Friday, 14 December, 2018

The Most Valuable Military Real Estate In The World

The Most Valuable Military Real Estate In The World

Posted on Tuesday, 23 January, 2018Tuesday, 23 January, 2018 by Zheluo Cai

The Most Valuable Military Real Estate In The World.

Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east. Djibouti occupies a total area of just 23,200 sq km (8,958 sq miles). In the late 19th century, the colony of French Somaliland was established following treaties signed with the ruling Somali and Afar sultans and subsequently renamed to the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas in 1967. A decade later, the Djiboutian people voted for independence, officially marking the establishment of the Republic of Djibouti. Djibouti is a multi-ethnic nation with a population of over 942,333 inhabitants; the Somali Issa and Afar make up the two largest ethnic groups. Both speak Afroasiatic languages, which serve as recognised national languages, with Arabic and French as the country’s two official languages. About 94% of residents adhere to Islam. Djibouti is strategically located near some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, controlling access to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. It serves as a key refuelling and transhipment centre and is the principal maritime port for imports from and exports to neighbouring Ethiopia. A burgeoning commercial hub, the nation is the site of various foreign military bases.

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https://www.politico.eu/blogs/the-coming-wars/2018/01/the-most-valuable-military-real-estate-in-the-world/

M43: The Orion Falls.
Image Credit & Copyright: Zhuoqun Wu, Chilescope Telescope 2. M43, part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, is the often imaged but rarely mentioned neighbour of the more famous M42. M42, which includes many bright stars from the Trapezium cluster, lies above the featured scene. M43 is itself a star-forming region and although laced with filaments of dark dust, is composed mostly of glowing hydrogen. The entire Orion field, located about 1600 light years away, is inundated with many intricate and picturesque filaments of dust. Opaque to visible light, dark dust is created in the outer atmosphere of massive cool stars and expelled by a strong outer wind of protons and electrons.

Armenia - Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions Thursday, 13 December, 2018
Exercise normal precautions in Armenia. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. Do not travel to: The Nagorno-Karabakh region due to armed conflict. Read the Safety and Security section on the country information page. If you decide to travel to Armenia: Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive Alerts and make it easier […]

Sunflowers (Tournesols) is the name of two series of still life paintings by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. The first series, executed in Paris in 1887, depicts the flowers lying on the ground, while the second set, executed a year later in Arles, shows a bouquet of sunflowers in a vase. In the artist's mind, both sets were linked by the name of his friend Paul Gauguin, who acquired two of the Paris versions. On March 30, 1987, Japanese insurance magnate, Yasuo Goto, paid the equivalent of US $39,921,750 for van Gogh's Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers at auction at Christie's London. The painting currently resides at Seiji Togo Yasuda Memorial Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo.

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