The world's oldest cities - Telegraph

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Interesting how long some of the middle eastern cities have been around.

The world's oldest continually-inhabited city, according to our sources, archeologists have unearthed the remains of 20 successive settlements in Jericho, dating back 11,000 years. The city is found near the Jordan River in the West Bank and is today home to around 20,000 people. 

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Pathetic Old Warties Bag Gillard

Julia Gillard, the Labor Deputy Leader, is getting some not very complementary advice from some of the the more broad minded members of the Liberal Party. Quite astonishing. This is 2007, not 1907. These are the guys that have been running this country for the last 10 years. Get rid of them.

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