Ajazur Rehman

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Fremont Street Experience..... Located in downtown Las Vegas, this exciting pedestrian promenade is home to approximately 16 million lights, making it one of the largest LED screens in the world.

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03 Nov 09 22:27:44 GMT

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Welcome To Las Vegas.... The Bellagio's fountain show entertains visitors nightly. In the background is Bally's Las Vegas, left, and Paris Las Vegas, which has a 50-story Eiffel Tower replica in front. Over 37.5 million people visit Las Vegas each year.

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03 Nov 09 21:49:45 GMT

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In-City Getaway..... A couple strolls through Stanley Park on a spring afternoon near the city's main boat marina. One of the city's most visited parks, visitors can also enjoy the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Center and zoo at the park.

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03 Nov 09 21:44:24 GMT

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Left Hanging.... The Peak 2 Peak gondola passes between Whistler and Blackcomb mountains in Whistler. At 9,921 feet, the Peak 2 Peak has four support towers and is the world's longest unsupported span. One of the advantages of the Peak 2 Peak is that it will allow skiers and snowboarders to enjoy both the Whistler and Blackcomb peaks on the same day.

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03 Nov 09 21:40:29 GMT

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Taking The High Road.... While in the city, check out the Capilano Suspension Bridge in North Vancouver. The bridge spans 450 feet across and is situated 230 feet above the Capilano River.

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03 Nov 09 21:34:40 GMT

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Curving To Appeal.... The Library Square building in Vancouver houses the city's public library. During the Games, the library and enclosed concourse will serve as the City of Vancouver's Pavilion and will be a central location during the Olympics.

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03 Nov 09 21:31:00 GMT

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Window To Another World.... A traditional pagoda sits on the shore of a pond in the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden in the downtown area of Vancouver. Though Canada's third largest city overall and British Columbia's first, Vancouver has historically been thought of as the "terminal city," the end of the line and the last remote town before the continent comes to an end at the Pacific Ocean.

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03 Nov 09 21:03:39 GMT

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Home Sweet Home... A 1920s mansion sits on large grounds at Parue Lage with Christ the Redeemer visible atop Corcovado Mountain in the distance.

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03 Nov 09 18:57:37 GMT

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Watching over Rio... Christ the Redeemer, the most photographed icon in Rio de Janeiro, sits atop Corcovado Mountain in Tijuca National Park. The park is considered the largest urban forest in the world.

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26 Feb 09 20:14:52 GMT

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26 Feb 09 19:57:52 GMT

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18 Sep 08 12:51:42 GMT

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In Mumbai, taxis are readily available and reasonably priced. Yellow and black taxis have no air-conditioning, the more expensive blue/silver Cool Cabs do. Traffic is usually bad so leave a lot of time to get around.

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18 Sep 08 12:41:52 GMT

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This elegant dining room is part of the $7,800-a-night Rajput Suite at the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel in Mumbai (India).

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18 Sep 08 12:31:43 GMT

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The recently restored Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum (formerly the Victoria & Albert) is Mumbai's oldest museum. It chronicles Mumbai's history with souvenirs from the British Raj like a statue of Prince Albert and 19th-century maps showing locations of Mumbai's old cotton mills.

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18 Sep 08 12:21:11 GMT

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Visitors have their photo taken outside the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel. Opened in 1903, this luxurious hotel has hosted guests ranging from Mick Jagger and Andrew Lloyd Weber to Margaret Thatcher and Jacqueline Onassis.

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18 Sep 08 12:17:24 GMT

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In the Kala Ghoda district of Mumbai, the Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue is a bright-blue beacon for the city's Jewish community. "Mumbai is the one place in India where you can experience a wide range of Indian cultures in a fairly concentrated form," says Vikram Doctor, an editor at the Economic Times.

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18 Sep 08 12:12:27 GMT

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In Mumbai's Chor Bazaar, hundreds of vendors sell everything from chandeliers to tea sets to old clocks to vintage phones. Shoppers should prepare for hard bargaining and should know their artworks—some vendors sell fakes.

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10 Sep 08 00:51:10 GMT

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A typical card for Congratulation the Muslim festival of EID. Eid comes at the end of the annual Muslim month of Ramadan. This card was designed & made by a local (Karachi) Artist in 1940.

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10 Sep 08 00:36:18 GMT

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The Parsis dominated the business community of Karachi for a long time. Once, the Parsis based in this city owned property, shipping businesses, hotels and beverage businesses. Many of them had links or were related to the Bombay Parsi families which played a similarly important role in the birth of India's largest urban business center.

The late Eduljee Dinshaw was a trader who owned a huge portion of land in Karachi. The Eduljee Dinshaw Dispensary was opened to public in 1882, still stands, and was one of many charitable donations the family made to the civic well being of people in Karachi. Indeed, despite its small size relative to Karachi's population today, the Parsi community still plays a major role in the city's commercial life.

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10 Sep 08 00:27:19 GMT

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Although published around 1905, this view by Fred Bremner is probably from 1889 or the early 1890s. Within a few decades the same street was far more crowded, and today is often unnavigable unless one has a lot of time during working and evening hours.

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10 Sep 08 00:20:24 GMT

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Located on Chand Bibi Road,Karachi the hospital is dedicated to Lady Dufferin, wife of the colonial Governor General Lord Dufferin. It was begun in 1894, largely due to the efforts of Parsi millionaire and philanthropist Eduljee Dinshaw. The hospital lies in the vicinity of the Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital. Like other of Dinshaw's projects, the hospital is known for treating the poor and the needy.

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10 Sep 08 00:12:20 GMT

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Elphinstone Street was named after Monstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859), a Scot who played an important role in western India during the first part of the 19th century. He was the first British ambassador to Afghanistan, and helped defeat the Peshwas in Maharashtra, both before 1820. He served as Governor of Bombay Presidency - of which Karachi was a part until the 1930s. Elphinstone College in Mumbai was also named after him.

The former Elphinstone Street - renamed for a prominent Pakistani journalist - still boasts some of the finer and oldest Karachi-sandstone buildings, though these are increasingly disappearing in favor of modern shopping plazas.

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10 Sep 08 00:03:12 GMT

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This indoor market was built in the 1880s. Empress Market crowns the central shopping district in Karachi. Built in honor of Queen Victoria, it opened in 1889. The huge clock on four sides of the tower still works. One can buy almost anything within the covered stalls or in the lanes surrounding the market. Empress Market crowns the central shopping district in Karachi. Built in honor of Queen Victoria, it opened in 1889. The huge clock on four sides of the tower still works. One can buy almost anything within the covered stalls or in the lanes surrounding the market.

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09 Sep 08 23:35:46 GMT

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It was formerly called Bunder (or Bandar) Road as "bunder" refers to "port". Like many such roads, it remains a primary commercial thoroughfare for Karachi and is lined with numerous historic buildings including the Customs House, the former Merewether Tower and various banks, trading houses and major retail outlets. It was also one of the first streets in Karachi to be graced with a tramway.

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09 Sep 08 23:17:50 GMT

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Frere Hall was built in the memory of Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, an early Commissioner of Sindh province and a far-sighted administrator who did much to improve the economic life of his subjects. The Hall was completed in the 1860s. It uses local Karachi sandstone and remains a curious blend of architectural styles, somewhere between Venetian Gothic and the Indo-Sarcenic style that later flourished in Bombay (now Mumbai). During the British Raj Frere Hall served as Karachi's Town Hall. The gardens around it were popular meeting spots until recent security concerns have made them off-limits to people most of the time.