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Toulougne blagnac airport FRANCE départures
Message important : Suite à une très forte affluence, le site internet toulouse.aeroport.fr n'est que partiellement accessible. Nous nous excusons de la gêne occasionnée. En raison du déplacement du nuage de cendres consécutif à l'éruption du volcan islandais,...
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the obsolete constellations -
The obsolete constellations - River Tigris, the Tigris river: A seldom mentioned constellation that was once placed near the shoulder of Ophiuchus, the serpent-bearer. The constellation was created by the German astronomer Jakob Bartsch during the seventeenth...
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IRAQ: River Tigris becoming a graveyard of bodies
BAGHDAD, 8 May 2007 (IRIN) - The River Tigris has long been a symbol of prosperity in Iraq but since the US-led invasion in 2003, this amazing watercourse has turned into a graveyard of bodies. In addition, the water level is decreasing as pollution increases,...
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The Tigris River - Facts about Ancient Sumer
Ancient Sumeria In the Days when Gods Walked Upon the Face of the Earth" The Tigris River - Facts about Ancient Sumer by James W. Bell © 2002-3 ‘ Idigna’ in Sumerian ‘Idiklat’ in Akkadian ‘Hiddekel’ in Hebrew ‘Dijla’ in Arabic ‘Dicle’ in Turkish ‘Tigris’...
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the tigris river
1 THE TIGRIS RIVER http://lexicorient.com/e.o/tigris.htm River of Turkey , Syria and Iraq . Its length is 1,850 km, and it has two principal sources, Lake Hazer and Lake Van, both in Anatolia in Turkey. These two streams joins at Til in Turkey. Tributaries...
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Samarra
3 SAMARRA http://lexicorient.com/e.o/samarra.htm City in central Iraq with about 200,000 inhabitants (2002 estimate). Samarra lies on the east bank of the Tigris River. Samarra is a trade centre of its region. There is some industry and small crafts,...
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Bagdad
4 BAGDAD http://lexicorient.com/e.o/baghdad.htm Capital of Iraq with about 7.4 million inhabitants (2005 estimate), situated in the interior of the country on the river Tigris at the point where land transportation meets river transportation, and where...
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BADGAD HISTORY
BAGDAD HISTORY Caliph al-Mansur selects the site of the Persian village Baghdad as the location of the new administrative centre of the Caliphate. 836: The Caliph abandons Baghdad, and settles in Samarra . The new rulers of Baghdad are Turkish groups,...
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Mesopotamia
MESOPOTAMIA - http://lexicorient.com/e.o/mesopotamia.htm A region in the Middle East which is defined as the land lying between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris in what is Iraq today. This region was the birthplace of the first civilizations, and among...
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Sumer
SUMER - http://lexicorient.com/e.o/sumer.htm Country in southeastern Mesopotamia , and birthplace for the first civilization in world history. The history of Sumer is counted as lasting from about 3500 BCE until 2000 BCE, where after other cultures, based...
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Assyria
ASSYRIA – http://lexicorient.com/e.o/assyria.htm Ancient country in the Middle East , with centre in modern Iraq along the Tigris river . At its height in the 7th century BCE, Assyria also covered areas in modern eastern Turkey , Syria , Lebanon , Palestine...
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IRAQ - Political situation
http://lexicorient.com/e.o/iraq.htm IRAQ Political situation IRAQI STATE LEADERS Since 1921 Faisal 1 King 1921-1933 Ghazi 1 King 1933-1939 Abdullah bni Ali Acting regent for infant Faisal 2 1939-1953 Faisal 2 King 1953-1958 Abdul Karim Qasim Prime minister...
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Hidden Love
I planted a seed in your soil And it began to grow It broke through the surface And the flower blossomed out Then the sun beat down on it And the rose began to wilt My flower is dying from lack of care And only you can nurture it back to health The rose...
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Rendez vous à Beyrouth
Rendez vous à Beyrouth We miss the occasion To meet together in Beyrut . I am dreaming of the day I will be with you quietly Seeing you at the airport Through the barrier. You will wait for me as usual Will you have another rose To give me as a present...
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blue words ...
Blue moon, blue sky, blue stars, Blue rain, blue drops, blue tears Blue ice, blue mountain, blue flakes Blue smell, blue flavour , blue perfume Blue blood, blue lady, blue angel Blue ocean, blue lagoon, blue island Blue flowers, blue birds, blue dove...
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'O blessed Tigris',
From Iraqi poet - Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri, who died 1997. 'O blessed Tigris', and was written in 1962: 'I greet you from afar, O greet me back, O blessed Tigris, river of gardens green. I greet your banks, seeking to quench my thirst, Like doves between...
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in my soul - Rabia al Basri
In my soul There is a temple, a shrine, a mosque, a church Where I kneel. Prayer should bring us to an altar where no walls or names exist. Is there not a region of love where the sovereignty is Illumined nothing, Where ecstasy gets poured into itself...
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you and me
You and me, Together forever we will be; As long as there is Heaven and Hell, We will always be well; Every time I look into your eyes, I know my heart never lies; About the way my love for you is true, And for that love of you anything I would do; When...
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farewell -
You who want to associate body and mind Thinking that love came when you saw me That a look is enough to know each other Doesn’t matter of years or experience A so deep feeling is not a science Beyond to want there is the reason And to understand it finally...
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Do you believe in loneliness ?
Do you believe in loneliness? I used to try To set aside Some time for being lonely So many times I prayed to find Someone like you to hold me All I know is that when I think of you I'm not alone I just simply close my eyes And sing my song And I am home...
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Farewell (2) Garou 1
1 Farewell To the wet trees of September To their sun of memories To these blue words to these sweet words I heard you telling me Thanks to a hollow way Or a lit candle Farewell that was both of us Feeling passionately in love Adieu Aux arbres mouillés...
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Farewell (2) Garou 2
2 Farewell Is an infinite hurry haste Where the horses have suffered Where glares of your absence Marked the shadow of pleasure Farewell is a letter from you That I will keep on my heart An illusion of you and me An impression of living somewhere else...
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Farewell (2) Garou 3
3 Farewell Is only truth in front of God Everything else is letter to be written To those who said goodbye When they have to stay You cannot look down In front of the red fireplaces We knew others fires Which consumed us so well L'adieu N'est que vérité...
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my arabic lover
My Arabic love(r) With passion, jealousy and faith You let me know the meaning of attachment Thou my young man of desert and sun. He was my Aladdin and his magic light And he let me understand that passion exists Inside ourselves even if it is deeply...
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The angel
The Angel I dreamt a dream! What can it mean? And that I was a maiden Queen Guarded by an Angel mild: Witless woe was ne'er beguiled! And I wept both night and day, And he wiped my tears away; And I wept both day and night, And hid from him my heart's...