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The Chicago-based company announced a fully functional web application that will allow Russian tourists to purchase Select Italy services online. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) April 18, 2013 Select Italy proudly announces its full-servicing platform dedicated entirely to Russian-speaking clients and their needs. The new Russian Platform (http://www.selectitaly.ru) has been developed for the interest in traveling to Italy and Croatia demonstrated by the roughly 200 millions Russian-speakers...
Carnegie Mellon and Lahore University research project goes viral A silly telephone game that became a viral phenomenon in Pakistan has demonstrated some serious potential for teaching poorly educated people about automated voice services and provided a new tool for them to learn about jobs, say researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Pakistan's Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). The game, called Polly, is simplicity itself: a caller records a message and Polly adds...
MIAMI LAKES TO INSTALL SYSTEM INVENTED IN KUWAIT MIAMI LAKES, Fla., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In many cities throughout the world, street level flooding from torrential rainstorms is often a major problem. To address this issue, on April 23(rd), the Town of Miami Lakes, Florida will install the first prototype of a flood control system invented in Kuwait and used successfully for a number of years in Beirut, Lebanon. In Florida, sudden torrential rainstorms can sometimes create...
SHANGHAI, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Second cooperation between NuernbergMesse China and SAE-China after FISITA 2012 (World Automotive Congress) The only Chinese exhibition that focuses on automotive engineering and manufacturing technologies Converging technology leaders via SAE-China Congress Disclosure of future transportation development and core technology innovations Following the great success of FISITA 2012, SAE-China and NuernbergMesse China will continue their...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The 11(th) Eurasian Media Forum will take place in the Kazakh capital city of Astana on April 25 and 26, 2013. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130418/610565-a ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130418/610565-b ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130418/610565-c ) The Eurasian Media Forum (EAMF) is a non-political organisation founded in 2002 on the initiative of Dr. Dariga...
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) hosted Azerbaijan's Ambassador Elin Suleymanov on April 12 to discuss the DTRA's Cooperative Threat Reduction work with Azerbaijan. Following the meeting, DTRA Director Kenneth A. Myers spoke to American Forces Press Service. "[Azerbaijan] has some very difficult and unique security challenges and some of the things we do here could be of help and additional opportunities for partnership,"...
LENOIR CITY, Tenn., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As they searched for landmines and other unexploded ordnance at a Kabul, Afghanistan girls school, employees of Sterling Global Operations (SGO) knew their task was important, but its significance was amplified when a 15-year-old Pakistani girl was shot a few weeks later by Taliban terrorists because she wants an education. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130205/CL54289LOGO-b ) Malala Yousafzai started school again in...
Former Sumitomo Chemicals and BASF executive to oversee entire operations in Japan for Asia's largest specialty chemicals and ingredients distributor San Francisco, CA, Apr 17, 2013 - (JCN Newswire) - Connell Brothers, a division of Wilbur-Ellis Company, and the largest marketer and distributor of specialty chemicals and industrial ingredients in Asia-Pacific, has appointed Mr. Iguchi Shinichi, former head of marketing and business...
NEW YORK, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As immigration reform gains momentum in Congress, Latino and Jewish leaders across the country have jointly declared their commitment to engaging in this cause for justice and equality. They also will expand on their efforts to other areas of common concern, including foreign policy, philanthropy and education. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO) The Statement of Latino-Jewish Joint Purpose was one of the...
These reports provide in-depth analysis of the Southeast Asian polyolefins industry, highlighting major features of the market as well as an overview of the global market for polyolefin resins in value terms for each material and/or volume terms, with a focus on Asia (except China). DALLAS, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- "The Southeast Asian Polyolefins Industry - Set to Emerge as a Key Market with Growing Demand and Capacity Additions" and "Global Markets for Polyolefin...
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The Baikal seal (Pusa sibirica), also known as the nerpa or the Lake Baikal seal, is a true seal in the Phocidae family that is native to Lake Baikal located in Siberia. This species is one of three seals that reside solely in fresh water areas. It is not known exactly how these seals came to inhabit such an isolated area, but some experts assert that a sea-passage was formed that linked the Arctic Ocean and Lake Baikal. The Baikal seal is one of the smallest of all true seal species,...
The Hajar Mountains, which is Arabic for stone mountains, is located in northeastern Oman and the eastern United Arab Emirates are the highest mountain range within the eastern Arabian Peninsula. Lying 50 to 100 kilometers inland from the Gulf of Oman coast, they divide the low coastal plain of Oman from the high desert plateau. The mountains start in the north, creating the Musandam peninsula. From there, the Northern Hajjar runs southeast, parallel to the coast but also moving gradually...
The Persian Gulf is located in the western part of Asia between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. It’s an addition to the Indian Ocean. The Gulf was the focal point of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, which each side assaulted the other’s oil tankers. In the year 1991, the Persian Gulf again was the background for what was known as the “Persian Gulf War” or otherwise known as the “Gulf War”, despite the fact that this disagreement was mainly a land conflict, when Iraq raided Kuwait...
Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent. It is located mainly in the eastern and northern hemispheres covering 8.7 percent of the Earth’s whole surface area and making up 30 percent of its land area. With about 4.3 billion people, it hosts 60 percent of the world’s current human population. This continent has a high growth rate in the modern era. For example, during the 20th century, Asia’s population almost quadrupled. This continent is defined as making up the...
Europe is, by regulation, one of the world’s seven continents. Consisting of the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Black and Caspian Seas, and the waterways that connect the Black and Aegean Seas. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean towards the north, Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Black Sea and connected waterways to the southeast....
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