1. Chernobyl – $200 Billion On April 26, 1986, the world witnessed the costliest accident in history. The Chernobyl disaster has been called the biggest socio-economic catastrophe in peacetime history. 50% of the area of Ukraine is in some way contaminated. Over 200,000 people had to be evacuated and resettled while 1.7 million people were [...]
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Top 10 Most Expensive Accidents in History
Posted: 25th July 2010 by All Top 10 in EventsTags: exxon, germany, spain
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Top 10 Web Moments that changed the World
Posted: 22nd June 2007 by All Top 10 in OthersTags: amazon, boom and bust, dotcom boom, drudge report, fiber optic cable, global conflicts, google, howard dean, man of the year, monica lewinsky scandal, orange revolution, september 11th 2001
1. The Dotcom Boom and Bust (1995-2001) Launched by Netscape’s IPO, the Boom & Bust fast-tracked the Web. Launched by Netscape’s IPO in 1995, the dotcom boom spurred trillions of dollars in private investments into the Internet, new technologies, marketing, and fiber optic cable and led to the development of such landmark sites as Google. [...]
Top 10 Most Beautiful Cellphones
Posted: 22nd June 2007 by All Top 10 in OthersTags: helio kickflip, kickflip helio, naoto fukasawa, samsung sgh e870
1. KDDI Penck by Makoto Saito Yeah, this is my kind of phone. Isn’t it absolutely stunning? The PENCK phone designed by Makoto Saito is one and a half years old, but it’s still the most beautful phone ever made. The PENCK is available in three colors, metal, milk (white), and bitter (black). Too bad [...]
Top 10 Global Universities
Posted: 22nd June 2007 by All Top 10 in OthersTags: california institute of technology, global universities, massachusetts institute technology, newsweek international, university of california at berkeley, university of california at san francisco
Harvard University Stanford University Yale University California Institute of Technology University of California at Berkeley University of Cambridge Massachusetts Institute Technology Oxford University University of California at San Francisco Columbia University Source: Author : Newsweek International (2006) Website – http://www.msnbc.msn.com/