He said that he believed it was extraterrestrial, as a satellite would have been traveling on a west-east axis, whereas the object traveled in the opposite direction before bursting into flames.

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The short dimensions of the vast compound are precisely aligned along a north-south axis, while the east-west axis has been deliberately diverted 0.75 degrees south of east and north of west, seemingly in order to give observers a three day anticipation of the spring equinox.

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It will provide 10 to 15 percent more than one that moves on a single East-West axis.

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Over in the East, another member of the so-called Axis of Evil seems set to turn Asia over on its heels and with it the rest of the world.

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Danny Quah, professor of economics and international development at the London School of Economics, has calculated that the world's economic center of gravity measured by looking at income averages across more than 700 places worldwide has shifted east over the past 30 years, from the Transatlantic Axis to somewhere across the Arabian Peninsula.

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The increasingly populous and built-up corridor connecting Abu Dhabi and Dubai have inspired many to refer to this core axis as "Abu Dubai, " the unofficial capital of the entire Middle East.

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