When you start reading any modern newspaper, you learn about many significant events happening throughout the whole world. You can read about political, economical and cultural life of the humanity. You can also read about sport, about lifestyle and about fashion. Some people prefer high-tech news. And some choose the travel column to plan their holidays. There is also an opinion column where people can speak out. Every event having impact on humanity is echoed in newspapers. Many war conflicts, disasters and crashes happen nowadays. That's why the reader is overwhelmed by the shocking news from all over the world. The world is like the ocean, and the paper is like a seashell.
The city is located on the North Bank of the Potomac river, it borders with the state of Virginia in the South-West and Maryland from all other parties. The permanent population of the city is 601 723[1]; because of the arrival of commuters during the work week it increased to one million. The population of the Washington Metropolitan area, is part of the city, is 5.4 million people; by this indicator agglomeration ranks eighth in the country[2].
In Washington there are main offices of all three branches of the Federal government, including the residence of the US President in the White house, and many monuments and museums of national importance. In the city are located dozens of embassies, headquarters of the world Bank, the International monetary Fund, the Organization of American States, inter-American development Bank, the pan American health organization[en].
Washington manages the municipal Council of 13 persons, headed by the mayor. But the US Congress has Supreme authority over the city and can veto laws adopted by the Council. Therefore, residents have fewer rights in the municipality, than residents of the States. The district has a non-voting delegate in the House of representatives of the us Congress, but there are no their representatives in the Senate. Before the ratification of the twenty-third amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1961 County residents also had no right to vote at presidential elections[en].