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Billionaire owner of Chelsea Football Club, Roman Abramovich, has had to give up an attempt to reach the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa. The 42-year-old Russian oligarch was carried down to safety after suffering breathing problems on his attempt.
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How to Travel with Twitter? This is the title on an article recently published on National Geographic`s website. According to the author is the popular micro-blogging site is a handy tool for world roamers. Find out how you can use Twitter in the best way when you are travelling.
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EURES is the European Job Mobility Portal offer additional services as advising. EURES helps workers to cross borders. In a easy way you can find information on jobs and learning opportunities throughout Europe.
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Visitors in Helsinki are now offered new opportunities to experience the city in the winter season, such as Sofia Wisdom of Silence, Cosy Finnish Sauna Evening, Finland Spa, FoodSightseeing, Kallbådan Seal Safari, Walking tours and Casino Experience. These adventures complement existing offerings and further enhance the urban experience in wintertime.
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Stonehenge outside London, the ancient city Petra in Jordan, Colosseum i Rome, Machu Picchu, Cusco in Peru, Angkor Wat in Cambodia. These places are considered as the world's 5 most over-rated ancient and historical sites in a new book called The Road Less Travelled. So where can we find more interested places to experience?
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The Viking graveyard in the village of Rygge, about 15 minutes` drive from Moss, was until recently overgrown with weeds and trees. It`s now surrounded by evergreen large fields, trees and bushes. I can clearly observe strange stones placed in a circle, but what is hiding underground?
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The Beat Goes On festival in Liverpool is inspired by city`s significant contribution to popular music. The festival is open at World Museum Liverpool from 12 July 2008 to 1 November 2009. The Beat Goes On showcases Merseysides vibrant music scenes that have played a major part in the citys life over the past 60 years. Especially one group will never be forgotten: The Beatles!
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The search for the Biblical Mount Sinai goes on. According to the Hebrew Bible received Moses the Ten Commandments from God on a top of a mountain called Mount Sinai, but where was this mountain? Many believed that Mount Sinai, Jebel Musa, on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula is this mountain. On the top of this mountain travellers can today enjoy the sunset and admire the wonderful view. But there are also other suggestions where the Biblical Mount Sinai is located.
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The most emotional moment in Steven Spielberg's epic movie, Schindler's List, is in my opinion the little girl in the red coat. She is alone in a big crowd with prisoners and moves helpess alone. When I watch this scene I start thinking of all the shoes from the killed children displayed in a glass monter in Auschwitch.
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National Geographic encourage people to send in their best photos in three categories: People, Places, and Nature. In the photo contest participants have a chance to win a digital camera kit and get their images printed in National Geographic magazine.
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Swedish divers found recently a huge old shipwreck in the fjord near the Swedish capital Stocholm. The ship was from Holland, used for trading, featuring rich ornament, and from the 1600 century.
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Late in the evening on Saturday 25 April 2009, sun rays and cloudes created a magic blue dark light over Oslo, the capital in Norway. Since the most ancient times dark blue colour has been a popular colour around the world. It has its own expression and in that evening the colour made it very special.
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Taking a tour to the Nowa Huta district, Krakow 's famous communist enclave, was a strange experience for me. As I could understand, the life under the communism was really absurd. Nowa Huta was originally a gift from Stalin. This working-class quarter boasts some great "grey" communist architecture. Its also still bears testament to the power of the Soviets.
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Observing the continuously shifting colours of Ayers Rock, Uluru, in Australia, on a far distance, at sunset and sunrise, is real rewarding, but climbing Ayers Rock is controversial. Since it`s a sacred ground for the Aboriginal people, they prefer tourists not to climb Ayers Rock. Now authorities in Australia will close the site around the huge rock within 2 years.
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Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important books in the world. It was handwritten for over 1600 years ago. The manuscript contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete copy of the New Testament. An international collaboration has now reunited the entire manuscript in digital form and made it accessible to a global audience for the first time.
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Meeting the Mudmen in Papua New Guinea

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