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• Mark Zuckerberg

  06 April 2013 ( #New York, #Phillips Exeter Academy, #Mark Zuckerberg, #Facebook, #Andrew McCollum, #Zuckerberg, #Social network, #Ardsley High School )

  English: Mark Zuckerberg, Founder & CEO of Facebook, at the press conference about the e-G8 forum during the 37th G8 summit in Deauville, France. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an American computer programmer and...

• Thomas Edison National Historical Park

  09 April 2013 ( #Llewellyn Park, #National Park Service, #Edison, #West Orange New Jersey, #James K. Polk, #Thomas Edison, #New Jersey, #Thomas Edison National Historical Park )

  Thomas Edison National Historic Park, West Orange, New Jersey Thomas Edison National Historical Park preserves Thomas Edison's laboratory and residence, Glenmont, in Llewellyn Park in West Orange, New Jersey. For more than forty years, the laboratory...

• Eduard Shevardnadze

  06 April 2013 ( #Georgia, #Mikhail Gorbachev, #Great Purge, #Eduard Shevardnadze, #Shevardnadze, #Vasil Mzhavanadze, #Soviet Union, #Minister of Foreign Affairs )

  President Eduard Shevardnadze of Georgia photographed during his meeting with Secretary of Defense William Cohen at The Pentagon Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze (Georgian: ედუარდ ამბროსის ძე შევარდნაძე [ɛduard ʃɛvardnad͡zɛ] ; born 25 January 1928) is...

• The Colosseum

  06 April 2013 ( #Roman Empire, #Rome, #Colosseum, #Domus Aurea, #Classical, #Vespasian, #Palatine Hill, #Roman )

  The exterior of the Colosseum, showing the partially intact outer wall (left) and the mostly intact inner wall (right) The Colosseum, or the Coliseum, originally the Amphitheatrum Flavium (English: Flavian Amphitheatre, Italian: Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo),...

• Dmitry Medvedev

  09 April 2013 ( #Saint Petersburg State University, #Gazprom, #Medvedev, #Vladimir Putin, #Russia, #Dmitry Medvedev, #Prime Minister of Russia, #National Priority Projects )

  Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (Russian: Дми́трий Анато́льевич Медве́дев, tr. Dmitriy Anatolyevich Medvedev; IPA: [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪˈdvʲedʲɪf] born 14 September 1965) is the tenth and current Prime Minister of Russia, incumbent since 2012....

• Begum Khaleda Zia

  06 April 2013 ( #Bangladesh Nationalist Party, #United States, #Bangladesh Awami League, #Khaleda Zia, #Hussain Muhammad Ershad, #Bangladesh, #Sheikh Hasina, #BNP )

  Begum Khaleda Zia (Bengali: খালেদা জিয়া) (born 15 August 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who was Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. When she first took office in 1991, she was the first woman in the country's...

• Bungladesh : Millions of general Muslims came out on the street to protest against the insult of prophet (saw)

  06 April 2013 ( #Dhaka, #Islam, #Religion and Spirituality, #Muhammad, #Muslim, #Islamism, #Peace be upon him (Islam), #Bangladesh )

  Today a great day for Bangladesh where millions of general Muslims came out on the street to protest against the insult of prophet (saw) whom they love most and voice out against cheap secular values. Allahuakbar! this is the largest Islamic gathering...

• Robben Island

  09 April 2013 ( #Table Bay, #Jacob Zuma, #Bloubergstrand, #Cape Town, #Robben Island, #Nelson Mandela, #South Africa, #Kgalema Motlanthe )

  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,...

• Yingluck Shinawatra

  30 November 2013 ( #Thaksin Shinawatra, #Kentucky State University, #Thailand, #Yingluck, #Chiang Mai, #Pheu Thai, #Yingluck Shinawatra, #Prime Minister of Thailand )

  Yingluck Shinawatra is a Thai businesswoman and politician, member of the Pheu Thai Party, the 28th and current Prime Minister of Thailand following the 2011 general election. Yingluck is Thailand's first female Prime Minister and at 45 is the youngest...

• Steve Jobs

  06 April 2013 ( #Walt Disney Company, #Steve Jobs, #iMac, #iPod, #NeXTSTEP, #Apple, #Pixar, #LaserWriter )

  Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs ( / ˈ dʒ ɒ b z / ; February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) [5] [6] was an American entrepreneur [7] and inventor, [8] best known as the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. Through Apple, he was widely recognized as a charismatic...

• Pol Pot

  06 April 2013 ( #Prek Sbauv, #Khmer Rouge, #Cambodia, #Pol Pot, #Pol, #Saloth Chhay, #Thailand, #Kampong Thom Province )

  Pol Pot (born Saloth Sar (Khmer: ប៉ុល ពត); 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) [1] [2] was a Cambodian Communist revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge [3] from 1963 until his death in 1998. From 1963 to 1981, he served as the General Secretary of the Communist...

• Boutros Boutros-Ghali

  08 April 2013 ( #United Nations, #Cairo University, #Secretary-General of the United Nations, #Cairo, #Rwandan Genocide, #Minister of Foreign Affairs, #Boutros-Ghali, #Egypt )

  Boutros Boutros-Ghali ( بطرس بطرس غالى Buṭrus Buṭrus Ghālī , Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈbotɾos ˈɣæːli] ; born 14 November 1922) is an Egyptian politician and diplomat who was the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) from January 1992...

