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Hamas bends to pressure in Gaza

By SouthLand on Wed, 08/07/2009 - 4:16pm

Hamas bends to pressure in Gaza and abroad
Its support base dropped to 19 percent after the war; many blame the Hamas-Fatah standoff for their plight. Egypt hosts the rivals for a final round of reconciliation talks July 25.

By Rafael D. Frankel | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor from the July 7, 2009 edition

Gaza City, Gaza - By one calculus of Middle Eastern politics, Israel could say that its month-long offensive against Hamas and heightened economic blockade of Gaza have succeeded.


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Table Tennis Timeline

By SolidSnake9 on Tue, 02/06/2009 - 6:24am

Timeline of Table Tennis Milestones
with thanks to the late Ron Crayden (ENG)
and his book, The Story of Table Tennis - the first 100 years
with updates by the ITTF Museum

1880s
Adaption of lawn tennis to the dining table with improvised equipment
1890s
Several patents registered in England and the USA
Manufactured sets produced under trade names such as Gossima, and Indoor Tennis, with Lawn Tennis style rules
1900
Introduction of celluloid balls to replace rubber and cork ones. The celluloid ball had the perfect bounce, and the game became a huge success
1901
Table Tennis Association and rival Ping Pong Association formed in England; amalgamated in 1903
First books on the game published in England
The game is introduced in China via western settlements
1904

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Table Tennis Timeline

By SolidSnake9 on Tue, 02/06/2009 - 6:20am

Timeline of Table Tennis Milestones
with thanks to the late Ron Crayden (ENG)
and his book, The Story of Table Tennis - the first 100 years
with updates by the ITTF Museum

1880s
Adaption of lawn tennis to the dining table with improvised equipment
1890s
Several patents registered in England and the USA
Manufactured sets produced under trade names such as Gossima, and Indoor Tennis, with Lawn Tennis style rules
1900
Introduction of celluloid balls to replace rubber and cork ones. The celluloid ball had the perfect bounce, and the game became a huge success
1901
Table Tennis Association and rival Ping Pong Association formed in England; amalgamated in 1903
First books on the game published in England

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Next Week will be in Doha?

Hello!

After nearly 3 years of work in Cairo (Egypt), the next week will be my next assignment to Doha (Qatar) for few years project! hope to see it as good as I read about.

If any advice's will be very nice of you to read.

Many Thanks, and hope to make freinds too.

Geoman
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Mon, 11/05/2009 - 3:05pm

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