British-Designed Landmark Bridge Opens in France
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The latest grandiose monument to Anglo-Franco co-operation was opened today in a fanfare of fireworks and music above the River Tarn in the Massif Central mountains of France.
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PARIS, Jan. 19 -- For French President Nicolas Sarkozy, nuclear reactors are the bridge between the West and the Islamic world.
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Thundering fighter jets streamed the blue, white and red of the French tricolor as President Jacques Chirac on Tuesday dedicated the world's tallest bridge, a skyway span dwarfing the Eiffel Tower by more than 50 feet.
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Description: A towering new suspension bridge debuts in southern France. At its highest point, the Millau Viaduct is more than 1,000 feet above ground, and the French say it&#39;s the highest bridge in the world.
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The Millau Viaduct is the latest example of one of mankind&#39;s noblest traditions: the creation of breathtaking structures to span hitherto unbridgeable divides.
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Photos of the construction of New York's imposing Statue of Liberty, presented as a symbol of French-US friendship in 1886, went on public display for the first time.
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French President Jacques Chirac inaugurated Tuesday the world's tallest bridge, the viaduct of Millau of 270 meters above ground.
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BUKIT BUNGA, Malaysia  - Thailand and Malaysia opened a bridge over their restive border on Friday, a new artery for commerce between relatively prosperous Malaysia and poor Muslim communities on the other side.
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ALBURG, Vt., May 31  /PRNewswire/ -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. (VHB) celebrated the opening the brand new Missisquoi Bay Bridge as it opened to general traffic yesterday. The new span replaces the old Missisquoi Bay Bridge and its causeways, built in 1938, that had fallen into disrepair.
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LONDON : French President Jacques Chirac begins a two-day visit to Britain for an annual Anglo-French summit with the issue of Iraq still hanging over relations between the two European powers.
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BEIJING, CHINA.- A protective plastic wrap is placed over a model of the Concorde aircraft, at the National Museum in Beijing, in preparation for the 09 October opening of the Design D'En France art exhibition.
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Celebrations to mark the centenary of the Entente Cordiale between Britain and France took a musical turn Saturday with a big concert in London bringing together stars from both sides of the Channel.
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Jacques Chirac, the French president, opened the bridge which is in the Tarn Valley in the south west of the country. The four-lane bridge is taller than the Eiffel Tower at 343 metres high and 1.5 miles long.
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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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Jacques Chirac, the French president, will inaugurate today the world&#39;s tallest bridge, spanning 2.5km over a valley in central France, and remove one of the country&#39;s worst bottlenecks.
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A bridge officially designated the tallest in the world is to be inaugurated in southern France -- a spectacular feat of engineering that will carry motorists at 270 metres (885 feet) above the valley of the river Tarn.