The World Top Ten: longest rivers, largest lakes, largest countries, deepest oceans and seas, countries with most airports.
http://oneclickfun.blogspot.se/2012/02/top-ten-of.html?m=1

A Step-By-Step Guide To Antioxidants. Antioxidants are power super enzymes that protect our body from many diseases by removing free radicals from our body. But how this works is being explained here.

http://www.leanitup.com/antioxidants/

Women Don’t Cry, business is my tool and when you empower a human-being economically he has strength, he has the power, he will walk with his aid “I”.

For decades women suffered and still in some cultures the only solution for a girl to survive is to get married as early as possible. Over the past two decades, the Great Lakes Region of Africa — notably Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda — has endured civil wars, ethnic conflict and even genocide. Women and girls have been specifically targeted through the systemic use of gender-based violence (GBV) during times of war and in post-conflict situations. In 2009, CARE–one of the largest relief and development agencies in the world—launched the Great Lakes Advocacy Initiative or GLAI.

GLAI seeks to protect the rights of women and girls through regional and global networks that advocate against gender based violence and for the implementation of relevant UN resolutions. This documentary is a testimony to the successes achieved and the challenges encountered since GLAI was launched. Each GLAI country has its own unique story to share.
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Ten new Wetlands of International Importance are extremely important additions to the Ramsar List. They represent impressive array of under-represented wetland types typical of arid lands, including salt-bed chotts, oases, and “gueltas”. They are key geographical position for migratory birds during journeys across the Sahara. These wetlands sustained rich evolutionary adaptations to the harsh arid conditions in isolated circumstances. They are, also, of unique cultural significance. WWF’s Living Waters Campaign commended the Government of Algeria for these impressive designations.

http://www.ramsar.org/cda/en/ramsar-pubs-notes-photo-essay-algerian/main/ramsar/1-30-168%5E19606_4000_0__

The contrasts between developed and developing world are quite diverse in many aspects. Major barriers do exist for many developing countries seeking transformation to modern economic structures with functioning government offices and institutions. A tremendous structuring process with enormous needs for education and capacity building on all possible levels. It is not an over-night process where you need to bridge major gaps in the many isolated sub-social communities and micro-cultures that lived apart from each others for decades, or even centuries.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/mali/10343349/Rebels-clash-with-Mali-troops-as-violence-surges-in-restive-north.

With the network of underground supply tunnels rapidly being shut down, prices have soared for Palestinians in the Strip. The impacts of the shut down of such “illegal structures” are also felt in many other sector activities within, e.g. transportation, communication, trade and education, with major effects on the daily life of many Palestinians. Security and safety of the citizens are major problems and have severe impacts on the social life because of the political conflicts in the region.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/14/gaza-chokes-israel-egypt-economic

Economic growth is a powerful instrument for empowering people and reducing poverty in the developing world. It is essential for creating jobs and market opportunities for people to support their families and build more sustainable futures. However, many developing countries face particular challenges and threats to achieve and maintain sustainable economic growth because of weak institutions, high unemployment, poor infrastructure for key public and private services (education, health, security, transport, water and energy), also a severe lack of access to financial services and unsuitable laws and regulations.

https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/helping-developing-countries-economies-to-grow

We have already heard about Government Shutdown in the US. A government shutdown occurs when a government discontinues providing services that are not considered “essential.” These are, however, signs of major economic collapse.

According to the World Bank “The US and world economies face higher interest rates, falling confidence and slower growth if the US Congress does not raise the $US16.7 trillion borrowing cap.”

The US Treasury has said that it would run out of adequate cash to pay all the country’s bills as early as October 17 without a debt cap increase.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-budget-battle-imfs-christine-lagarde-tells-americas-lawmakers-they-risk-tipping-world-into-recession-8877239.html

Though the partial suspension of the US economic and military assistance to Egypt seems to pose negative impacts to Egypt in terms of its economic and military health. In the long run, suspension of such aid might be advantageous rather than disadvantageous for the Egyptians.

Freedom from economic assistance from the United States, would motivate Egyptians towards self-relianceIt to develop their independent economic life and take advantage of the vast Arab and Moslem markets. Turkey in the late 60’s and early 70’s after being free of US economic assistance, its economy grew more independently towards success. Egypt has enough technology and entrepreneurship that can yield stronger relations with surrounding markets in particular through the common language and mutual interests.

http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m101670

Though the Obama administration’s decision to withhold much of the $1.3 billion in annual aid given to Egypt isn’t surprising, there several arguments why such decision is facing huge critisms. Cutting aid is a lose-lose proposition: It will cost Washington substantial influence within Egypt without achieving any gains for either American geostrategy or democratic prospects within Egypt. It is an unforced error in the extreme. While the influence of China in Africa, and many other parts of the world, is growing very fast the USA still following the same politics in the MENA region without taking wider initiatives to meet the real needs for promoting democracy through collaboration within education, health, water, agro-industries and other sectors that can make difference for the population. The so-called “aid” is not even fair since it has only promoted the US-interests in the MENA region.

