News Agencies of Some Important Countries

Sl No.	Country	Agency
1	India	United News of India (UNI),Samachar Bharti,Univarta,Press Trust of India(PTI)
2	Pakistan	Associated Press of Pakistan, Pakistan Press International (PPI)
3	USA	Associate Press(AP),United Press International(UP)
4	France	A.F.P(Agence France-Presse)
5	Italy	ANSA (Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata)
6	Japan	KYODO
7	Iran	IRNA
8	Russia	TASS
9	Philistin	WAFA
10	Britain	REUTERS
11	Malysia	BERNAMA
12	Israel	ITIM
13	China	XINHUA
14	Indonesia	ANTARA
15	Germany	D.P.A
16	Australia	Australian Associated Press(A.A.P)

International Boundaries

1. McMohan Line        : Boundary between India and China.

2. Hindenburg Line     : Boundary between Germany and Polland.

3. Durand Line            : Boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

4. Radcliffe Line          : Boundary between India and Pakistan.

5. Maginot Line           : Boundary between Germany and France.

6. Menarhim Line        : Boundary between Russia and Finland.

7. 38th Parallel Line    : Boundary between North Korea and South Korea.

8. 49th Parallel Line    : Boundary between USA and Canada.

Largest,Longest,Highest in the World

Largest

• Airport :-King Fahd International, located  near Qatif(Saudi Arabia) in an area of 780 Km²  .
• Animal :- Blue Whale,33.58 meters.
• Animal(land) :- African Elephant, Average adult's height at shoulder 3.2 m;weight 6.5 tonnes.
• Continent :- Asia, area 41.66 million sq. km
• Country :- Russia with area 17.1 million sq. km
• Crater :- Toba,The world's largest caldera or volcao crater, in north-central Sumatra,Indonesia.
• Delta :- Ganga-brahmputra with area 75,000 sq. km in India and Bangladesh.
• Desert :- Sahara Desert in North Africa with area 8.4 million sq. km covering 6% of world's total land area and 28% of the land area of Africa.
• Dome(Modern) :- Louisiana Super Dome in New Orleans,USA.
• Gulf :- Gulf of Mexico in North Atlantic-South-West Pacific with Area 2,176,000 sq. km
• Island :- Greenland
• Lake(arificial) :- Lake Volta with area 8502 Km²  in Ghana.
• Lake(fresh water) :-Lake Superior in USA-Canada with area 82,400 sq. km.
• Lake(salt water) :- Caspian Sea; The world's largest inland sea,which has borders with Russia,Kazakhstan,Azerbaijan,Iran and Turkmenia.It is 1225 km long.
• Mosque :- Al-masjid al-Haram ,located in Mecca,Saudi Arabia.
• Museum :- Smithsonian Institution in Washington,USA.
• Ocean :- Pacific Ocean. It is the oldest ocean too.It occupies 32.25 percent  of the earth's area.
• Park :- Northeast Greenland National Park.
• Peninsula :- Arabian Peninsula with area 3.25 million sq. km
• Power Plant :- Itaipu Hydroelectric Plant on the Parana river near the Brazil Paraguay border opened in 1984.
• Pyramid :- Great Pyramid of Cholula.
• River Basin:- Amazon River Basin, covers an area 7,045,000 sq. km; length 6,570 km;it has nearly 1500 tributaries.
• Sea Port :- New  York-New Jersey.
• Stadium :- Strahov in Czech Republic.
• Temple :- Angkor Vat(Cambodia) with area 162.6 ha; built for Lord Vishnu by Khmer King Surya Varman II during 1113-50 AD.