Oldest pearl in the world found in Arabia

French researchers have unearthed the oldest natural pearl ever found at a Neolithic site in Arabia, suggesting that pearl oyster fishing first occurred in this region of the world.Discovered in the Emirate of Umm al Quwain, United Arab Emirates (UAE), the pearl was believed to have originated between 5547 and 5235 BC."Gemmologists and jewellers have popularised the idea that the oldest pearl in the...

UN Security Council expansion and the future world

United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should include all members of BRICS, an Islamic country and 7 members of the West. The world should be more interest-oriented than ideologically driven. The world can be a better place to live in by better thinking.THIS IS not 1945 nor is this 1989. With the expansion of markets and consumerism thehas changed and it has changed forever. The increased consciousness...

In PHOTOS: The world gets smaller, we get FATTER

ncreasing levels of fatness around the world could have the same impact on global resources as adding an extra billion people to the planet, say researchers.A team from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine estimated the total weight of people on the planet and found that North America had the highest average.Although only 6 per cent of the global population live there, it is responsible...