salesman waits for tourists, on the Esplanade du Trocadero, in front of the Eiffel Tower on...
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salesman waits for tourists, on the Esplanade du Trocadero, in front of the Eiffel Tower in...
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gigantic, multi-million dollar bronze statue rising over the skyline of the Senegalese capital is causing a colossal storm for the man who conceived it.Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade has called it "African Renaissance" but his critics say it reveals more about the continent's poor governance that its renaissance.We should see how we share the benefits. The state will go with 65% and l shall take...
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French Internet company that planned to throw envelopes of cash to passers-by from a bus stop had to cancel the publicity stunt for security reasons after thousands of people turned up, police said on Saturday.About 5,000 people gathered near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, with groups spilling into neighbouring streets and bursting through crowd barriers before the planned handout of banknotes by the online...
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Monuments revive the memory of the dead. In France, they also sustain Asian immigrants who earn a tidy income by selling knick-knacks to tourists, says ZIYA US SALAMs, the roadside joy so common in the Indian sub-continent. But in Paris, on a dark, misty evening, he only sells miniature replicas of the Eiffel Tower and colourful umbrellas to visitors at the most-visited monument in the world. Only...
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Monuments revive the memory of the dead. In France, they also sustain Asian immigrants who earn a tidy income by selling knick-knacks to touristss, the roadside joy so common in the Indian sub-continent. But in Paris, on a dark, misty evening, he only sells miniature replicas of the Eiffel Tower and colourful umbrellas to visitors at the most-visited monument in the world. Only a few give him a second...
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the many iconic buildings of Indian interest in London — from Big Ben to the Tower of London, London Eye and Selfridges — may be added a new one: the Mittal Monument.The planning is in the early stages but the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, wants to leave behind an architectural legacy to celebrate the 2012 Olympics but one that will inspire awe long after he is gone.Boris has approached a number...
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Architects are agreed on one thing: An iconic building is often the result of just a few, genial strokes of the pen. The stylised form of the Eiffel Tower was dashed off in this way, along with the spectacular Burj Al Arab hotel which dominates the Dubai skyline.Both buildings made headlines, each in its own era, and in December the Burj Al Arab celebrates its first ten years. The structure, which...
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Melbourne woman who spent 60 years of her life in an iron lung has died. She was 83.June Middleton, who contracted polio at the age of 22, lost her battle at Thornbury nursing home on Friday morning.Middleton celebrated 60 years with friends and her dog, Angel, by her side at her home at Yooralla's Ventilator Accommodation Support Service (VASS), reports News.com.auShe also made it to the Guinness...
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French internet company has abandoned plans to hand out cash to the public after more than 5,000 people showed up, sparking safety concerns.Mailorama.fr planned to distribute 5 to 500 euro notes (£4.46-£446.5) in a well advertised publicity stunt.Police asked the organisers to call off the event near the Eiffel Tower "given the significant crowd movements".Angry at the cancellation, some pelted windows...
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