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121Jordan — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Jordan <p></p> Background: <p></p> Following World War I and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the League of Nations awarded Britain the mandate to govern much of …
122Senegal — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Senegal <p></p> Background: <p></p> The French colonies of Senegal and the French Sudan were merged in 1959 and granted their independence as the Mali Federation in… …
123South Africa — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::South Africa <p></p> Background: <p></p> Dutch traders landed at the southern tip of modern day South Africa in 1652 and established a stopover point on the spice… …
124Telecommunications in Kuwait — Telephones main lines in use: 510,300 (2005) Telephones mobile cellular: 2.7 million (2007) Telephone system: general assessment: the quality of service is excellent domestic: new telephone exchanges provide a large capacity for new subscribers;… …
125Tyco Electronics — Infobox Company company name = Tyco Electronics Ltd company type = Public (NYSE|TEL) company foundation = 2007 location = Pembroke Parish, Bermuda key people = Tom Lynch, CEO industry = Electronics products = Electronics, Electronic Components,… …
126Hydrogen darkening — is a physical degradation of the optical properties of glass. Free hydrogen atoms are able to bind to the SiO2 silica glass compound forming hydroxyl (OH) a chemical compound that interferes with the passage of light through the glass.The problem …
127Information superhighway — The information superhighway was a popular term used through the 1990s to refer to digital communication systems. It is associated with Al Gore. [http://www.netvalley.com/cgi bin/intval/net history.pl] DefinitionsThere are a number of definitions …
128Howard Street Tunnel fire — Infobox rail accident title= PAGENAME date= July 18, 2001 location= Baltimore, Baltimore coordinates= line = Baltimore Belt Line cause= trains= pax= deaths= 0 injuries= 0 The Baltimore Freight Rail Crash (also known as the Howard Street Tunnel… …
