Huge Swiss tunnel opens in Alps
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Switzerland opens the world's longest rail tunnel on land - the 34km Loetschberg tunnel under the Alps.
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The world's highest traffic bridge is to be inaugurated in southern France by President Jacques Chirac.
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A sprawling courtroom drama which will apportion blame for the 39 deaths in the Mont Blanc tunnel fire in March 1999, began yesterday in a converted theatre in the Alps.
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Ceremonies have marked the launch of the Swiss Federal Railways' new national timetable in central Switzerland, just hours before it becomes effective.
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Investigations have been launched in Switzerland to find out why the authorities almost allowed a top terrorist suspect to slip through their fingers.
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BIRMENSDORF, Switzerland - Swiss scientists have discovered what they believe is Europe's biggest fungus, stretching wide under an Alpine forest.    The Honey Mushroom - also known by its Latin species name Armillaria ostoyae - was found lurking in the Engadine national park in the eastern Swiss Alps, said the Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research...
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At the Winter X Games this year there will be a massive jump for a new event in skiing and snowboarding called big air, where new tricks are bound to be attempted.
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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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The worldâs tallest bridge was opened in the Tarn Valley, France, yesterday and has been hailed as both a monumental work of art and an unrivalled technological achievement.
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Engineers have begun construction of Switzerland's first underground railway system in Lausanne, aimed at better connecting the north and south of the city.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta -- Humbled at home, the mighty Austrian men arrived in Lake Louise for the first speed races of the Alpine World Cup campaign eager to flex their muscles and reaffirm their nation&#39;s status as the ski world&#39;s superpower.
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MILLAU, France  - President Jacques Chirac  inaugurated the world's highest bridge Tuesday, a creation  taller than the Eiffel Tower, longer then the Champs Elysees  and designed to end a traffic bottleneck in southern France.
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President Jacques Chirac inaugurated Europe&#39;s highest bridge yesterday, a creation taller than the Eiffel Tower, longer than the Champs ElysÃ©es and designed to end a traffic bottleneck in southern France.
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Taller than the Eiffel Tower and longer than the Champs Elysee, the Millau viaduct was today opened by President Jacques Chirac to acclaim as marvel of art and architecture.
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Piercing the sky above the verdant hills of southern France, a roadway bridge hailed as the tallest in the world was officially inaugurated Tuesday.
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BORMIO, Italy  - The Alpine skiing world  championships get under way on Saturday with two of the biggest  names in the sport going head to head in the men's super G  race.
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President Jacques Chirac inaugurated the world's highest bridge Tuesday, a creation taller than the Eiffel Tower, longer then the Champs Elysees and designed to end a traffic bottleneck in southern France.