lunes, 30 de junio de 2008

World Events 1990 to 1999



1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in the Persian Gulf divisions across Iraqi military action in a lightning its southern border and within a few hours occupying Kuwait bloody specifying the threat of territorial claims anticipated by its leader U.S. placed in Earth orbit by the shuttle Discovery Hubble Space Telescope, for the first time it is possible to obtain high-resolution images of deep space.

1991 Gulf War Iraq is attacked and defeated by a multinational coalition led by U.S. and Britain running a United Nations mandate in retaliation for its invasion of Kuwait which is released. Tim Berners Lee created the World Wide Web, using three new resources: HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and a client program, called Web browser.

1992 Space Cooperation Russia and U.S. sign an agreement of joint cooperation for space exploration. In Argentina in a very serious attack was blown up the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires. In Russia, for the first time in 75 years, the Orthodox Church celebrates a Mass with the permission of the State.

1993 Conflict in Chechnya Russia intervened militarily in Chechnya engaged in a separatist conflict. Bombing the World Trade Center. Slaughter in Waco (USA). After nearly 500 years, a new version of the catechism is presented by the Catholic Church. The Vatican and Israel established for the first time full diplomatic relations

1994 Nelson Mandela president Nelson Mandela is president of South Africa. In South America, Argentina is again the target of terrorism, the bombing of the Jewish mutual AMIA produces nearly 100 dead in one of the most serious attacks in its history. In Rwanda clashes between Hutu and Tutsi communities to acquire characteristics of an attempt at ethnic cleansing show a balance of 1,000,000 dead in less than three months of uncontrolled violence.

1995 Asesinan to Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin of Israel was assassinated in Tel Aviv by a Jewish extremist ultranationalist to withdraw from a public event for peace. Oklahoma Bombing. In U.S. continue the terrorist attacks of postcards known as Unabomber.

1996 Mal of mad cow disease in England official recognition of the risks caused by consumption of beef and derived from animals affected by Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease results in a serious crisis sectoral and serious tensions within the European community. A suicide attack with a car bomb against a U.S. military base in Dahran (Saudi Arabia) caused 19 deaths and nearly 400 wounded.

1997 Teresa of Calcutta Mother Teresa, religious Catholic, founder of the religious congregation of the Missionaries of Charity, died in India on 5 September 1997 between those who loved and served together in their grief from the most remote corners of the world. Three years later began the process for his beatification. Death of Lady Di In France tragically died in Princess Diana Spencer, Lady Di's death along with his Egyptian promised Doddy Al Fayed and their chauffeur occurs when the vehicle hit the lead in the Alma tunnel in downtown Paris . The devastating

1998 Hurricane Mitch devastated Central America is by Hurricane Mitch, the worst in decades, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua are the countries most affected, victims whose real number may never be known beyond a balance in the unofficial 5,000 and damage undertake productive infrastructure and communications in the affected countries. In Africa, a devastating attack with a car bomb destroyed the U.S. embassy in Nairobi (Kenya) and another almost simultaneously damaged the embassy in Tanzania with a balnance Toal of more than 200 dead and thousands injured.
also took out the 1998 World Cup in France where the winner was the local.

1999 NATO intervention in Kosovo, NATO intervened militarily for the first time in its 50 years of existence by air attack on Yugoslavia during 79 days after successive failures diplomats to stop the repression serbia to the ethnic Albanian population in Kosovo, achieving the withdrawal of his troops. The Lewinsky case in U.S. President Bill Clinton, tried politically, is acquitted by the Senate on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in what was known as the Lewinsky case. The acquittal of Clinton in the U.S. Senate does not relieve a major loss of prestige to the conviction of his guilt published in several of the allegations he has faced.

By Kevin Sisro & Lucas Melul

martes, 17 de junio de 2008

Almanac

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lunes, 16 de junio de 2008

Decadas del 80 al 89 (Por: Alan.S y Brian.C)

1980: -Return to Spaña the rest mortals to Alfonso XIII
-Discoverer in the country of China the Yunan an skull to 8 millions of years antiquities

1981: -Stroke of state
-Died the writer Josep Katalan Plá

1982:-Visit Juan Pablo II to Spaña
-Put on in circulation the signet world

1893:-Died Joan Miró
-Michel Plantini prize with the ball gold

1894:-Plays olimpics to Angeles
-Died the writer Julio Cortazar

1895:-Lance in Europa the phones movils
-Died Alfredo Mayo

1896:-Entrance vigor to IVA
-Died Cary Grant

1987:-First publication to "bandolero" in the newspapaer TOTEM
-Gari Kasparov champion world to chess

1988:-Pedro Almovar prize for the square of critic to New York
-Died Carmen Polo wife to Franco

1989:-Domicile to wall of Berlin
-Died Bette Davis

sábado, 14 de junio de 2008

Decades (Por: Nico.R y Ariel.K)

2000: -The Year Internacional for the Peace.


-The Year World Of Maths.




2001: -Argentina have 3 presidents in two weeks.

-The people, lose your money in the "Corralito".


-The collapse of the Twin Towers in New York(9-11-01).


