1.   Downtown Caracas streets are now crowded with unlicensed vendors who sell everything from underwear to combs and cigarette lighters.

2.   Police also can seize merchandise sold by unlicensed vendors.

3.   The idea behind instant checks is to ensure that gun-show customers around the nation are screened even if they buy from unlicensed vendors.

4.   The sounds of this sea included the broken bits of Yankee chants, the earnest pitches of unlicensed vendors, and the steady hum of childish anticipation.

5.   Those efforts have included everything from cracking down on panhandling squeegee men and unlicensed vendors to raids on prostitution houses.

6.   It does offer an abridged version of Shakedown Street, the legendary parking lot bazaar where unlicensed vendors hawk their wares, foods and even drugs.

7.   Last November, Colorado voters approved a measure closing the so-called gun show loophole by requiring background checks of those who try to buy from an unlicensed vendor.

8.   The legislator said the downtown streets have become clogged with unlicensed vendors and the respective officials must accept their failings.

9.   The move could have implications on other Caribbean islands like Jamaica, where the government is cracking down on unlicensed vendors.

10.   Police used tear-gas to disperse a protest by unlicensed street vendors in the Sudanese capital, the independent daily Al-Rai Al-Akher reported Wednesday.