Desi Wonders

Countries of the World – Mauritius

Mauritius is one of the favourite destinations in the world for its sandy beaches and breathtaking landscape. It is an island nation located in the southwest Indian Ocean and east of the African continent. The nearest island nations to Mauritius are to its west in the French overseas island of Réunion (250 kms away southwards) [...]

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Countries of the World – Barbados

Barbados is a tiny island nation that lies between the eastern Caribbean Sea and the western Atlantic Ocean. This coral island is a part of the Lesser Antilles (group of volcanic islands that are part of the West Indies) and is close to several other tiny island nations like Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Saint [...]

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New Nokia Phones Launched

Nokia has launched its new models here in Helsinki, Finland they were 6700 classic, 6303 and 2700. 6700 classic was a successor the top hit slim model 6300, the model has a 5 megapixel camera, GPS navigation and Google maps. “It would be one of our best selling devices in 2009 as said by Mr [...]

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Barack Obama’s New Presidential Limo

President Barack Obama new Limo has been revealed by General Motors even before his oath ceremony.Its been a tradition for the U.S. Presidents to use Cadillac Limousine.The one which is designed for the new president has got a lot of security features installed in it.

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Geographical Divisions of USA and its Overseas Territories

The United States of America is divided into as many as 50 States along with the federal district – the District of Columbia in which the Capital City of Washington D.C is located. Besides these 50 States and the federal district, the United States of America has five main overseas territories that are located in [...]

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Countries of the World: United States of America

The United States of America (USA or America or United States or U.S.) located mostly in the continent of North America is considered to be the world’s most powerful nation. This nation has borders with Canada (on the north) and Mexico (on the South). USA also has several overseas territories located elsewhere. It has the [...]

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Countries by Population

The estimated human population on the earth is 6,752,200,000 or to put it in simple words about a 6.75 billion people as per the figures given available till date! Two countries – China and India share the bulk of that figure and contribute over 35% of that estimated human population. Therefore Asia is obviously the [...]

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Brief Profile of Oceania

Oceania is not a continent but is generally used to refer to the numerous islands in the Pacific Ocean along with the world’s smallest continent Australia. Oceania mainly consists of bigger nations like Australia, New Zealand, a part of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea plus a lot of tiny islands that are located in the Pacific [...]

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Brief Profile of South America

South America is the fourth largest continent in the world and it consists of 12 countries and 3 dependencies. This continent covers about 3.5% of the earth’s total surface area. South America is the fifth most populous continent of the world with about 6% of the total human population.

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Brief Profile of North America

North America is the third largest continent in the world and it consists of 23 countries and 18 dependencies. This continent covers about 4.8% of the earth’s total surface area. North America is the fourth most populous continent of the world with about 8% of the total human population.

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