Taiwan opens world's tallest building
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Taiwan has opened the world's tallest building, Taipei 101, after six years of construction and hailed the 508-meter (1,676 feet) skyscraper for already resisting several powerful earthquakes.
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TAIPEI - The strongest quake to hit Taiwan in five years shook the capital yesterday, causing tall buildings to sway and shutting down the subway system for an hour during the lunch rush.
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A bridge officially designated the tallest in the world was inaugurated by President Jacques Chirac in southern France on Tuesday - a stunning feat of engineering that will carry motorists at 270m above the valley of the river Tarn.
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President Jacques Chirac inaugurated the world's highest bridge on Tuesday, a creation taller than the Eiffel Tower, longer than the Champs Elysees and designed to end a traffic bottleneck in southern France.
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French president Jacque Chirac formally inaugurated the world&#39;s tallest bridge in Millau, southern France, on Tuesday, report agencies.
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E-business standards consortium RosettaNet spread its wings over Singapore with the opening of its Architecture Center of Excellence, the group said Friday.
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Soaring above a valley through the green hills of central France, a stunning British-designed bridge hailed as the tallest of its kind in the world opened today.
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Taiwan&#39;s financial markets and most businesses in the capital Taipei are closed for the day as Typhoon Aere approaches with torrential rain and winds of up to 165 kilometers (102 miles) an hour.
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HSBC Holdings , Europe&#39;s biggest  bank, said on Wednesday it will open an insurance business in  Taiwan as it aims to tap into the fourth-biggest insurance  market in Asia.
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A French climber who calls himself &quot;Spiderman&quot; has edged his way to the top of the world&#39;s new tallest building, Taipei 101 in Taiwan.
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ILAN, Taiwan  - Taiwan on Thursday celebrated the opening of what officials called the world's fifth-longest road tunnel.
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The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou plans to build the world's tallest tower, set to be 580m high.
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MILLAU, France  - As air force jets screamed overhead, French President Jacques Chirac inaugurated the world&#39;s tallest bridge, a stunning masterpiece of engineering that will carry drivers 270 metres (885 feet) above ground.
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Incheon and Seoul are part of one of the biggest booms in tall-building construction since the skyscraper appeared more than a century ago.
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French &quot;Spiderman&quot; Alain Robert, a dare-devil climbing ace, plans to scale the world&#39;s tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101, in the Taiwan capital on Christmas Day, the building&#39;s management said Friday.
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Burj Dubai, a tower under construction in the United Arab Emirates' trade hub, became the tallest building in the world on Saturday, measuring 512.1 meters (1,680 ft), its developer said.
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Rising to 1,667 feet above the capital&#39;s bustling streets, Taipei 101, Taiwan&#39;s gleaming new skyscraper, reigns as the tallest building in the world, eclipsing the previous record-holder