visitors from overseas: this year alone, officials have arrived from the U.S., the U.K., Germany and Japan. But even if Sao Tome and Principe were sitting on as much oil as Saudi Arabia, there would be no guarantee that the black gold would deliver happiness and prosperity to its people. On the contrary, if history is any guide, vast caches of oil can cause developing nations as many problems as
Muslim 92%,
Christian 6%, other 2% (2001)
GDP(per capita) : $ 4,700 (2007)
Literacy : 89.9% (2003)
Currency : Jordanian Dinar(JD)
Transportation networks
1963: The airline ‘Alia’ was established and started operations in the same year
1970: Alia joined the jet age and ordered Boeing 707
1982: Queen Alia International Airport was established
1986: Alia changed its
The camera is moving toward an Indian city. We are high and far away, only the sound of the wind as we grow nearer and nearer, and through the passing clouds these words appear:
No mans life can be encompassed in one telling. There is no way to give each year its allotted weight, to include each event, each person who helped to shape a lifetime. What can be done is to be faithful in spirit to the