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In Wesel, 30 km downstream of Duisburg, is located the western end of the second east–west shipping route, the Wesel-Datteln Canal, which runs parallel to the Lippe. Between Emmerich and Cleves the Emmerich Rhine Bridge , the longest suspension bridge in Germany, crosses the 400-meter-wide (1,300 ft) river.
[130] [131] In April 2022, liberal opposition, the Freedom Movement, won the parliamentary election. The Freedom Movement won 34.5% of the vote, compared with 23.6% for Janša's Slovenian Democratic party. [132] On 25 May 2022, Slovenia's parliament voted to appoint the leader of Freedom Movement, Robert Golob, as the new Prime Minister of ...
This is a list of Ig Nobel Prize winners from 1991 to the present day. [1]A parody of the Nobel Prizes, the Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded each year in mid-September, around the time the recipients of the genuine Nobel Prizes are announced, for ten achievements that "first make people laugh, and then make them think".
Mohamed Abdel Moneim Al-Fayed [a] (/ æ l ˈ f aɪ. ɛ d /; 27 January 1929 – 30 August 2023) was an Egyptian billionaire businessman, whose residence and primary business interests were in the United Kingdom from the mid-1960s.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 September 2024. Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and 2001 to 2006 Khaleda Zia খালেদা জিয়া Zia in 2016 9th Prime Minister of Bangladesh In office 10 October 2001 – 29 October 2006 President Shahabuddin Ahmed Badruddoza Chowdhury Iajuddin Ahmed Preceded by ...
RMS Lusitania (named after the Roman province corresponding to modern Portugal and portions of western Spain) was a British ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906. She was the world's largest passenger ship until the completion of the Mauretania three months later and was awarded the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing in 1908.
The location was economically and geopolitically significant as a key point connecting the shipping between Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Graeco-Roman merchants frequented the ancient Tamil country , present day south India and Sri Lanka , securing contacts with the Tamil chiefdoms of the Pandya, Chola and Chera families. [ 13 ]