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The European Commission Applied Tarrifs Database
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| A databse of customs duties, plus any surcharges or additional duties (anti-dumping duties, etc.) and internal consumption taxes (sales tax, VAT, etc.) for 100 countries from around the world. |
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xe.com - The Universal Currency Converter
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| The Universal Currency Converter®, the world's most popular currency tool, allows you to perform interactive foreign exchange rate calculations on the Internet, using live, up-to-the-minute currency rates. Selected by The Times as The World's Second Most Useful Site |
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Bank Holidays of the World
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This site informs you of all the days when banks are closed due to religious or public events.
Major events (elections, strikes, riots...) are also listed , as well as school holidays in many countries |
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Weather from The World Meteorological Organization
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This web site presents official weather forecasts and climatological information for selected cities supplied by National Meteorological Services (NMSs) worldwide. The NMSs make official weather observations in their respective countries. Links to their web sites are also provided whenever available. Weather icons are shown alongside worded forecasts in this version to facilitate visual inspection. Includes Arabic language version.
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CBS MarketWatch
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| Financial news and developments courtesy of the team at CBS |
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BBC International News
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| News, current affairs and analysis from around the world from one of the undisputed leaders of internet news content. |
Interesting and fun stuff...
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Seti @ Home - The Search for Extraterrestrial Intellegence
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SETI@home is a scientific experiment that uses Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running a free program that downloads and analyzes radio telescope data.
While you are getting coffee, or having lunch or sleeping, your computer will be helping the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by analyzing data specially captured by the world's largest radio telescope.
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Civilisations - Canadian Museum of Civilization
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The Canadian Museum of Civilization have an excellent website which includes some really superb online exhibitions. There are lots of features on the website but we particullaly enjoyed two of them:
The Mysteries of Egypt
The splendours of the ancient Egyptian civilization have been a source of inspiration down through the ages. Since the Greek historian Herodotus first wrote about his travels through Egypt in the fifth century B.C., people have speculated about how the Egyptians built their massive monuments, and marvelled at the beauty of their art and architecture.
From time immemorial, humanity has searched for the meaning of life, trying to reconcile its mortality with a profound desire to attain immortality. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in ancient Egypt. The pharaohs’ journey to eternity has been preserved in Egyptian art, architecture and writings.
As we approach the new millennium, it is appropriate to look back in time to discover the origins of human culture. Mysteries of Egypt takes us on a voyage that traverses the centuries, with amazing views into the wonders of ancient Egypt.
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Mystery of the Maya
Egypt and on the ancient Maya civilisations. While Europe still slumbered in the midst of the Dark Ages, these innovative people had charted the heavens, evolved the only true writing system native to the Americas and were masters of mathematics and calendrics. Without advantage of metal tools, beasts of burden or even the wheel they were able to construct vast cities with an astonishing degree of architectural perfection and variety.
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NYSE stocks provide free real time stock charts for some of the most traded New York Stock Exchange tickers and U.S Stock Market Indices, NYSE charts include popular U.S stocks from the Dow Jones Index and Nasdaq shares such as Google, E-bay, Amazon, Microsoft and lots more. The charts NYSE provide can be viewed in various intraday and long term time-frames and all NYSE stock charts can be fully customised with indicators.
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