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Thursday, September 30, 2010

World Biggest Super Tanker

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

India, UAE to conclude agreement on security cooperation soon

India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to expedite the conclusion of their proposed agreements on security cooperation, transfer of sentenced persons and mutual assistance on customs matters.

This was decided at the India-UAE political consultations held on September 19 in Abu Dhabi, a press release from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said here today.

The Indian delegation to the talks was led by Ms Vijayalatha Reddy, Secretary (East) in the MEA while the UAE side was led by Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

The release said the high-level consultations reviewed the current state of bilateral relations between the two countries. Both sides expressed satisfaction at the friendly relations based on historic links and agreed to intensify high-level bilateral exchanges to consolidate the ties.

In this context, the need for early convening of the Ministerial-level India-UAE Joint Commission meeting was underscored.

The two sides also expressed satisfaction at the growth of trade and economic links, particularly that they had become the largest trading partners for each other. The discussions focused on UAE investments in the aviation, ports, telecommunications and oil and gas sectors.

The Indian delegation proposed that the India-UAE Trade Policy Forum set up by the two countries to facilitate bilateral trade should be more active. It called for more investment from the UAE in India, especially in the infrastructure sector.

According to the release, the two sides also exchanged views on major regional and global issues, including the Middle East peace process, reform of the United Nations and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. They noted that they had similarlity of perceptions and agreed to have regular consultations.

The two sides acknowledged the positive role of the Indian community in the development of India-UAE relations. The Indian side thanked the UAE for looking after the welfare of the Indian community, the release added.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Sankore Mosque "TIMBUKTU" - Amazing Photos

Timbuktu (Timbuctoo) (Koyra Chiini: Tumbutu; French: Tombouctou) is a city in Tombouctou Region, in the West African nation of Mali. It was made prosperous by the tenth mansa of the Mali Empire, Mansa Musa. It is home to Sankore University and other madrasas, and was an intellectual and spiritual capital and centre for the propagation of Islam throughout Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its three great mosques, Djingareyber, Sankore and Sidi Yahya, recall Timbuktu's golden age. Although continuously restored, these monuments are today under threat from desertification.

Populated by Songhay, Tuareg, Fulani, and Mandé people, Timbuktu is about 15 km north of the Niger River. It is also at the intersection of an east–west and a north–south Trans-Saharan trade route across the Sahara to Araouane. It was important historically (and still is today) as an entrepot for rock-salt originally from Taghaza, now from Taoudenni.

Its geographical setting made it a natural meeting point for nearby west African populations and nomadic Berber and Arab peoples from the north. Its long history as a trading outpost that linked west Africa with Berber, Arab, and Jewish traders throughout north Africa, and thereby indirectly with traders from Europe, has given it a fabled status, and in the West it was for long a metaphor for exotic, distant lands: "from here to Timbuktu."