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Monday 5 November 2012

Top 10 Terrorist Attacks


10.  Bombing of USS Cole 2000 (Yemen)
Fatalities: 17; Injuries: 39
9.  Anthrax Letter Attacks 2001 (USA)
Fatalities: 5; Injuries: 17
8.  Salmonella Attack 1984 (USA)
Injuries: 750
7.  Mid-Air Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 1988 (Scotland)
Fatalities: 270; Injuries 12
6.  Bombing of Marine Barracks 1983 (Lebanon)
Fatalities: 301; Injuries: 161
5.  Truck Bombing of U.S. Embassies 1998 (Kenya, Tanzania)
Fatalities: 303; Injuries: 4,954
4.  Beslan Massacre 2004 (Russia)
Fatalities: 366; Injuries: 747
3.  Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing 1995(USA)
Fatalities: 169; Injuries: 675
2.  1st World Trade Center Bombing 2001(USA)
Fatalities: 6; Injuries: 1,040
1.  9/11 Attack 2001 (USA)
Fatalities: 2,993; Injuries: 8,900


Sunday 4 November 2012

Top 10 Forests of the World

10. Emas National Park and Chapada Dos Veadeiros, Brazil

9. Sinharaja Forest, Srilanka

8. Montecristo cloud Forest, El Salvador

7. The Monteverade Forest, Costa Rica

6. The Mount Kinabalu National Park, Malaysia

5. Sapo National Park, Liberia

4. Alaska’s rainforests


3. The Amazon Rainforests
2. Ecuador’s Cloud forests

1. Daintree, Australia


Top 10 Cities of World hy Population

Rank
City
Population
Area (km²)
Country
1
Shanghai
17,836,133
2,605.8
China
2
Istanbul
13,483,052
5,343
Turkey
3
Karachi
13,052,000
3,527
Pakistan
4
Mumbai
12,478,447
603
India
5
Moscow
11,810,000
2,511
Russia
6
Beijing
11,716,000
1,368.32
China
7
São Paulo
11,316,149
1,523
Brazil
8
Tianjin
11,090,314
7,422
China
9
Guangzhou
11,070,654
3,843
China
10
Delhi
11,007,835
1,397.29
India



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Top 10 Largest Dams in the World


10. Oahe Dam, South Dakota, US: 70,339 cubic meters


9. Guri (Raúl Leoni), Venezuela: 78,000 cubic meters


8. Yacyretá-Apipe, Paraguay/Argentina: 81,000 cubic meter


7. Atatürk Dam, Turkey: 84,500 cubic meters


6. Tucurui Dam, Brazil: 85,200 cubic meters


5. Lower Usuma, Nigeria: 93,000  cubic meters


4. Fort Peck, Montana: 96,049 cubic meters


3. Tarbela, Pakistan: 121,720 cubic meters


2. Samara / Zhiguli Dam,Russia: 169,000,000 cubic meters


1. Three Gorges, China: 39,300,000 cubic meters



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