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• Big Ben

  06 April 2013 ( #Westminster Palace, #Elizabeth Tower, #Big Ben, #Victoria Tower, #Elizabeth II, #Charles Barry, #London, #Augustus Pugin )

  Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, [1] and often extended to refer to the clock and the clock tower. [2] The tower is now officially called the Elizabeth Tower, after being...

• Justice Tassadduq Hussain Jillani Profile and History

  28 November 2013 ( #Jillani, #Supreme Court of Pakistan, #Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, #World Justice Project, #Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, #Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, #Pakistan, #Lahore High Court )

  Tassadduq Hussain Jillani is a justice in the Supreme Court of Pakistan and a former justice of Lahore High Court. [1] Jillani is set to replace Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as Chief Justice. Personal life Justice Jillani was born on July 6, 1949. His father's...

• Mikhail Kalashnikov

  09 April 2013 ( #AK-47, #Kalashnikov, #AKM, #Siberia, #AK-74, #Tomsk Oblast, #Russia, #Mikhail Kalashnikov )

  Михаил Калашников Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov ( Russian : Михаил Тимофеевич Калашников ; born 10 November 1919) is a Russian small arms designer, most famous for developing the AK-47 , AKM , and AK-74 assault rifles. [1] Weapon designs During his...

• Importance of Gwadar Port

  24 November 2013 ( #Pakistan Army, #Baluchistan, #China, #Gwadar, #Balochistan Pakistan, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Quetta )

  Gwadar is on the coastal belt of Baluchistan. Gwadar is a deep Sea port handed over now to China. Its location is very ideal. It is hoped that by the involvemen... t of China it will progress with a fast pace. It is expected that the growing business...

• The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

  23 November 2013 ( #Captain Phoebus, #Notre Dame, #Quasimodo, #Esmeralda, #Paris, #Claude Frollo, #Notre-Dame de Paris, #Hunchback of Notre-Dame )

  The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris) is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo published in January 14, 1831. The title refers to the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, on which the story is centered. Victor Hugo began writing The Hunchback...

• HAARP Technology

  24 November 2013 ( #High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, #Air Force Research Laboratory, #Office of Naval Research, #HAARP, #United State, #High frequency, #TWA Flight 800, #DARPA )

  The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is an ionospheric research program jointly funded by the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, the University of Alaska, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). [1] Research done at...

• COMPUTER RELATED FULL FORMS

  20 October 2013 ( #IBM, #Hewlett Packard, #GSM Global System for Mobile Communication, #Transmission Control Protocol, #GSM, #Audio Video Interleave, #3GPP, #High-Speed Downlink Packet Access )

  ********************************* * AVI = Audio Video Interleave * RTS = Real Time Streaming * SIS = Symbian OS Installer File... * AMR = Adaptive Multi-Rate Codec * JAD = Java Application Descriptor * JAR = Java Archive * JAD = Java Application Descriptor...

• Syrian conflict is spreading

  18 October 2013 ( #United Nations, #Syria, #Bashar al-Assad, #Sarin, #Jordan, #UNICEF, #John Kerry, #Lebanon )

  According to media news, US secretary of state’s John Kerry said that he is pleased with the cooperation of the Syrian government now working with Russia to destroy chemical weapons. US secretary of state’s recent u-turn on Syria is astonishing for everyone....

• Miseries of Philistine

  12 October 2013 ( #West Bank, #Israel-Palestine, #Warfare and Conflict, #Palestinian people, #Israel Defense Forces, #Jews, #Israel, #Middle East )

  Palestinian woman being thrown out of her house and property. A home she and her family have had for thousands of years. Israeli invading immigrant army use Americans money to ethnic cleanse Palestinians and steal their home. Rape, torture, theft, mutilation,...

• Hawk-AMRAMM Surface-Launched AMRAAM (SL-AMRAAM)

  14 May 2013 ( #Raytheon, #Radio frequency, #Missile, #AIM-9 Sidewinder, #AIM-120 AMRAAM, #Singapore, #Foreign Military Sale, #Motley Fool )

  Hawk-AMRAMM Surface-Launched AMRAAM (SL-AMRAAM) with Complementary Low-Altitude Weapon System (CLAWS). The launcher provides 360° coverage. The launcher is pointed towards its assigned sector or area of responsibility and the missile is launched towards...

• Mount Etna

  10 September 2013 ( #Mount Etna, #Italy, #Latin, #Etna, #Catania, #African Plate, #Sicily, #Mount Vesuvius )

  Mount Etna (Latin: Aetna, Sicilian: Mungibeddu or 'a Muntagna) is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, close to Messina and Catania. It lies above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate. It...

• Jawaharlal Nehru

  06 April 2013 ( #Jawaharlal Nehru, #Muhammad Ali Jinnah, #Congress, #India, #Nehru, #Indian Independence Movement, #Indian National Congress, #South Asia )

  Nehru and Gandhi at the opening of the Indian National Congress, 1937. Jawaharlal Nehru (Hindustani: [ˈdʒəʋaːɦərˈlaːl ˈneːɦru] 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics for much of the...

• Pakistan lesson for Egyptian army

  29 July 2013 ( #Sinai Peninsula, #Egyptian, #Muslim Brotherhood, #Egyptian Armed Forces, #Sinai, #Pakistan, #Egypt, #Egyptian Army )

  Things are going from bad to worse in Egypt as reconciliation efforts have given way to use of force and violence in the country. The number of people being killed in clashes is rising every day. Attacks against armed forces in the Sinai area are becoming...

