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The United Arab Emirates is well placed on the world map of international sport by hosting some of the most prestigious sporting events in the world. The infrastructure and facilities are world-class and has marked the UAE as the sporting capital of the Middle East. The 2006-2007 racing season began in November with the Winter Racing Challenge, the 2007 Dubai International Racing Carnival starts on 18th January and the season culminates with the world’s richest race, the Dubai World Cup, sponsored by Emirates Airline on Saturday 31st March 2007. Along with the Dubai World Cup, there are a further five Thoroughbred Group races and a Group One for Purebred Arabians, ensuring the day is one of the most significant in global Thoroughbred horse racing. The Carnival, which last year attracted over 200 horses from 14 countries, runs over 10 meetings at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse. In addition to the racing, the Dubai Racing Club will be organising a number of glamorous social occasions, including the ever popular Fillies & Fashions.

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Avignon is one of the most active and beautiful cities in France. Thanks to its architectural and artistic heritage, this old city is one of the most important Gothic ensembles in Europe. Avignon is famous worldwide thanks to its theater festival -considered as the most important one in the world. Avignon is definitely not a town to stay in if you’re interested in sightseeing the surrounding countryside and don’t have much time. Avignon is ancient, full of history, life, youth, art, music and activity. Just to “see” the town itself, you could wander the narrow streets inside the fortified walls for days without tiring of them. Avignon is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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A bullring is an arena where bullfighting is performed. Bullrings are often associated with Spain, but they can also be found in neighboring countries and the New World. Bullrings are often historic and culturally significant centers that bear many structural similarities to the Roman amphitheater. The most famous bullrings in the world are Plaza de toros de Mexico in Mexico and Plaza de toros Monumental de Valencia in Valencia, Venezuela. The main bullrings are usually found in Spain, southern France and Portugal, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru.

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Mall of America is a shopping mall located in the Twin Cities suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota. Mall of America is the most visited shopping mall in the world with more than 40 million visitors annually. Mall of America has a gross area of 390,000 m², with 230,000 m² available as retail space. Two nearly identical seven story parking ramps on east and west sides provide approximately 13,000 parking spaces. Parking lots on the north and south of the building, along with nearby overflow parking, bring the total number of spaces up to approximately 20,000. Mall of America, opened in August 1992, is the largest mall in the United States, covering 31 hectares.

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The Most Serene Republic of San Marino is the third smallest nation in Europe after Monaco and Vatican City. San Marino is located in the north-centre part of Italy, just 23 km from Rimini, the closest important Italian city in its vicinity located at the Adriatic Sea. It has a total surface area of 61 square Km and a population of about 28000 inhabitants. San Marino is said to be the world’s oldest surviving republic- it was founded in AD 301. An 1862 friendship and cooperation treaty with Italy, which has since been revised and expanded, reinforced San Marino’s independence. Tourism dominates the economy of the republic. Some three million tourists visits the San Marino every year.

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Recently we met you with some religious festivals around the world. Now we will to present some carnivals of the world. Share and enjoy…….

Notting Hill carnival

This great festival began initially from the energies of Black immigrants from the Caribbean, where the Carnival tradition is very strong. People living locally who dreamed of creating a festival to bring together the people of Notting Hill, most of whom as immigrants, were facing racism, lack of working opportunities, poor housing conditions resulting in a general suppression of good self-esteem. Colourful costumed dancers strut their stuff in time to their own floats beat. Swaying onlookers crowd ten and fifteen deep, whistles blowing and dancing in the streets.

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Valencia
All eyes will be on Valencia later this year when the Spanish city hosts the coveted America’s Cup, the world’s biggest and most prestigious yachting event. Valencia is the first city in Europe to stage the race, despite the event’s long history. Already a popular short break destination with savvy travellers, Valencia benefits from a great location a short hop from the resorts on the Costa Blanca and is well served by no-frills airlines. But it is a charming city in its own right, home to the original paella, and it offers an exciting mixture of old and new, with cutting edge modern architecture and traditional baroque barrios. Check out the futuristic looking Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias (the City of Arts and Sciences) designed by local architect Santiago Calatrava, featuring Europe’s largest state-of-the-art marine park, complete with a 30m- (98ft-) long shark tunnel, a dolphinarium, huge fish tanks, a colony of Humboldt’s penguins, and a very surreal underwater restaurant . The harbour area, Europe’s largest urban regeneration project, will be at the centre of the action during the Cup.

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“What i can say about London that London Eye is one of the Symbols of London”
The British Airways London Eye is the world’s tallest observation wheel at 135m high. Located on the banks of the River Thames it offers unrivalled views over London.
Since opening at the turn of the century, the London Eye has become an iconic landmark, with a status that can be compared to Tower Bridge, Big Ben, Eros and the Tower of London. It has been used as a backdrop in countless films and for innumerable TV programmes. A source of pride for the whole country as well as the capital, the London Eye is the most distinctive addition this century to the world’s greatest city, loved by Britons and tourists alike.

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Situated amidst rolling hills, 30 kilometers from the town of Denizli in southeastern Turkey, the splendid ruins of Aphrodisias contain what was once the preeminent temple of the goddess Aphrodite (the Greek goddess of Love) in Asia Minor. Yet long before the Greek sanctuary of Aphrodite was constructed in the 1st century BC, the site was a holy place and pilgrimage destination of immense importance to other cultures.

According to the Suda, before being known as Aphrodisias, the city had three previous names: Lelegon Polis (city of the Leleges), Megale Polis, and Ninoe. The city was later renamed Stauropolis (city of the cross) in the Christian era. The similarities of the goddess Aphrodite to Artemis of Ephesus and other Anatolian mother goddesses are evident in cult statues found at the ruins. In Hellenistic times, she took the form of an ancient nature goddess who was sovereign on the earth, in heaven, and in the oceans and the underworld.

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Koh Samui has always attracted those in search of a place to relax and recharge, with many new age centres established years before Spa resorts became mainstream. The alternative venues with liver fasting and meditation are still around, complemented by an increasing number of sophisticated new Spa resorts, and spa many located in hotels.

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