WASHINGTON coach shoulder bags outlet , May 31 (Xinhua) -- A noose was found Wednesday inside the National Museum of African American History and Culture in downtown Washington D.C., the second time in less than a week that a noose was left at one of the Smithsonian museums.

"The noose has long represented a deplorable act of cowardice and depravity -- a symbol of extreme violence for African Americans," said Lonnie Bunch, the director of the African American history museum.

"Today's incident is a painful reminder of the challenges that African Americans continue to face...We will continue to help breach the chasm of race that has divided this nation since its inception," said Bunch.

The U.S. Park Police were called to the museum and the noose coach satchel bag outlet clearance , which had been found in an exhibition on segregation, was quickly removed afterwards, said museum officials.

On Friday, a noose was found hanging from a tree outside the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, also on the National Mall.

The two incidents are now under investigation.

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WARSAW coach satchel bag outlet , June 5 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of taxi drivers took part in a protest held in Warsaw on Monday, citing the problem of illegal carriers.

Polish Press Agency reported that the exact number of taxis taking part in the protest varies from 2000 to even 5000, according to the estimates of Taxi Drivers' Association.

The Association claimed that the protest is aimed at drawing the government's attention to the problem of illegal carriers, such as Uber, whose drivers coach luggage bags outlet clearance , unlike the professional taxi drivers, do not obey the duty of cash register, technical and psychological examination and license possession.

The protest began in the morning when several taxi columns set off from five different locations, heading for same direction -- the center of Warsaw.

Upon the arrival, the drivers prepared to file a petition with their demands in the Chancellery of Prime Minister coach luggage bags outlet , Ministry of Infrastructure and Construction, Ministry of Finance and the provincial governor's office.

Taxi drivers from Warsaw, Poznan, Lodz and Wroclaw jointly organized the protest in Warsaw. Meanwhile, similar protests were held in several Polish towns.

According to Polish Press Agency coach hobo bags outlet clearance , Minister of Infrastructure and Construction Andrzej Adamczyk said that equal rules should be applied to all operators of passenger car transport, adding that the government's draft law regulating this issue would be given to the government this week.

Uber Poland, on the other hand, issued a statement before the protest, saying that the urban mobility has changed worldwide and that there was a place for both ways of transport to coexist.

The protest on Monday morning overlapped with the morning traffic peak coach hobo bags outlet , causing even worse traffic jams.

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China has rolled out stricter measures to manage diplomatic vehicles since January, imposing harsher punishments for traffic violations.

The Provisions on Diplomatic Vehicles Management stipulates that traffic violations by diplomatic vehicles shall be subject to punishment in strict accordance with the law and due procedures, Geng Shuang, spokesperson for the foreign ministry, said at a daily briefing on Friday.

The document coach business bags outlet clearance , issued by the ministries of foreign affairs and public security as well as the General Administration of Customs and State Administration of Taxation, sets out for the first time that diplomatic vehicles in China are subject to quota controls and case-by-case approval, Geng said.

It is aimed at better regulation of diplomatic vehicles, including specific requirements for driving permits and compulsory purchase of third party liability insurance of no less than 1 million yuan ($146,000).

The responsibilities and means of the foreign ministry and other authorities in terms of the purchase coach business bags outlet , use and disposal of diplomatic vehicles are also specified in the provisions. China is now issuing new license plates to embassies and representative offices of international organizations.

Fierce debate over diplomatic immunity went viral on Chinese social media in June 2016, after Chen Lin, a journalist from Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television, made accusations that a vehicle registered to the US Embassy in Beijing had scratched her car and allegedly caused her injuries, for which she received no apology.

According to a post shared on her Sina Weibo account coach accessories outlet clearance , she said a vehicle with a US Embassy license plate had scratched her car and left the scene when she tried to stop the vehicle, which later dragged her into the traffic stream and injured her.

Lin said that police told her that the owners of the vehicle "may enjoy diplomatic immunity and it's difficult to punish them."

SHENYANG, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of thousands of people have been engaged.