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Los Angeles Beaches 2008-05-17 15:33:07 * Santa Monica
* Long Beach City Beach
* Cabrillo Beach
* Torrance County Beach
* Hermosa City Beach
* Manhattan Beach
* El Porto Beach
* Dockweiler State Beach
* Mother’s Beach
* Venice Beach
* Will Rogers State Beach
* Topanga Beach, Malibu
* Zuma Beach County Park, Malibu
* Leo Carrillo State Beach, Malibu
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, Beaches
, Los Angeles
Palm Beach Map 2008-05-17 12:13:16 Palm Beach
is an upscale incorporated town in Palm Beach
County, Florida. The Intracoastal Waterway separates it from the neighboring cities of West Palm Beach and Lake Worth. As of 2000, Palm Beach had a year-round population of 10,468, with an estimated seasonal population of 30,000. As of 2004, the year-round population recorded by the [...]
Medical Tourism in Panama 2008-05-17 08:13:23 In Panama
, health and medical tourism is growing rapidly. Factors drawing medical tourists include Panama’s tourist appeal, position as a hub for international travel, and use of the dollar as the official currency. More important, Panama’s medical professionals are trained around the world, use the latest technologies and medications, and have earned a high reputation. [...] Read more:Tourism
World Federation of Trade Unions favors Beijing Olympics 2008-05-15 20:20:34 The Athens-based WorldFederation
of TradeUnions
(WFTU) has hailed the efforts made by the Chinese people in holding successful and harmonious Olympic games.
According to a recent statement of the union, the WFTU condemned the attempts to politicize the BeijingOlympics
and opposed those actions to impede and jeopardize the Games.
[...] Read more:Trade Unions
Olympics ticket deadline extended after China quake 2008-05-15 15:18:57 Subscribers who bought tickets for the Beijing Olympics
in the third round of domestic sales will have an extra 10 days to pay after Monday’s earthquake in southwest China
killed thousands, Games organisers said.
Buyers were due to pay by last Tuesday but now had until May 23 after China’s worst earthquake in three decades prevented [...]
Caribbean Tourism In a Crisis 2008-05-19 05:22:59 A REQUEST for the funding of a $188 million marketing drive aimed at reviving the slumping Caribbean
tourism sector, will be among several measures sought by key tourism stakeholders at the Caricom Heads of Government meeting in July.
Speaking at the 17th meeting of the Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism
at the Isla Verde Holiday [...] Read more:Crisis
Medical Tourism in Australia 2008-05-19 02:34:58 Overseas visitors could be adding boob jobs and dental work to their itineraries in a bold bid by the holiday industry to capture some of the $US20 billion ($21 billion) medical tourism market.
While thousands of Australia
ns head to mainly Asian countries for medical procedures, little is being done to lure some of the 19 million [...] Read more:Tourism
Castle Pictures 1 2008-05-22 17:51:11 1- Alnwick Castle
, Northumberland.
Photo by patronus-stock
2- Neuschwanstein Castle
Photo by mutrus
3- Dunstanburgh Castle
Photo by scotto
4-Olsztyn Castle
Photo by RaVeN-82
5- Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, U.K.
Photo by scotto
6- Boldt Castle
Photo by Searogim
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Hawaii Wallpapers 2008-05-25 05:08:55 Hawaii Wallpapers
34 JPG | 1600 x 1200 | 15.9 MB
Best Hawaii Wallpapers
Downlaod from Rapidshare
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Some Tips to Make Business Travel Easier 2008-05-27 04:49:05 Some people love to travel, even if it’s for business. But for most of us, business travel can really be a pain. It always seems to happen when you don’t think you can fit one more thing into your schedule or when you have just gotten back from another business trip. But there are some [...] Read more:Travel
, Business
What to Do in Paris 2008-05-26 17:00:01 “Ça fait longtemps!” is what French friends say to each other when they meet up for the first time in years. With the recent reopening of two major Paris
ian museums after long renovations — and the debut of a third after years of expectations — the phrase could practically be Paris’s motto these days. But [...]
Where to Stay in Paris 2008-05-27 13:00:04 Pack your compass. As if to spurn the burgeoning crop of luxury palaces and slick boutique hotels crowding the Champs-Élysées area, a new wave of hip, independent-minded high-concept hotels is homesteading Paris
’s more remote, less visited neighborhoods. Simply trying to find them is half the fun.
Owned partly by the proprietors of the nightclub Le Baron, [...]
Best Time to Visit Singapore 2008-05-31 04:38:26 Most medical tourism visitors to Singapore
, although impressed by the hygienic standards and international class hospitals, complain that Singapore is not “Asian” enough. What they mean is that the country lacks the exotica and culture shock that is the staple introduction to tourism in other Asian countries. This could be because Singaporeans wait [...] Read more:Best Time
The 6th International Turkish Olympics 2008-06-01 12:01:41 The 6th InternationalTurkishOlympics
continue apace, with the finalists chosen in Ankara set to receive prizes in a large ceremony to be held tonight at the Istanbul Gosteri ve Kongre Merkezi (performance and congress center).
