International links
Useful health and safety links from around
the world.
The world's second largest continent after Asia, Africa is
comprised of 54 independent countries and has a total population of
around 700 million. Many pioneering individuals and organisations
are recognising Africa's largely untapped potential in areas such
as mining, infrastructure, leisure and more recently stock
exchanges. Africa is also perceived as a considerable telecommuting
opportunity. More...
The Americas describes the area located between the Pacific and
Atlantic Oceans. Generally divided into North America and South
America, the term Americas usually includes the islands in and
around the Caribbean Sea and Greenland. The Americas are also
commonly described as the Western Hemisphere. More...
Asia Pacific is the collective name used to describe the area
covering Southeast Asia, East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia and
the Russian Far East. The area also includes a large group of
islands in the South Pacific known as Oceania, which includes
Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Island
Countries such as Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. More...
Europe is referred to as a continent but is geographically the
western part of Asia. The common boundary between the two
continents is traditionally the Ural River, the Ural Mountain range
and a part of the Caspian Sea. The principal linguistic groups
throughout Europe are those of the Slavic (e.g. Russian, Czech),
Germanic (e.g. English, German) and Roman (e.g. Italian, French).
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The area covering 16 countries and states in north-eastern
Africa and south-western Asia has been known geopolitically as the
Middle East since 1902, although it is also the most ancient region
of human civilisation. The 16 countries of the Middle East are
Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, West
Bank/Gaza Strip and Yemen. More...