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POPSWorld's most amazing islands The name Alcatraz from the Title ' Island if the Albatross',given to it by discoverer Juan de Ayala, in 1775. Always wondered what that meant, but never looked. Was originally a lighthouse.
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POPSwatch it and weep It starts slow but in about a minute or so, you will be shocked at the inhumanity of it. And the shocking thing is, it is being done to Filipinos with the consent of the US State Department. This is out and out kidnapping and slavery. The Oversight Committee holds a hearing, "Allegations of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at the New U.S. Embassy in Iraq." The hearing examines the performance of the State Department and its contractors in the construction of the new $600 million U.S. embassy in Baghdad. The Committee reviews questions regarding the embassy compound construction as well as allegations of labor abuse through improper contracting practices. Rory Mayberry, a former subcontractor employee for First Kuwaiti Trading & Contracting Company, gives opening testimony.
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POPSWeird Hotels I would hate that capsule hotel - very claustrophobic! But the underwater one looks so surreal... I really want to stay there!
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POPSDubai Projects Artist rendering of projects that are planned or in progress in Dubai. Pretty unreal and futuristic. Quite fascinating. Check out the source page for more descriptions.
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POPSThe internet is out! It's really incredible what kind of impact a cut cable can have on the world We have become way to reliant on the web to be at the mercy of a single underground cable.
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POPSFirst Underwater Hotel to Open in Dubai Amazing and interesting. Hydropolis reproduces the human organism in an architectural design. There is a direct analogy between the physiology of man and the architecture. The geometrical element is a figure eight lying on its side and inscribed in a circle. The spaces created in the basin will contain function areas, such as restaurants, bars, meeting rooms and theme suites. These can be compared to the components of the human organism: the motor functions and the nervous and cardiovascular systems, with the central sinus knot representing the pulse of all life.
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POPSNaturmobil: Cart runs on "horse power" "My friends and relatives thought of me as a somewhat eccentric half-mad inventor attempting the impossible," said Mirhejazi who has brought his invention to Dubai. Nevertheless, one friend was prepared to rustle up enough cash to put the project under starter’s orders. "It took me 26 months to build the vehicle in my workshop in Tehran. I got it patented by a special department in Iran after professors at universities there attested that it was a scientific invention."
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POPSdynamic architecture those of you in Dubai - any thoughts on this? I must admit i know nothing about it, but am very intrigued by the concept!
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POPSWind-Powered Rotating Skyscraper This is really cool. I think the transformation in Dubai is astounding. Incidentally, and not related I am sure, the personal income tax in Dubai is a whopping 0%.
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POPSNow the Saudis tool up for war The White House line that Iraq’s extremists are all backed by Iran is a myth, writes Robert Fox. What the American authorities are reluctant to admit, however, is that there are signs that the Sunnis of Saudi Arabia and their allies - including Jordan - have been equipping and training Sunni extremists in Iraq for some time now. Critically, not all the weaponry and munitions have been used against the militants' Shia and Kurdish Iraqi enemies. Some of them - including lethal roadside bombs - have been aimed at US forces. Read the Full article. Interesting insights to the future of the region. "The growth of the official and unofficial Saudi and Jordanian support for the militants is one of the most worrying developments," a senior British officer has told me privately after a visit to Iraq.
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POPSPaperToys These are Really good. find 1 and print it if you don't believe me
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