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TAOS, N.M., Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The poster was created to honor the 50(th) Anniversary of the first five American mountaineers to reach the Everest's summit in May 1963, and the entire expedition that supported that historic effort. The poster, created by artist Elizabeth Mercuri, is being released in a numbered, Limited First Edition of only 250, and is available exclusively on the website of the Himalayan Stove Project http://www.himalayanstoveproject.org. The poster...
LONDON, November 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New office opens in Dubai Exhibits at Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference 2012 The company that protects the world's key infrastructures by turning fibre-optic cables into listening devices will be exhibiting at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference 2012 (ADIPEC). It will be their first...
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pengram Corporation (Symbol: PNGM.PK) (the "Company", "Pengram") announced that Manado Gold Corp. ("Manado") has extended its option to earn 75% on the Company's 8,372 acre (3,388 hectare) Clisbako property in the Cariboo Mining Division of British Columbia by issuing 200,000 shares to the Company as required by the option agreement. Approximately 2,000m was recently drilled by Manado to test the shallow mineralized zones of...
Socprollect Business Consultants talks on radical transformation of UAE Economy and how they are going to help prospective investors in taking advantage of this economic transition by setting up businesses in UAE. Socprollect also explains the core values they hold up that make them highly favoured business consultants. (PRWEB) October 21, 2012 A new era of economic transition is happening in UAE characterized by boom in Foreign Direct Investments and continuous reforming of government...
TORRANCE, Calif., Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Emmaus Life Sciences, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical and regenerative medicine company, today issued the following statement in response to an announcement issued October 9, 2012, by AFH Holding & Advisory, LLC. Emmaus Life Sciences has a pending lawsuit in California against AFH Holding & Advisory, which was filed in July 2012. The Company believes the claims filed by AFH Holding & Advisory in Delaware appear to be...
LITTLETON, Colo., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ur-Energy Inc. (TSX:URE, NYSE MKT:URG) ("Ur-Energy" or the "Company") has scheduled a conference call and webcast to present a project update on the fully permitted Lost Creek project along with other corporate developments. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110913/LA67628LOGO) The Company was pleased to announce on October 5, 2012, the receipt of the Record of Decision (ROD) from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)...
HONG KONG, Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hutchison Global Communications Limited (HGC), the international fixed-line business division of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Limited (HTHKH; HKex stock code: 215) today announced that it has been granted permission to provide international data and voice services in Myanmar through co-operation with an authorized Myanma Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) respresentative. Myanmar welcomes foreign players following...
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Himalayan Stove Project believes in the conservation of nature, improving people's health and transforming the lives, of individuals, families and communities, one clean cookstove at a time. The complete story of their inspiring and innovative program can be seen in the brief video on their website at: http://www.himalayanstoveproject.org/ They are a US Based charity, which distributes free, clean-burning, highly efficient...
LONDON, September 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading long-haul luxury holiday provider launches informative guide to help customers plan their holidays Planning a holiday can be both exhilarating and stressful in equal measures. Once you've chosen your destination, resort and hotel, there are plenty of other practicalities to consider: when should you go? What will the weather be like? What are you going to do when you're there? How...
BANGKOK, Aug. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The ultimate design product fair "BIG+BIH October 2012", or 34(th) Bangkok International Gifts and Bangkok International Houseware Fair October 2012, makes a return to the limelight. Organized by the Department of International Trade Promotion, Ministry of Commerce in close collaboration with seven Thai Lifestyle Product Associations, the fair is held for 34(th) under the concept of "Heart of Design & Lifestyle Showcase of ASEAN"....
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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...
Yunnanosaurus, meaning "Yunnan lizard," is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur from the Early to Mid Jurassic Period. This was perhaps one of the last living prosauropods of the time. It was discovered by Yang Zhongjian in the Lufeng Formation of Yunnan, China. The find consisted of twenty incomplete skeletons, including two skulls, and were excavated by Tsun Yi Wang. The type species, Y huangi, was named by C.C. Young in 1942, and created the family Yunnanosauridae based on the findings as a...
Lufengosaurus, meaning "Lufeng lizard", is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early and Middle Jurassic Period of what is now southwestern China. It was named by C. C. Young in 1941. The type species, L. huenei, was discovered in the Lower Lufeng Formation of the Yunnan Province in China. Young described and named a second species a few years later. This is one of the few prosauropod dinosaurs to survive from the Early Jurassic into the Middle Jurassic eras. Lufengosaurus was about 20...
The Marco Polo Sheep (Ovis ammon polii), is a subspecies of sheep, specifically the Argali. These sheep are found only in the Pamir Mountains in the border region of China, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan. Some of the protected areas where the species occurs include the Khunjerab National Park and Central Karakoram National Park in northern Pakistan and the Taxkongau Nature Reserve in southwestern China. The Marco Polo sheep is particularly known for its long horns. The longest horn...
The Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus), is a large ungulate and a close relative to the wild goat. Its native habitat is in the rugged wooded hills and mountain slopes of the Himalaya from northern India to Tibet. They spend the summers grazing in high pastures, then come down the mountains and form mixed-sex herds in the winter. Feral Himalayan Tahrs are an introduced species in the South Island of New Zealand, with herds forming in the Southern Alps. The rarity of this mammal in its...
