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***NON-ENGLISH AUDIO *** TAJ MAHAL: INDIA The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India. The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned it as a mausoleum for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Construction began in 1632 and was completed in approximately 1648. Some dispute surrounds the question of who designed the Taj Mahal; it is clear a team of designers and craftsmen were responsible for the design, with Ustad Ahmad Lahauri considered the most likely candidate as the principal designer. The Taj Mahal (sometimes called "the Taj") is generally considered the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements of Persian, Turkish, Indian, and Islamic architectural styles. While the white domed marble mausoleum is the most familiar part of the monument, the Taj Mahal is actually an integrated complex of structures. In 1983 the Taj became a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was cited as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage."

DUBAI: THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE WORLD PART 1 OF 4 Averaging a population growth of more than 7% per year, for the past five years, Dubai now boasts in being the world's fastest growing city. Dubai is the most populous and second largest emirate of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and is located in the Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia. The UAE was formed 1971 when the Trucial States of the Persian Gulf coast (previously under control of the United Kingdom) merged. Today UAE's per capita GDP is on par with those of leading West European nations. Dubai has however received its world-wide attention as a result of numerous enormous innovative real estate projects such as: -The world tallest hotel, Burj Al Arab. -The world's tallest building, Burj Dubai is under construction with a planned height of over 800 meters. -Dubailand, the world's largest theme park (280 square kilometers) is under construction (more than twice the size Walt Disney World in Florida). -Bawandi, a development of 31 hotels featuring 29,000 rooms, including the world's largest hotel with 6,500 rooms (MGM Grand in Vegas has 5,034 rooms). -Palm Jumeirah and Palm Jebel, the world's largest man-made islands. -Hydropolis, an underwater hotel. -Chess City, with 32 buildings in the shape chess pieces.

DUBAI: THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE WORLD PART 2 OF 4 A city in the UAE on the Persian Gulf, Dubai is constructed on the basis of some principles such as free of charge trade & foreign savings. In order to distinguish it from the emirate it is sometimes referred to as “Dubai City”. The world's fastest growing city, Dubai is located at the crossroads between Europe, Africa and Asia. After Abu Dhabi, Dubai city is known as the second largest emirate by area and also has the largest population. People have been trading in Middle Eastern markets for hundreds of years. The city ensures year-round sunny days as it is located in an arid subtropical climate zone and rainfall is very low. In 1901, Sheikh Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum declared Dubai as a free port after abolishing all tariffs. Dubai today is flashy, fun and slightly surreal. Starting from the month of November to April is considered as the best time to visit Dubai as weather is coolest during this time of the year. For the remaining part of the year it’s very difficult to explore the city fully because of unsuitable climatic conditions. Do pack a pair of sunglasses and a hat and sun block no matter what time of year you are visiting.

DUBAI: THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE WORLD PART 4 OF 4 Today, Dubai is an important tourist destination and port (Jebel Ali, constructed in the 1970s, has the largest man-made harbor in the world), but also increasingly developing as a hub for service industries such as IT and finance, with the new Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Transport links are bolstered by its rapidly-expanding Emirates Airline, founded by the government in 1985 and still state-owned; based at Dubai International Airport, it carried over 24 million passengers in fiscal year 2005. The government has set up industry-specific free zones throughout the city. Dubai Internet City, now combined with Dubai Media City as part of TECOM (Dubai Technology, Electronic Commerce and Media Free Zone Authority) is one such enclave whose members include IT firms and media. Dubai Knowledge Village (KV),an education and training hub, is also set up to complement the Free Zone's other two clusters, Dubai Internet City and Dubai Media City, by providing the facilities to train the clusters' future knowledge workers. Dubai has also launched Dubiotech. This is a new park to be targeted at Biotech companies working in pharma, medical fields, genetic research and even biodefense. The aim of this park is to foster the growth of this sector in Dubai and to utilize the region's talent in addressing this rapidly growing sector. The government's decision to diversify from a trade-based but oil-reliant economy to one that is service- and tourism-oriented has made real estate more valuable, resulting in the property boom from 2004. Construction on a large scale has turned Dubai into one of the fastest growing cities in the world. The story of Dubai reads like a rags-to-riches tale, and indeed, it is hard to imagine anywhere else in the world a city that has developed at such a pace, in such a short time, for so many different people.

JANE GOODALL: AMONG THE WILD CHIMPANZEES PART 3 OF 3 Goodall has received many honors for her environmental and humanitarian work, as well as others. She was named a Dame Commander of the British Empire in a ceremony held in Buckingham Palace in 2004. In April 2002, Secretary-General Kofi Annan named Dr. Goodall a United Nations Messenger of Peace. Her other honors include the French Legion of Honor, Medal of Tanzania, Japan's prestigious Kyoto Prize, the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science, and the Gandhi-King Award for Nonviolence. She is also a member of the advisory board of BBC Wildlife magazine. On July 7, 2007 Goodall presented at Live Earth. Goodall is honored by the Walt Disney Company with a plaque on the The Tree of Life at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom theme park, alongside a carving of her beloved David Greybeard, the original chimp who approached Goodall during her first year at Gombe. The story goes that when she was invited to visit the developing Animal Kingdom park as a consultant and saw the Tree of Life, she didn't see a chimp as part of the tree. To rectify this situation, the Imagineers added the carving of David Graybeard and the plaque honoring her at the entrance to the It's Tough to be a Bug! show. ***Cartoonist Gary Larson once drew a cartoon that showed two chimpanzees grooming. One finds a human hair on the other and inquires, "Conducting a little more 'research' with that Jane Goodall tramp?" The Jane Goodall Institute thought this to be in bad taste, and had their lawyers draft a letter to Larson and his distribution syndicate, in which they described the cartoon as an "atrocity." They were stymied, however, by Goodall herself, who revealed that she found the cartoon amusing. Since then, all profits from sales of a shirt featuring this cartoon have gone to the JGI.

BBC NATURAL WORLD: THE MONKEY PRINCE PART 3 OF 3 -Credits- A Story Told By KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS A Film By FRÉDÉRIC FOUGEA Image BERNARD LUTIC PHILIPPE BOTTIGLIONE FRÉDÉRIC FOUGEA Original Music By LAURENT FERLET Editor FRÉDÉRIQUE LEBEL Produced By BORÉALES- FRÉDÉRIC FOUGEA In Association With BBC NATURAL HISTORY UNIT MICHAEL GUNTON A BORÉALES / GAUMONT Co-Production