• Kyrgyzstan

    Posted by pompos 04/28/2009 @ 18:13 3.4348986126183 (1874)

    Tags : kyrgyzstan, central asia, asia, world

    Kyrgyzstan
    Kyrgyzstan (pronounced /ˈkɝːɡɪstæn/; KUR-gi-stan; Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан ; Russian: Киргизстан ), officially the Kyrgyz...
    Scouting in Kyrgyzstan
    Scouting in Kyrgyzstan was founded in November 1994 and is not yet a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, but is working toward...
    Islam in Kyrgyzstan
    The vast majority of religious people in Kyrgyzstan are Muslims of the Sunni branch, which entered the region during the 8th century. Some Kyrgyz...
    Military of Kyrgyzstan
    The armed forces of Kyrgyzstan, originally formed from former Soviet forces of the Turkestan Military District stationed in the newly independent...

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  • Hamid Karzai

    Posted by pompos 03/30/2009 @ 17:12 3.4244296578123 (2104)

    Tags : hamid karzai, afghanistan, central asia, asia, world

    Hamid Karzai
    Karzai in 14 June 2004. Hamid Karzai (حامد کرزی - Ḥāmid Karzay) (born 24 December 1957) is the current President of Afghanistan since...
    Afghanistan
    Afghanistan (pronounced /æfˈgænɪstæn/), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in...
    Politics of Afghanistan
    In recent years the politics of Afghanistan have been dominated by the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, by the NATO forces and the subsequent efforts to...
    Kabul
    Kābul (Persian: کابل, IPA: ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of approximately three million. The total...

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  • India

    Posted by pompos 03/09/2009 @ 19:13 3.4022415940301 (2409)

    Tags : india, asia, world

    India
    India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages), is a...
    Foreign relations of India
    The Republic of India is the world's most-populous democracy and has one of the fastest economic growth rates in the world (8.9 percent GDP increase...
    Economy of India
    The economy of India is the twelfth largest in the world by market exchange rates and the fourth largest in the world by GDP, measured on a...

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  • Laos

    Posted by pompos 03/06/2009 @ 15:07 3.4648829431577 (1196)

    Tags : laos, asia, world

    Laos
    Laos (pronounced /ˈlɑː.oʊs/, /ˈlaʊs/, or /ˈleɪ.ɒs/), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in southeast...
    Transport in Laos
    This article concerns systems of transportation in Laos. Laos is a country in Asia, which possesses a number of modern transportation systems...
    History of Laos
    The earliest Lao legal document (and the earliest sociological evidence about the existence of the Lao people) is known as "the laws of Khun...
    Military of Laos
    The Lao People's Army, is the name of the armed forces of Laos, who are charged with protecting the country. Until 1975, the Royal Laos Army were the...

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  • Serzh Sargsyan

    Posted by pompos 03/01/2009 @ 13:42 3.4119646498982 (1471)

    Tags : serzh sargsyan, armenia, asia, world

    Serzh Sargsyan
    Serzh Azati Sargsyan (Armenian Սերժ Ազատի Սարգսյան, born June 30, 1954) is the current President of Armenia. He won the February...
    Prosperous Armenia
    Prosperous Armenia (Armenian: Բարգավաճ Հայաստանի Կուսակցություն, Bargavadj Hayastani Kusaktsutyun, BHK) is a political...
    Mikael Harutyunyan
    Mikael Harutyunyan (Armenian: Միքաել Հարությունյան, born February 10, 1946, Sagiyan, Shamakhi, Azerbaijan) was the 7th Defence...
    Armenian presidential election, 2008
    A presidential election was held in Armenia on 19 February 2008. Prime Minister of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan won the election in the first round...

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  • Andhra Pradesh

    Posted by pompos 02/28/2009 @ 18:40 3.3761415524906 (1752)

    Tags : andhra pradesh, india, asia, world

    Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh
    Coordinates: 18°40′19″N 78°05′38″E / 18.672°N 78.094°E / 18.672; 78.094 Nizamabad pronunciation (help·info) is a city and a...
    Cinema of Andhra Pradesh
    Cinema of Andhra Pradesh (Telugu: తెలుగు సినీపరిశ్రమ), refers to the Telugu language film industry in India. The...
    Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh ( आंधरा प्रदेश ) (Telugu: ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్) ( pronunciation (help·info), translation...

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  • Cyclone Nargis

    Posted by pompos 02/28/2009 @ 12:06 3.426270136291 (1614)

    Tags : cyclone nargis, myanmar, asia, world

    Cyclone Nargis
    Cyclone Nargis (JTWC designation: 01B, also known as Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis), was a strong tropical cyclone that caused the worst natural...
    2008 Sichuan earthquake
    The nineteenth deadliest earthquake of all time, the 2008 Sichuan earthquake (simplified Chinese: 四川大地震; traditional Chinese...
    Yangon
    Yangon (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်မြို့; MLCTS: rankun mrui., pronounced ; also known as Rangoon) is the largest city and a former...
    Bogale
    The Bogalay Township (often spelled Bogale or Bogala) is one of five townships that are a part of the Pyapon District within the Ayeyarwady Division...

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  • Taro Aso

    Posted by pompos 02/27/2009 @ 19:39 3.3962492437851 (1653)

    Tags : taro aso, japan, asia, world

    Taro Aso
    Taro Aso (麻生太郎 ,Asō Tarō?, born September 20, 1940) is the current Prime Minister of Japan, having taken office on September 24, 2008. He...
    Japan
    Japan (日本 Nihon or Nippon?, officially 日本国 Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku) is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it...
    Prime Minister of Japan
    The Prime Minister of Japan (内閣総理大臣, Naikaku sōri daijin?) is the usual English-language term used for the head of government of Japan...
    Yuriko Koike
    Yuriko Koike (小池 百合子 ,Koike Yuriko?, born July 15, 1952) is a Japanese politician, who was the Minister of Defense in the Cabinet of Prime...

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  • Mumbai

    Posted by pompos 02/26/2009 @ 00:56 3.4384098544331 (1786)

    Tags : mumbai, india, asia, world

    Mumbai
    Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई, Mumbaī, IPA: (help·info))— formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial...
    Mumbai Harbour
    Mumbai Harbour (aka Front Bay) is the southern portion of the Ulhas River estuary, the northern (and narrower) part of which is called Thane Creek...
    Mumbai Suburban Railway
    The Mumbai Suburban Railway (Marathi: मुंबई उपनगरीय रेल्) system, part of the public transportation system of Mumbai...

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