cars that whiz around the ancient amphitheater as if it were a traffic circle. Why Can't Rome Protect Its Cultural Treasures? 2010-05-19T00:44:00Z Powerful Tool JAKARTA, Indonesia — Displeased that a statue of a 10-year-old was installed in a park here, Indonesians took their protest not to this capital’s most famous traffic circle but to . In Indonesia, the Internet Emerges as a (Too?) Powerful Tool 2010-04-20T00:57:00Z Thousands of people rallied in support of the junta on the sun-blasted streets at a downtown traffic circle in the capital, Niamey, cramming around army trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns. Opposition in Niger Urges Junta to Hold Vote 2010-02-20T22:40:00Z The bulletin board by the antique clock and modest war memorial in the small traffic circle features one pressing item. 2010-02-04T07:52:00Z The battle unfolded in the middle of Pashtunistan Square, a traffic circle where the palace of President Hamid Karzai, the Ministry of Justice and the Central Bank, the target of the attack, are located. 2010-01-19T08:10:00Z The vice president expressed his “personal regret” for the Blackwater shooting in 2007, in which contractors guarding American diplomats opened fire in a crowded Baghdad traffic circle, killing 17 people, including women and children. 2010-01-24T08:56:00Z The guards said insurgents ambushed them in a traffic circle. 2009-12-31T23:36:00Z We were at a tiny unmarked traffic circle with a house nearby. Michelangelo's Shoulder The little traffic circle was notorious, I learned. Michelangelo's Shoulder As the gun battle raged, another suicide bomber, this one driving an ambulance, struck a traffic circle a half-mile away, sending a second mass of bystanders fleeing in terror. 2010-01-19T08:10:00Z |
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