Archive for May, 2008

May29

Turkish women are forbidden to use perfumes and to flirt with men

Turkish management on religion affairs (Diyanet Isleri Bakanligi, DIB) has undergone to the sharp criticism for clause about what should be sexual behavior of the local women, placed on a web-site of the given organization.
Among the recommendations resulted in clause, the special anger of the groups supporting the rights of women has been caused by [...]

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May26

Oman wants to attract millions tourists annually

In 2007 650 thousand tourists has arrived to Oman and it is on 12 % more than parameters of 2006. Incomes of tourist sector have made $852 million. In 2009 Oman is going to accept one million tourists, who will bring from above $1 billion to the national economy. , on a plan of authorities, [...]

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May24

Most hard-working countries of the world

Forbes magazine has made a rating of the countries, which population spends most of all time for work.
1. South Korea. Quantity of working hours in a year: 2357. Paid holiday: 10 days. State holidays: 11 days. Population: 49,23 million people. Labour: 23,99 million people.
2. Greece. Quantity of working hours in a year: 2052. Paid holiday: [...]

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May22

The hotel on oak has appeared in Sweden

Unusual hotel has appeared in the park of the small Swedish town Vesteros (not far from Stockholm) - it is located on a 130-year-old oak, at height of 13 meters. It is the smallest hotel in the world, equipped with all necessary convenience.
Designer Michael Genberg - the founder of floating hotel Otter Inn on the [...]

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May18

The happiest countries of the world

Internet-portal World Database of Happiness has published results of researches, in which it has named the happiest countries of the world.
Authors of research considered 95 countries. According to the received data, Switzerland and Denmark are the happiest countries of the world. Austria, Iceland, Finland, Australia, Sweden, Canada, Guatemala, Luxembourg, Ireland, Mexico and Norway are following [...]

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May13

Competition to Boeing

Chineses are going to start manufacture of own huge air liners.
The last Sunday became day of an official birth of the new company which field of activity will include manufacture of capacious passenger planes on 150 and more landing places.
Engineers and aircraft designers of the country earlier have already mastered assembly of small air courts [...]

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May11

Most dangerous beaches of the world

Rest on a beach usually associates with lying on warm sand and hardly causes images of death. However, Forbes Magazine has published the next annual list of the most dangerous beaches in the world.
1. New Smyrna Beach, Florida. On this resort within the last year the tourists have for more than hundred times faced sharks, [...]

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May6

The largest park in the Europe will be opened in Iceland

Next month in Iceland the biggest in the Europe national park Vatnajokull which area borrows thirteen percent of territory of the country (half of territory of the Wales) will be opened.
The landscape of park is extremely various. In territory more than three millions acres high-mountainous plateaus, volcanoes, streams, gorges, sandy plains, the rivers, lakes are [...]

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May3

New Zealand has headed tourist rating

New Zealand has headed one hundred of the best tourist directions of the world, and the Greek island Rhodes is recognized the most popular vacation spot in the Europe.
Despite of a present economic crisis, rise in price for fuel, concern of ecological situation in a number of corners of the world, from time to time [...]

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