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Gibraltar, at the southern tip of Spain, turned up 1,600 miles away in the English east-coast town of Skegness, which has a Gibraltar Point nearby. Two complementary things are happening in these stories. One is that these people are displaying a woeful ignorance of geography. In the case of Stamford Bridge, one driver and two passengers spent well over two hours in a car without noticing that instead of passing Northampton and swiftly entering the built-up sprawl of London, their view continued to be

ton bell hung within. This bell came originally from the old Palace of Westminster, it was given to the Dean of St. Paul's by William III. Before returning to Westminster to hang in its present home, it was refashioned in Whitechapel in 1858. The BBC first broadcast the chimes on the 31st December 1923 - there is a microphone in the turret connected to Broadcasting House. There are even cells within the clock tower where Members of Parliament can be imprisoned for a breach of parliamentary privilege

In the article titled "Korean family's tale of emotional reunion", BBC journalist, John Sudworth reports Lee Kyong Hee's family reunion experience. Kyong Hee lives in South Korea and she hadn't seen her sister for sixty years as her sister lives in North Korea, having been separated during the Korean War. Thanks to the two government’s program of family reunions settled since 2000, she was allowed to see and speak to her sister for a while. Before the meeting, she and her family were very excited

important part of Dubai's economic history and development. This is so as Dubai's economic mission was to diversify its economy so that it wouldn't be dependent on any one resources or industry. Such being the case, Dubai's tourism constitutes more than two thirds of the UAE's national tourism industry and is spurred by hotel, leisure, entertainment and shopping venues. There’s also property and developement : Dubai has made significant investments in its property sector. The country boasts some of

TV channels. Nevertheless, the broadcast supply expansion does not systematically lead to a diversification of programs offered by TV channels. This document shows that broadcast sector properties, in particular the importance of fixed costs and the two-sided nature of broadcast markets, lead TV channels to standardize their programs. As a consequence, even in a context of broadcast supply expansion, public intervention remains essential to guarantee an acceptable level of quality and diversity of

L Land (v): atterrir We will be landing in a few minutes : Nous allons atterrir dans quelques instants. Laptop: ordinateur portable Last (adj): dernier We saw him last week : Nous l’avons vu la semaine dernière. Last (v): durer The movie lasts two hours : Le film dure deux heures Late, to be late: en retard; être en retard I’m late (RIGHT) I’m in late (WRONG) Lately: récemment (NOT en retard) Latest : le plus récent The latest news : les dernières infos Lecture: cours magistral Lecture hall :

think of themselves as Welsh, people from Scotland as Scottish, people from Northern Ireland as either British or Irish. Great Britain is the term used to distinguish Britain from Brittany in France. Great Britain is the official name given to the two kingdom of England and Scotland and the principality of Wales. England Scotland and Wales together with the province of Northern, from the country officially known as the « UK of GB and Northern Ireland », or simply the UK. The UK came into being

defined by how old we are, and that with aging comes not only loss but also the possibility of grace and wisdom. The following two secrets arrived in my mailbox the same week. The postmarks on each card were different, but when I posted them together on the PostSecret website (www.postsecret.com) they seemed as though they could have been written by the same person at two different points in her life. I am a junior in high school. I have good friends and a loving family. I am smart. I am a good

the extremist al-Muhajiroun organisation, which was officially disbanded in Britain in 2004. The group relaunched itself as two new groups that year, but both were proscribed by the Government for glorifying terrorism. “I am absolutely disgusted with the demonstration by a small number of extremists linked to al-Muhajiroun. It is not representative of Luton," the MP said on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. She added that she had been left surprised that police had authorised the protest, which caused

commemorations, the Chinese repression was particularly violent and bloody, and shocked the International public opinion. The origin of the conflict Before coming back on these events, we have to explain the origin of the conflict. Here I will mention the two points of view. * The Chinese point of view To the question if the Tibet is a part of China, the Chinese representatives answer that after 700 years of sovereignty exercise over Tibet, China is in a lawful position. They also add that Tibet has