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Who owns the moon? It's 'complicated,' say experts BYLINE: By Lara Farrar For CNN, London, England http:// www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/05/19/moon.land/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Basic Facts about the United Nations ST/DPI/2337 (2004ed.) http:// www.un.org/aboutun/basicfacts/ E, F, R, S. 2004 issue on the web Charter of the United Nations http:// www.un.org/aboutun/charter/ issued in several langs.

I stumbled upon this link, pre-islamic Arabic culture: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ISLAM/PRE.HTM At that link, the drop-down menu gives other informative links: interestingly the Memluks page is blank, so is the seljuks, mongols, timurids check out this database: http:// library.uncfsu.edu/databases/subject_results.asp and look for the music d'base Here is another one I found - what a great treasure - in alphabetical order - Armenian History glossary: http:// www.armenianhistory.info/glossary.htm Update: In this thread I will be updating links to cultural sites on Social Media: Culture on Facebook: - Spanish Culture NY: https://www.facebook.com/SpainCultureNY - Spanish cultural organizations https://www.spainculture.us/cultural-organizations /

http://www.allmyfaves.com/ it has all the popular stores and you click on them and brings you to the corresponding websites.

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I'll list here links to ecards i have received from: http:// www.dayspring.com /

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Article about one of the rich Armenian heritage findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1310/is_1998_May/ai_20825359 UNESCO Courier, May 1998, Heritage: The Monastery of Haghpat by Elisabeth Baudourian - by Elisabeth Baudourian Haghpat: " A masterpiece of religious architecture and a major centre of learning in the Middle Ages, Armenia's Haghpat Monastery was placed on UNESCO's World Heritage list in 1996." http:// unesdoc.unesco.org/ulis/cgi-bin/ulis.pl?database=&lin=1&mode=e&gp=1&look=new&sc1=1&sc2=1&ref=http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient%26aq=t%26ie=UTF-8%26rlz=1T4GGLJ_enUS251US251%26q=Unesco%2Bthe%2Bmonastery%2Bof%2Bhaghpat%2Bby%2Belisabeth%2Bbaudourian&nl=1&req=2&au=Baudourian,%20Elisabeth http:// unesdoc.unesco.org/ulis/cgi-bin/ulis.pl?catno=111715&gp=1&mode=e&lin=1

Here is reference tools for the dual blockade of Armenia by Turkey and Azerbaijan : Document: General Assembly Meetings Coverage: United Nations: Department of Public Information (DPI) document: WOM/1353: Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 571st and 572nd Meetings (AM & PM) ARMENIAN DELEGATION CITES EARTHQUAKE, BLOCKADE AMONG OBSTACLES TO CONVENTION’S IMPLEMENTATION http:// www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2002/wom1353.doc.htm Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr, 8th District, New Jersey Report to the House of Representatives September 8, 2003 Title: The Effects of the Ongoing and Dual Blockades of Armenia by Turkey and Azerbaijan http:// www.house.gov/list/press/nj06_pallone/pr_apr18_armenia_economic_aid.html

link to ODS: http:// documents.un.org/welcome.asp?language=E

To check live traffic in NYC: http://www.trafficland.com/city/NYC/?rsid=weatherbug

Lebanese looking for employment may check out the site: http://hirelebanese.com/ Looking to work at the UN? Create your PHP - and check out vacancies at: http://jobs.un.org

Thanks to Hani who sent the following info: Saviez-vous que Tony Fadell, créateur du iPod, est d'origine libanaise ? Né en 1969, de parents libanais, diplômé de Michigan University, il reçoit un appel téléphonique de la part de Steve Jobs alors qu'il skiait dans les Rocheuses. On peut voir sa photo ici : http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/fadellphoto.html "L'histoire de l'iPod a commencé début 2001, dans les montagnes Rocheuses. L'ingénieur Tony Fadell faisait du ski lorsqu'un coup de téléphone des dirigeants d'Apple lui confie la mission de concevoir un baladeur numérique inédit. Les conditions : que l'appareil soit prêt pour Noël, qu'il ait une surface plate et soit capable de transférer très vite des titres musicaux depuis un ordinateur." Il est actuellement le : Senior Vice President iPod Division Un Libanais brillant : http://www.zoominfo.com/search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=2497321 Sur le site suivant http://www.proud2blebanese.com/ vous

Article: UN begins HQ overhaul after years of wrangling To Cost US$1.9B by Janet Whitman, Financial Post - Published: Monday, May 05, 2008 http:// www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=492336

United Nations Press Release UN Landmark Disability Treaty to Enter into Force on 3 May United Nations, 2 May 2008 – The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is set to enter into force tomorrow, 3 May, marking a new era in efforts to protect the rights of the world’s 650 million persons with disabilities. The Convention, the first new human rights treaty of the 21st Century, has been signed by 127 countries since 30 March 2007 and ratified by 25. The Convention needed 20 countries to ratify it before it could take effect. Jamaica was the first country to ratify the Convention, and on 3 April, Ecuador ratified it, providing the sufficient number of parties for the Convention to enter into force. Along with the Convention, an Optional Protocol which will allow individuals and groups to petition for relief will also take effect on 3 May. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called the Convention “a powerful tool to eradicate the obstacles faced by persons

Special collections at the UAE Library: http:// www.library.uaeu.ac.ae/Quick%20links/Specoll/Specindex.htm Their reserve books - archives link: Reserve Books are reserved for different reasons: 1- For having historical and documentary importance like the Archives Editions on the Arabian Peninsula, the Gulf, Jordan and Iraq, and these can also be checked out, 2- For either containing controversial information about religion and politics, or for containing indecent pictures and pictorial works, and these are not allowed to be checked out.

I'll compile here links to libraries worldwide: (I'll update the list often) United Arab Emirates Library: http:// www.library.uaeu.ac.ae/

One of my colleagues had brought to my attention the following boycott for products because they promoted unhealthy relationships in media: http:// www.afa.net/Petitions/Issuedetail.asp?id=316 http:// Products list of Procter and Gamble

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