2002: -Went the World Cup In Korea-Japan, Brazil Wins....


2003: -The war in iraq and united states



2004: -Olympic Games in Athens



2005: -Pope John Paul II died.



-The Huracan Katrina caused many deaths.



2006: -Saddam Hussein dies hanged.



-Fifa Wold Cup in Germany.



2007: - Election for President in Argentina, Cristina. K wins....



- Lanus is the Champion in "The Apertura 2007"



2008: - Jorge Guinzburg "actor" dies.



- The collective increase their prices.



- All Boys ascend to the B National.

viernes, 13 de junio de 2008

Games history - Soccer, Volleyball and Tennis

Soccer


In the late Middle Ages and subsequent centuries took place in the British Isles and surrounding areas various cooperative games, which are known as codes of football. These codes were uniting with the passage of time, but was in the second half of the seventeenth century when it gave the first major unification of football (rugby, football, Australian rules football ...), which gave rise to the sport today is known worldwide as football.








Volleyball


The volleyball was born on February 9, 1895 in the United States, in Holyoke. Its inventor was William G. Morgan, a director of physical education. This was a game of internal team with similarities to tennis. Although in his next birth to basketball in time and space, distance is clearly in his rudeness, in the absence of contact between players.











Tennis





Tennis is a sport played with rackets that dispute between two players (singles) or between two pairs (doubles). It originated in Europe in the late nineteenth century and expanded into a principle in the English-speaking countries, especially in its upper classes. At present tennis has been universalized, and is played in many countries around the world. Since 1926, with the creation of the first tour, is a professional sport. It is also an Olympic sport since 1988 Seoul because he had lost that category in Paris 1924.





Federico Levin - Ariel Szapiro

jueves, 12 de junio de 2008

Destination Inglaterra


Name: Inglaterra


Language: English


Population: According to the 2001 census of the population is 50,431,700


Capital: Londres


Currency: Libra estrelina


Form of Government: Constitutional Monarchy

-- Queen: Elizabeth II
-- Prime Minister: Gordon Brown


Area Total: 96 130,395 km²


Religion: 78% of the population declaring English and Welsh Protestant, Catholic and 11%, 11%
other religions.


Location: England comprises most of the southern half of the island of Great Britain and bounded on the north by Scotland and Wales to the west.


Tourist Attractions: The main tourist attraction is located in the center, including the city's West End in cinemas, bars, clubs, theaters, shops and restaurants. The city of Westminster in Westminster Abbey, the royal palace Buckingham, Clarence House and bull, the District of Kensington and Chelsea, with its museums (Science Museum, the Natural History Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and Hyde Park. Other major tourist attractions are the St Paul's Cathedral, the National Gallery, Bank side of Southwark with the Globe Theatre, the Tate Modern and London Bridge, Tower Bridge and the Tower of London, Tate Britain, the British Museum in Bloomsbury.


Climate: London has a temperate climate, ocean, seldom hot summers (average temperature in July: 18 ° C), as well as rarely sees a very severe winter (average temperature in January: 6th)


lunes, 9 de junio de 2008

Destination Mexico


Name: Mexico
Location: It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the North Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico
Area: 2 million square kilometers
Climate:Situated in southern North America at about 23° N and 102° W, Mexico comprises much of Middle America.The Tropic of Cancereffectively divides the country into temperate and tropical zones. Land north of the twenty-fourth parallel experiences cooler temperatures during the winter months. South of the twenty-fourth parallel, temperatures are fairly constant year round and vary solely as a function of elevation.
Population: over 20 million people
Main Cities: -Argentina
-Brazil
-Chile
-Colombia
-Peru
-Cuba
-Venezuela
-Guatemala
-Belize
Language: There is no de jure constitutional official language at the federal level in Mexico. Spanish, spoken by 97% of the population, is considered a national language by The General Law of Linguistic Rights of the Indigenous Peoples
Currency: The dollar(PPP)
Popular tourist attractions: -The ruins of machupichu
-The beach

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DESTINATION : SOUTH KOREA

NAME:SOUTH KOREA

LANGUAGE: Official: Korean

Population: 48,000,000

Country Full Name :Republic of Korea

Attractions(seoul): Chongmyo Shrine, Children’s Grand Park, Toksugung Palace, Kyongbokkung Palace, Toksugung Palace, Changdokkung Palace, night market at Dong-Dae Moon, Achasanseong Fortress, Dongshipjagak ,Lotte World, Seoul Dream Land and Everland

Surface: South Korea has a total land area of nearly 98,200 sq. km. Population: South Korea has a population of approximately 48,846,800 residents, comprising 26% Christians, 26% Buddhists, 46% with no affiliation to any religion, 1% Confucianist and 1% others.

System of government: South Korea follows republican form of government.

Religion: Christianity and Buddhism are the most important religions in South Korea.

Capital: Seoul with a population of around 10,356,000 (2006) is the capital of South Korea.

Climate: South Korea has temperate climate.

Travel documents required: Visa is not compulsory for short visit of up to 3 months; passport valid for 6 months is a must for all visiting South Korea.