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Such a rapid and unexpected growth led to the UN declaring Mexico City as the most polluted city in the world in 1992. This was partly due to Mexico City's high altitude (7382 ft above sea level), which causes its oxygen levels to be 25% lower. Carbon-based fuels also do not combust completely. Other factors include the proliferation of ...
An Inconvenient Truth presents in film form an illustrated talk on climate by Al Gore, aimed at alerting the public to an increasing "planetary emergency" due to global warming, and shows re-enacted incidents from his life story which influenced his concerns about environmental issues.
In a study conducted by Curt Covey et al., it was found that an asteroid about 10 km (6.2 mi) in diameter with the explosive force of about 10 8 MT could send upward of about 2.5x10 15 kg of 1 μm sized aerosol particles into the atmosphere. Anything larger would fall quickly back to the surface. [3]
Saudi religious police acquitted of homicide, by Iman al-Qahtani, al-Arabiya News, (Tr. Sonia Farid), Tuesday, September 16, 2008. Blogger behind bars: The Saudi authorities are holding blogger Fouad Farhan in detention - but without giving any reason for his arrest, Iman al-Qahtani, The Guardian, Saturday December 29, 2007.
Misión: salvar la Tierra) is a 2008 Spanish comedy film based on the popular Spanish comic book series Mortadelo y Filemón by Francisco Ibáñez Talavera starring Eduardo Soto and Pepe Viyuela in the lead roles. [1] It is the second live action movie of the characters, the first being La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón.
Al-Obeidi entered the Rixos Al Nasr hotel on March 26, 2011, later telling CNN she had gained entry by pretending to be a member of staff. After finding foreign journalists in the restaurant, she showed them her injuries, which The New York Times described as "a broad bruise on her face, a large scar on her upper thigh, several narrow and deep scratch marks lower on her leg, and marks that ...
Santiago Imán was a Creole revolutionary involved in a series of events that led to, and helped cause, the Caste War of Yucatán and was born in 1800. Through 1839 to 1840, starting on May 29, he led a revolt which helped push the Yucatán's separation from Mexico, which was currently going through tough problems after the Pastry War with France and was also having difficulty, and weakness ...
Iman (Arabic: إِيمَان, romanized: ʾīmān, lit. ' faith ' or ' belief ' , also 'recognition') in Islamic theology denotes a believer's recognition of faith and deeds in the religious aspects of Islam .