"We, the democratically elected leaders of our people, hereby declare Kosovo to be an independent and sovereign state."
On 17 February 2008, around 15:50 local time, Prime-Minister Hashim Thaci read the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Kosovo which was approved in a 109-0 vote by the Kosovar parliament, officially declaring Kosovo's independence from Serbia.
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Showing posts with label Places. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Places. Show all posts
One Night at Paris
Don't be cheated by the title (which you possibly think of Paris Hilton's sex video). This awesome picture depicts a very beautiful night scene of France's capital, Paris! Click here to see the full photo on Wikipedia. via Digg
Antarctica Wilkins Ice Runway
An Australian Government sponsored project to build a permanent runway in Antarctic has reached a new era after an Airbus A319 passenger jet made a historic landing on the continent's first ever blue ice runway--Wilkins Runway on December 10.
The runway situated 70km from Australia’s Casey research station is named after the country's adventurer and aviator Sir Hubert Wilkins [wikipedia], who made the first flight in Antarctica in the year of 1928.
Starting since 2005, Australian engineers constructed the runway by using laser levelling technology to grade and shave the ice flat.
The runway, which will be only open for scientists and research staff only but not tourists, is 4km long, 700m thick and moves about 12m southwest a year because of glacial drift. It costs A$10mn, or US$8.7mn.
Source: Gulf Times Click here to watch the video of Airbus A319's historical landing in Antarctic.
MV Explorer Cruiseliner Sinking in Antarctic Ocean
Picture of MV Explorer Cruiseliner Sinking
MV Explorer, the world's famous cruise ship for its pioneering Antarctic tours, is sinking in Antarctic Ocean after it hit an underwater iceberg in the Bransfield Strait off King George Island, Antarctica, at 5.24am (UK time), November 23. Other than the captain and first officer remain onboard on duties, all passengers including 20 British holiday-goers have been rescued. The Liberian-flagged MV Explorer is owned by G.A.P. Adventures, based in Toronto, Canada Link Tags:
Primary School in Cave
From Reuters:
Children attend class at the Dongzhong (literally meaning "in cave") primary school at a Miao village in Ziyun county, southwest China's Guizhou province, November 14, 2007. The school is built in a huge, aircraft hanger-sized natural cave, carved out of a mountain over thousands of years by wind, water and seismic shifts.
Taiwan's Modern Toilet Restaurant
Modern Toilet, a toilet-themed diner is recently seen open in the Shilin district in Taipei, Taiwan. All 100 seats in the crowded diner are made from toilet bowls, not chairs. Sink faucets and gender-coded "WC" signs appear throughout the three-storey facility, one of 12 in an island-wide chain of eateries. Would you like to taste the ice-cream shaped like faeces? I would't, never!
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The Apartment Where Madeleine McCann Missed
Madeleine McCann apartment: first picture--Telegrah UK
Pictured is the first glimpse of the apartment from which missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann vanished six months ago [on the night of May 3, 2007].
The photograph of apartment 5A at the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz shows the room where Madeleine was sleeping on the night she disappeared. It was taken through the front window that Kate and Gerry McCann believe was used by their child’s abductor to smuggle out Madeleine. Madeleine’s bed is seen pushed against the wall. Her twin siblings, Amelie and Sean, were also in the room at the time of the disappearance, sleeping in cots.It is believed that the room has been left roughly as it was on the night of the four-year-old’s disappearance as the police investigation continues.
While the Portuguese police thought Madleine McCann had been dead, a UK tourist believed he may have seen the missing girl while on a trip to the Roman Catholic shrine of Medjugorje in Bosnia on November 1.
The man, from Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, was said to have became suspicious after seeing a little blonde girl with a dark-haired couple, who he felt could not be her parents.
He said the couple were speaking a foreign language and yet he heard the girl cry out in English.
"My blood ran cold when I heard her cry, 'I want my Daddy'," he said.
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9 Bolts Caught at a Time
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Magic Roundabout in Swindon, England
The Magic Roundabout (see Google Map Satellite picture) in Swindon, England consists of one large roundabout containing five mini-roundabouts and was constructed in 1972. It is located near the County Ground, home of Swindon Town F.C. Its name comes from the popular children's television series The Magic Roundabout.
This multi-mini roundabouts system may confuse new visitors and baffle tourists, but the Swindonian are so proud of their unique ultimate traffic control system which makes them 'be famous for'. A common Swindonian finds that his/er passage through this busy junctions is actually quite fluid, even at peak times. Twenty-five years on, the magic Roundabout still works, despite ever-increasing volumes of traffic.
If you are feeling the headache on how to navigate it, below is a clear illustration (via TechEBlog):
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London Traffic Light Tree
The Arctic Midnight Sun Panorama
Tokyo Reflected Inside a Skyscraper
on June 18, 2007. Link
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