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• Atomic Bombing of Japan

  06 August 2013 ( #Little Boy, #Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, #United States, #Fat Man, #World War II, #Nagasaki, #Japan, #Hiroshima )

  ATOMIC BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI: American airmen dropped Little Boy on the city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, followed by Fat Man over Nagasaki on 9 A... ugust. Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects killed 90,000–166,000...

• How to Improve your Memory

  18 August 2013 ( #Health, #Bible, #Long-term memory, #Memory, #Memorization, #Recall (memory), #Information, #Conditions and Diseases )

  13 steps to improve your Memory... 1. Organize your life 2. Exercise your brain (puzzles etc.) 3. Exercise daily (walk for 30min)... 4. Redice stress & take naps 5. Eat well & eat right (fruit, veggies, fish) 6. Sleep well (also nap in afternoon) 7. Give...

• Muhammad Badie

  15 July 2013 ( #United States, #Muslim Brotherhood, #Jerusalem, #Badie, #Mohammed Badie, #Egypt, #Beni Suef, #Anwar Sadat )

  Muhammad Badie (Arabic: محمد بديع Muḥammad Badīʿ , IPA: [mæˈħæmmæd bæˈdiːʕ] ; born 1943) is the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood. [1] He has headed the Egyptian branch of the international Islamist organization since 2010. Before becoming general...

• A war crime

  18 April 2013 ( #Nuremberg Trials, #Nuremberg principles, #Geneva Conventions, #War crime, #Hague, #Warfare and Conflict, #Geneva, #Law )

  War Crimes A war crime is a serious violation of the laws applicable in armed conflict (also known as international humanitarian law) giving rise to individual criminal responsibility. Examples of war crimes include "murder, the ill-treatment or deportation...

• World Hunger Facts and Figure

  05 April 2013 ( #Hunger, #United States, #Malnutrition, #World Health Organization, #Americans, #World Bank, #Latin America, #Race and ethnicity in the United States Census )

  A boy is checked for signs of malnutrition in the local hospital, Masi Manimba, DRC (Photo credit: DFID - UK Department for International Development) In the Asian, African and Latin American countries, well over 500 million people are living in what...

• The Battery Park

  21 July 2013 ( #Statue of Liberty, #Battery Park, #United States, #East Coast Memorial, #Castle Clinton, #Hornblower Cruises, #Ellis Island, #New York City )

  Battery Park is a 25 acre (10 hectare) public park located at the Battery, the southern tip of Manhattan Island in New York City, facing New York Harbor. The Battery is named for artillery batteries that were positioned there in the city's early years...

• Shihab Rattansi

  30 November 2013 ( #United States, #Al Jazeera, #Saddam Hussein, #Washington DC, #Qatar, #CNN, #Al Jazeera English, #Middle East )

  Shibab Rattansi is a television broadcaster, currently working for Al Jazeera English. Career Al Jazeera English In the fall of 2013, Rattansi returned to the Washington DC bureau, after a stint in the studios in Doha. In America, Rattansi has returned...

• Steffi Graf

  10 April 2013 ( #Grand Slam, #Graf, #Chris Evert, #Women's Tennis Association, #DecoTurf, #French Open, #Martina Navratilova, #Steffi Graf )

  Stefanie Maria "Steffi" Graf [3] (born 14 June 1969, in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany) is a former World No. 1 German tennisplayer. In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's...

• The Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque

  15 April 2013 ( #Syria, #Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque, #Ottoman Empire, #Khalid, #Homs, #Walid, #Mosque, #Bani Khalid )

  The Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque (Arabic: مسجد خالد ابن الوليد ) is a mosque in Homs, Syria, located in a park along Hama Street in ash-Shuhada Square. Noted for its Ottoman-Turkish architectural style, the mosque is dedicated to Khalid ibn al-Walid, an...

• Heathrow World's busiest Airport

  08 December 2013 ( #Heathrow, #London Heathrow Airport, #RAF Northolt, #England, #Croydon Airport, #London Borough of Hillingdon, #London, #Frankfurt Airport )

  London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow (IATA: LHR, ICAO: EGLL) is a major international airport serving London, England, known as London Airport from 1946 until 1965. Located in the London Borough of Hillingdon, in West London, Heathrow is the busiest airport...

• Christina Kirchner

  06 April 2013 ( #Buenos Aires, #National University of La Plata, #Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, #Néstor Kirchner, #La Plata, #Argentine National Congress, #Kirchner, #Argentina )

  Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (Spanish pronunciation: [kɾisˈtina eˈlisaβet ferˈnandes ðe ˈkiɾʃneɾ] ; born 19 February 1953), known as Cristina Kirchner or CFK, [note 1] is the 55th and current President of Argentina and widow of former President...

• A Syrian footballer has been killed in a mortar strike

  20 February 2013 ( #Syria, #Bashar al-Assad, #Beirut, #Al-Wathba, #Aleppo, #Lebanon, #Damascus, #Syrian Arab News Agency )

  A Syrian footballer has been killed in a mortar strike on a stadium in Damascus, the state news agency says. Sana news agency says two shells landed in Tishreen stadium in central Baramkeh district while Al-Wathba team was training there. Several other...