The students participating in the competition are diverse, from different nations and walks of life. But the common link between [...]
European Capital Of Culture 2008-06-05 09:25:25 The idea of having a European
Capital of Culture was first put forward in 1985 when Melina Mercouri was Greek Minister for Culture. In the same year the European Union Council of Ministers determined the scope of the project and put it into implementation. From 1985 to 2000 one city from the countries which were [...]
USOC to send 630 athletes to Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 2008-06-06 19:03:43 A media representative of the US Olympic
Committee revealed recently in Washington that roughly 630 athletes representing America will be competing in various events in the Beijing
Olympics.
According to Xinhua, the number of people from the American delegation may reach around 2,000, when coaches, officials, and assistants are also counted.
As the Olympics approach, the Americans [...] Read more:Games
Sunset Pictures 2008-06-07 18:10:35 Wonderful sunset pictures by deviantART artists;
1-Sunset
Walk by ~hamkahatta
2-Sunset by ~mac828
3-Sunset by ~AntiSpy
4-The warm sunset [...] Read more:Pictures
The top 10 cities for billionaires 2008-06-14 10:08:49 Where would you live if you had all the money in the world? Most likely one of these 10 places. These cities of finance and culture welcome you-if you can afford them, that is.
Here is a descriptive image gallery of these cities.
Numbers are taken from Forbes
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Olympic Village Polyclinic 2008-07-10 00:41:05 The medical facility at the OlympicVillage
that offers comprehensive health care primarily for athletes and officials.
The Main Press Center (MPC) for the Beijing Olympics formally opened 2008-07-09 12:38:58 The Main PressCenter
(MPC) for the BeijingOlympics
formally opened on Tuesday, July 8 and will follow a 24-hour operation schedule between July 25 and August 27 for media crews from around the world, Director of the MPC and IBC operation team, Sha Wanquan, told reporters Tuesday.
The International Broadcast Center (IBC), nearby the MPC, [...]
China’s new 10-yuan Olympic note bumps Mao Zedong 2008-07-07 11:34:28 Handout photo of China
’s new 10 yuan note
China’s Central Bank is issuing a special 10 yuan note to commemorate the Beijing Olympic
s, swapping the image of communist leader Mao Zedong for a picture of the city’s iconic national stadium.
The People’s Bank of China says it plans to issue six million of the notes, worth about [...] Read more:bumps
Olympic torch finishes tour of Gansu 2008-07-07 09:12:07 (LANZHOU, June 7) — Zhu Jun, a CCTV host, lit the cauldron at the Waterwheel Exhibition Park at 11: 45 a.m., marking the end to the Lanzhou leg of the Torch Relay and the last stop in Gansu Province.
Tian Yu carried the Olympic
flame at 8:15 on Monday from Zhongshan Bridge to kick off the [...]
Rossi returns to Italian team for the Olympics 2008-07-07 00:24:57 (BEIJING, July 4) — The Italian
football team’s coach Pierluigi Casiraghi has chosen his 22-man squad for Beijing 2008. The squad includes Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi
.
Lazio captain Tommaso Rocchi is the only over-age player in the squad. Rocchi is joined by Fiorentina midfielder Riccardo Montolivo. Both players are returning to national duty after not being [...] Read more:Olympics
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games open formally 2008-08-08 09:02:06 While most people in the West are still in offices, China is celebrating the Opening Ceremony. With over 80 officials from as many countries and an enviable security presence around the National Stadium of Beijing
the inaugural ceremony is underway.
Drummers have already taken the stage and dancers are on their way. The Olympic
opening ceremony [...] Read more:Games
Beijing Olympics: The Official Book 2008-08-06 06:27:03 If the BeijingOlympics
were a book, what would it look like?
Given the tight secrecy surrounding the opening ceremonies and heavy security preparations in the capital, it might not be an open book. Given Beijing’s penchant for a lavish Olympic celebration, it would probably be over-the-top.
That seems to be the thinking behind the IOC’s official [...] Read more:Official
Beijing Olympics: Terror bombing was bla bla bla 2008-08-05 17:27:01 Do you want to read some lies (or not the exact truth) , go on;
BeijingOlympics
: Terror
bombing was ‘Muslim jihad’
By Malcolm Moore in Kashgar (telegraph.co.uk)
“We found papers on one of the suspects saying that their religious beliefs are more important than their lives, the prosperity of their families and even the well-being of their [...]
Chinese in Egypt ready to welcome Beijing Olympics 2008-08-02 11:04:49 Chinese in Egypt
are busy preparing for celebrations as the Beijing
Olympic Games is drawing near.
“The Beijing Olympics
is an honor and pride to all Chinese across the world,” said Li Xinxin, president of the Chinese-speaking women’s association in Cairo.
She contacted authorized local broadcaster and subscribed to their services in order to watch the games [...] Read more:Chinese
, ready