• The Khmer Rouge

  06 April 2013 ( #Vietnam People's Army, #Khmer Rouge, #Ieng Sary, #Cambodia, #Pol Pot, #Democratic National Union Movement, #Communist Party of Kampuchea, #Nuon Chea )

  Skulls of Khmer Rouge victims The Khmer Rouge (Khmer: ខ្មែរក្រហម Khmer Krahom ; English: Red Khmers) was the name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea in Cambodia. It was formed in 1968 as an offshoot of the Vietnam People's Army...

• A NATO airstrike has killed 11 children and one woman in the East of Afghanistan,

  07 April 2013 ( #Kunar, #Hamid Karzai, #NATO, #Afghanistan, #Shaygal Wa Shiltan District, #Pakistan, #Kunar Province, #International Security Assistance Force )

  A NATO airstrike has killed 11 children and one woman in the East of Afghanistan, report local officials. A house collapsed during the attack, causing the casualties and leaving six women injured. The civilians were killed during a joint Afghan-NATO operation...

• Michael Bloomberg

  06 April 2013 ( #United States, #Bloomberg LP, #Mayor of New York City, #Allston, #Bloomberg, #Michael Bloomberg, #Johns Hopkins University, #New York City )

  Michael Bloomberg was affiliated with Salomon Brothers before launching his own firm Bloomberg News and later becoming mayor. Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is an American business magnate, politician and philanthropist. He is the 108th...

• The Mexican Drug War

  06 April 2013 ( #Sinaloa Cartel, #United States, #War on Drugs, #Medellín, #Pablo Escobar, #Mexico, #Mexican Drug War, #Colombia )

  Perpetrators of Mexican Drug Trafficking Violence chart The Mexican Drug War is an ongoing armed conflict among rival drug cartels fighting each other for regional control and against the Mexican government forces. The government's principal goal has...

• Taipei 101

  06 April 2013 ( #Kuala Lumpur, #Burj Khalifa, #Taipei 101, #Petronas Towers, #Willis Tower, #KTRT Joint Venture, #Taipei, #Dubai )

  Taipei 101 (Chinese: 台北101 / 臺北101), formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a landmark skyscraper located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. The building ranked officially as the world's tallest from 2004 until the opening of the Burj...

• Indira Gandhi

  06 April 2013 ( #Jawaharlal Nehru, #India, #Gandhi, #Lal Bahadur Shastri, #Indira Gandhi, #Operation Blue Star, #Indian National Congress, #Allahabad )

  Indira Gandhi is elected as the first female Prime Minister of India Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Hindustani: [ˈɪnːdɪrə ˈɡaːnd̪ʱi] ( listen); née Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was the third Prime Minister of India and a central figure of...

• Capital Gate

  06 April 2013 ( #Abu Dhabi, #Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, #Hearst Tower, #Capital Gate, #Beijing, #Middle East, #Leaning Tower of Suurhusen, #Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company )

  Capital Gate is a skyscraper in Abu Dhabi adjacent to the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre designed with a striking lean. At 160 m (520 ft) and 35 stories, it is one of the tallest buildings in the city and features an 18-degree incline to the west....

• Sheikh Hasina

  06 April 2013 ( #Dhaka, #Bangladesh Nationalist Party, #Bangladesh Awami League, #Khaleda Zia, #Hasina, #Bangladesh, #Sheikh Hasina, #BNP )

  English: Sheikh Hasina (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Sheikh Hasina (Bengali: শেখ হাসিনা Shekh Hasina) (born 28 September 1947) has been Prime Minister of Bangladesh since 2009, she was also Prime Minister from 1996 to 2001. Hasina has led the Bangladesh Awami...

• Iran's nuclear programme

  24 November 2013 ( #Tehran, #Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, #IAEA, #Barack Obama, #Iran's nuclear program, #Iran, #International Atomic Energy Agency, #Ali Khamenei )

  2002 January - US President George W Bush describes Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an "axis of evil", warning of the proliferation of long-range missiles being developed in these countries. The speech causes outrage in Iran and is condemned by reformists...

• The Pentagon

  27 March 2013 ( #National Mall, #War Department, #United States War Department, #Clifton Woodrum, #George Bergstrom, #World War II, #Pentagon, #United States Department of Defense )

  The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the U.S. Department of Defense rather than the...

• King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Great Achievements

  29 November 2013 ( #Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, #United Nations, #United States, #Barack Obama, #King Abdullah, #Pakistan, #Saudi Arabia, #Forbes )

  1)In list of Forbes he was named 7th most powerful man on earth he enjoys position of 6thman in 2011. 2)He is well known to be a generous philanthropist donating millions of dollars so far to help many destitute people around the world including many...

• Mount Vesuvius

  06 April 2013 ( #Gulf of Naples, #Herculaneum, #Vesuvius, #Naples, #79, #Pompeii, #Cumae, #Mount Vesuvius )

  Mount Vesuvius (Italian: Monte Vesuvio , Latin: Mons Vesuvius ) is a stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes which form the Campanian volcanic...

• Hu Jintao

  06 April 2013 ( #General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, #Hu Jintao, #Xi Jinping, #China, #Scientific Development Concept, #Communist Party of China, #Wen Jiabao, #Central Military Commission )

  Hu Jintao (pinyin: Hú Jǐntāo, pronounced [xǔ tɕìntʰɑ́ʊ] ; born 21 December 1942) is a former leader of the fourth generation of leadership of the Communist Party of China. He was General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 2002 to 2012, Chairman...