• Queen Rania of Jordan

  27 May 2013 ( #Jordan River Foundation, #Jordan, #Amman, #Ahel Al Himmeh, #Queen Rania of Jordan, #Apple Inc, #Queen Rania, #Jabriya )

  Queen Rania Rania Al Abdullah (Arabic: رانيا العبد الله Rānyā al-‘abdu l-Lāh) (born Rania al Yassin on 31 August 1970) is the current Queen consort of Jordan as the wife of King Abdullah II of Jordan. Queen Rania speaks on behalf of a variety of causes,...

• Marwan Bishara

  27 August 2013 ( #United States, #Arab world, #AlJazeera, #Al Jazeera English, #American University of Paris, #Middle East, #Marwan Bishara, #Azmi Bishara )

  Marwan Bishara is Al Jazeera English's senior political analyst and the editor & host of Empire, which examines global powers and their agendas. He was previously a professor of International Relations at the American University of Paris and a fellow...

• Garden,Ardogan said he intends to go ahead with a planned trip to the Gaza Strip next month despite pressure from the U...nited

  16 May 2013 ( #West Bank, #Palestine, #Gaza Strip, #Palestinian territories, #Israel, #KFC, #Middle East, #Hamas )

  During the news conference at rainy Rose Garden,Ardogan said he intends to go ahead with a planned trip to the Gaza Strip next month despite pressure from the U... nited States to delay it. "I place a lot of significance on this visit in terms of peace...

• The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

  06 April 2013 ( #Tamil Eelam, #Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, #Velupillai Prabhakaran, #Sri Lanka, #Tamil Tiger, #Sri Lankan Civil War, #LTTE, #Sri Lankan )

  Tamil rebels in a pickup truck in Killinochchi The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Tamil: , Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ ; commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers) was a separatist militant organization that was based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded...

• The Korean People's Army

  31 March 2013 ( #Korea, #KPA, #Korean People's Army, #China, #Worker-Peasant Red Guards, #North Korea, #South Korea, #Kim Il-sung )

  The Korean People's Army (KPA) (Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선인민군; Chosŏn inmin'gun), also known as the People's Army (Chosŏn'gŭl: 인민군; Inmin Gun), are the military forces of North Korea. Kim Jong-un is the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army and Chairman of...

• The University of Oxford

  10 September 2013 ( #France, #Oxford, #Rhodes Scholarship, #University of Paris, #England, #University of Cambridge, #Oxford University, #Cambridge )

  The Radcliffe Camera in Oxford, England as viewed from the tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. This is a 10 (2x5) segment panorama taken by myself with a Canon 5D and 70-200mm f/2.8L at 70mm. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The University of Oxford (informally...

• Helen Thomas

  21 July 2013 ( #White House, #Hearst Corporation, #United Press International, #Helen Thomas, #White House Correspondents Association, #Thomas, #Detroit, #White House press corps )

  Helen Thomas (August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) was an American author and news service reporter, member of the White House press corps and opinion columnist. She worked for the United Press and post-1958 successor United Press International (UPI) for 57...

• Rohingya Muslims being victimised

  03 June 2013 ( #Myanmar, #Aung San Suu Kyi, #Muslim, #Politics of Burma, #Rohingya, #Burma, #Bangladesh, #Rohingya people )

  The Myanmar government has reaffirmed a 2005 policy which punishes Rohingya women who bear more than two children with hefty fines and loss of legal rights for the children. This is the first time in the modern world a government is imposing population...

• Raila Odinga

  08 April 2013 ( #Raila, #Mwai Kibaki, #Uhuru Kenyatta, #Odinga, #Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, #Orange Democratic Movement, #Kenya, #Raila Odinga )

  CAPE TOWN/SOUTH AFRICA, 10JUN2009 -Raila Amolo Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya, Kenya Business Alliance Against Chronic Hunger - World Economic Forum on Africa 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa, June 10, 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Raila Amollo Odinga...

• Nearly 400 million kids facing extreme poverty: World Bank

  12 October 2013 ( #International Monetary Fund, #Xinhua News Agency, #India, #China, #Poverty, #Extreme poverty, #Jim Yong Kim, #World Bank )

  The World Bank has said despite a sharp decline in the number of extremely poor people over the last three decades, about 400 million children still live in abysmal conditions and it requires urgent steps to tackle it. While the World Bank report, , found...

• Arctic sea ice has dropped steadily

  13 April 2013 ( #Climate change, #Greenland, #Global warming, #Methane, #Permafrost, #Methane clathrate, #Polar ice packs, #Arctic )

  Arctic sea ice has dropped steadily and significantly in the last 50 years. Atmospheric concentrations of methane have more than doubled in the same time frame. Methane hydrates are stored in permafrost, and on the ocean floor. Not only have global methane...

• Ghulam Azam

  15 July 2013 ( #Jamaat-e-Islami, #Ghulam Azam, #International Crimes Tribunal, #Sultana Kamal, #Bangladesh Liberation War, #Pakistan, #Tikka Khan, #Bangladesh )

  Ghulam Azam Ghulam Azam (Bengali: গোলাম আযম; born. 7 November 1922) is a retired Bangladeshi Islamist political leader, and an alleged war criminal of the Bangladesh liberation war. [1] [2] He was the Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh until 2000. [3]...