• Jacob Zuma

  30 March 2013 ( #South African Communist Party, #National Prosecuting Authority, #Jacob Zuma, #African National Congress, #Thabo Mbeki, #ANC, #Zuma, #South Africa )

  Jacob Zuma, former vice president of South Africa. Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (born 12 April 1942) is the President of South Africa, [5] elected by parliament following his party's victory in the 2009 general election. Zuma is the President of the African...

• North Korea History and Military Facts

  05 April 2013 ( #United States, #Korean Peninsula, #Pyongyang, #Tumen River, #North Korea, #South Korea, #Empire of Japan, #Russia )

  The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK; Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선민주주의인민공화국; Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk), commonly called North Korea ( listen ), is a country in East Asia, in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital is Pyongyang, the...

• Helmut Kohl

  27 March 2013 ( #Rhineland-Palatinate, #Helmut Kohl, #George H.W. Bush, #European Union, #Kohl, #Germany, #Ludwigshafen, #Christian Democratic Union )

  Helmut Kohl - Chancellor of Germany (1982–1998) and architect of German Reunification Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛlmuːt ˈkoːl] ; born 3 April 1930) is a German conservative politician and statesman. He was Chancellor of Germany...

• Battle ships of the United States Navy

  05 May 2013 ( #USS Pueblo, #US Navy, #United States, #United States Naval Ship, #Military Sealift Command, #United States Navy, #Marine, #USS Constitution )

  There are more than 430 ships believed to be in active service with the United States Navy, on reserve, or under construction, based on public reports compiled in this list. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater...

• A hero returns

  24 February 2013 ( #World Snooker Championship, #Mohammad Asif, #Asif, #Ronnie O'Sullivan, #Barry Hearn, #Jeddah, #Pakistan, #Snooker )

  The World Snooker Championship Trophy on display Pakistan’s Muhammad Asif became the World Snooker Champion after defeating Gary Wilson of Britain in a long, thrilling nine hours final, of the World Snooker Championship . Muhammad Asif became the second...

• Diana, Princess of Wales

  19 August 2013 ( #Diana Princess of Wales, #Great Ormond Street Hospital, #Diana, #Charles Prince of Wales, #Prince, #Spencer, #Elizabeth II, #Wales )

  Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances; [fn 1] née Spencer ; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997), was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, the eldest child and heir apparent of Queen Elizabeth II. [2] Diana was born into an aristocratic English family...

• London Olympics

  24 February 2013 ( #London Olympics, #United States, #India, #Sport, #Jeddah, #Pakistan, #2012 Summer Olympics, #Australia )

  A The recent performance of the sub-continental countries in the London Olympics has proved that the graph of sports for these countries has fallen to a new low, just as they have been inept in other fields of life. Pakistan’s 23-member squad could not...

• Eva Braun

  03 April 2013 ( #Geli Raubal, #Braun, #Eva Braun, #Munich, #Adolf Hitler, #World War II, #Nazi, #Hitler )

  Eva Anna Paula Hitler ( née Braun; 6 February 1912 – 30 April 1945) was the longtime companion of Adolf Hitler and, for less than 40 hours, his wife. Braun met Hitler in Munich when she was 17 years old, while she was working as an assistant and model...

• An honest Amir passes away

  24 February 2013 ( #Politician, #Jamaat-e-Islami, #Qadi, #Qazi Hussain Ahmad, #Jeddah, #Politics, #Pakistan, #Qazi Hussain Ahmed )

  Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Now when corruption and selfishness has becoming part and parcel of our daily lives and the corrupt politicians are ruling, we have lost respect for politics and politicians in Pakistan. A veteran politician and the former Amir...

• Football world cup and violance in Brazil

  26 June 2013 ( #Public transport, #2010 FIFA World Cup, #Politics of Brazil, #FIFA, #2014 FIFA World Cup, #Brazil, #World Cup, #Olympic Games )

  At a time when the world economy is passing through its worst crisis in history, widespread unemployment and budget cuts are making the lives of ordinary people miserable. People have given vent to their fury in Brazil where the Confederation Cup is in...

• The French military intervention in Mali

  13 April 2013 ( #Médecins Sans Frontières, #Malnutrition, #Africa, #Refugee, #Muslim, #Mauritania, #Mbera, #Mali )

  The French military intervention in Mali has driven nearly 70,000 refugees to Mbera camp in the Mauritanian desert, where appalling conditions and inadequate assistance are leading to severe malnutrition and deaths from preventable diseases. There is...

• History of US and Pakistan Relations

  24 February 2013 ( #United States, #Liaquat Ali Khan, #Ayub Khan, #Pakistan, #Soviet Union, #Harry S Truman, #Mir Laiq Ali, #Military Assistance Advisory Group )

  United States of America remains one of the first countries to have established diplomatic ties with Pakistan. Although the relationship dates back to October 20, 1947, it can be extrapolated that the relations have been based strictly on military and...

• Terror attacks in Pakistan

  31 March 2013 ( #United States, #NATO, #Jeddah, #Haqqani, #Afghanistan, #Pakistan, #Peshawar, #haqqaninetwork )

  NATO Summit in Riga, November 2006 (Photo credit: www.guigo.eu) According to media news, US authorities have declared the Haqqani network to be a terrorist organization and have ordered the freezing of all its assets in the US and neighboring countries....