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115115/obama-cuts-egypt-aid-why-hell-regret-it

Speaking at the ‘Forum on Chinese Businesses in Africa’ last Monday – the vice foreign minister of China Zhai Jun, said that; “as an important part of China-Africa relationship, cooperation in economy, trade and investment has yielded fruitful results. China has been the largest trading partner of Africa since 2009. Two-way trade grew from about US$10 billion in 2000 to almost US$200 billion in 2012. Africa is China’s second largest project contracting market and the fourth largest investment destination.

China – Africa relations now in a “golden period” – says vice foreign minister

There are several ways where students can be engaged in investing in Africa. Students today should be playing a part in the rise of the African economy. It is as an emerging region over the next 40 years and it is therefore important to get broader understanding of what Africa has to offer. There are already a variety of universities involved internationally. Such tools are primary for understanding and engaging young people in the African market.

http://www.informafrica.com/business-africa/competition-encourages-stock-investment-in-africa/

In the civil war of Syria chemical weapons were used and teams from UN we engaged in monitoring the used chemical weapons. These are standard actions for getting informations about the circumstances of the used chemical weapons, i.e. what, how and who. Assessing such events is part of legal processes according to international laws, convections and treaties.

http://mobile.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24490925

Follow the news of science and technology, here are the winning achievements honored by this year’s Nobel Prizes.

http://m.indianexpress.com/news/nobel-prizes-2013-full-list-of-winners/1181287/

The ongoing democratisering process in Egypt has imposed extensive discussion on Egypt’s identity and how to deal with it in the framework of the Egyptian constitution, which is currently under revision. Citizenship denotes the link between a person and a state, or an association of states, and thereby there must exist articles in the constitution that clearly define the social, cultural and political components of the “citizenship”. Liberals and muslims have long-standing discussions about the role of religion in Egypt’s identity. Liberals for example claim that ” “monotheistic religions” and “protecting religion” are outworn excuses that only aim to impose control over society one way or another. Egypt has had its identity before Article 219 which Yasser Bahrami talks about. Egypt has had its identity before Article 2 of the constitution was added by Anwar al-Sadat in 1971. Religion is more sacred than Sadat and Barhami’s additions. God does not await articles in a constitution to protect his religion.” Nevertheless, in the Egyptian constitution, Egypt’s identity is defined under the monotheistic umbrella.

See more:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/2013/10/11/Egypt-s-identity-defined-under-the-monotheistic-umbrella-.html

The prize has been awarded to Peter Higgs and François Englert for their work in the 1960’s describing how certain particles can aquire mass, which has come to be known as the “Higgs mechanism”. Thousands of scientists have participated for many years in the experimental work at CERN “The European Organization for Nuclear Research” to search and confirm the existence of a new particle to be a “Higgs boson”. Thus effectively proving the theoretical work performed more than fifty years ago by today’s Nobel Prize-winning. The ideas of these pioneers in physics will continue to exist, as part of our understanding of the fundamental laws governing the physical universe around us, long after today’s celebrities of politics, business and entertainment have been earthed.

The increasing diversity of formal and informal sources of knowledge is causing growing confusion in the domains of capacity building and management of human resources. In many situations one is always confronted with making appropriate decision to judge formal and informal merits, e.g. educations versus literacy. The increasing diversity of gaining knowledge in our globalized, multi-cultural and modern ICT-based society have created an increasing complexity in judging formal and informal knowledge, e.g. education, literacy, ethics, training, internship, social and cultural background, interest, motivation, experiences, languages, ….. etc.

http://www.mbaskool.com/business-articles/human-resource/144-education-vs-literacy.html

Among frequently asked general questions is what is the difference between “knowledge” and “education”? What knowledge do I need and how can I acquire such knowledge? Is it always necessary to get knowledge through formal education? With the increasing importance of ICT-technology how can media tools be used to enhance the feed-backs for acquiring specific “knowledge-packages” through the ever increasing formal and informal channels of education. How would such combinations be used for seeking jobs or for evaluating professionals seeking jobs?

Difference Between Knowledge and Education

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