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The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a group of states which are not aligned formally with or against any major power bloc. As of 2012 [update] , the movement has 120 members and 17 observer countries. [1] The organization was founded in Belgrade in 1961,...

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The Sahara Desert

The Sahara Desert

The Sahara (Arabic: الصحراء الكبرى , aṣ-Ṣaḥrāʾ al-Kubrā , 'the Greatest Desert') is the world's hottest desert, the third largest desert afterAntarctica and the Arctic. [1] At over 9,400,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), it covers most of North...

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Casablanca

Casablanca

Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port . It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb region. The 2004 census recorded a population of 3,500,000 in the prefecture of Casablanca and 6,000,000 in the region of Grand Casablanca . Casablanca...

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Salt Lake Stadium

Salt Lake Stadium

Salt Lake Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bidhannagar , Kolkata , West Bengal . It is the largest stadium in India , and the second largest stadium in the world by capacity. Information The stadium is the second largest non-auto racing stadium in...

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Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium

Wembley is the national stadium and home of the England football team. The new stadium has a arch which is illuminated at night. Wembley Stadium (often referred to simply as Wembley, pronounced /ˈwɛmbli/ , or sometimes as the New Wembley) is a football...

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Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro commonly referred to simply as Rio, [2] is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million...

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The Amazon rainforest

The Amazon rainforest

Amazonian rainforest, upper Amazon basin, Loreto The Amazon rainforest ( Portuguese : Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia ; Spanish : Selva Amazónica , Amazonía or usually Amazonia ; French : Forêt amazonienne ; Dutch : Amazoneregenwoud ), also known in English...

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The Lion Park

The Lion Park

Young leopard charging. Photo taken at Rhino and Lion Park, Gauteng, South Africa. Lion Park is a 2 km² (500 acre) lion wildlife conservation enclosure in Gauteng province in South Africa. The Lion Park is situated near Lanseria Airport and Fourways within...

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Robben Island

Robben Island

Robben Island Robben Island ( Afrikaans : Robbeneiland ) is an island in Table Bay , 6.9 km west of the coast of Bloubergstrand , Cape Town , South Africa . The name is Dutch for "seal island". Robben Island is roughly oval in shape, 3.3 km long north-south,...

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