News tagged with eiffel tower
Billion people invited to switch off lights
Around a billion people living in the world's major cities are being invited to turn off their lights at 8:30 p.m. local time on Saturday for "Earth Hour," described as the biggest mass campaign to demand ...
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Hi tech pays tribute to Eiffel Tower's 19th-century origins
Arguably the most widely recognised structure in the world, the Eiffel Tower was designed to stand for only 20 years -- and some predicted it would collapse long before then.
Jan 12, 2011 |
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From Beijing to Paris, world to go dark for Earth Hour
Global landmarks from Sydney's Opera House to the Forbidden City, to the glittering Las Vegas Strip, will be plunged into darkness Saturday as activists bid to reinvigorate the climate change fight.
Mar 26, 2010 |
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Facebook helps find missing Nepalese skier in Paris
A teenage skier from the Nepalese national team who went missing while training in the Alps has been found wandering the streets of Paris thanks to a Facebook campaign, his team said Monday.
May 11, 2009 |
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Earth Hour aims for hope in darkened world
Lights will go out around the world Saturday with hundreds of millions of people set to take part in the Earth Hour climate change campaign, which this year will also mark Japan's earthquake and tsunami.
Mar 25, 2011 |
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'Cosmic opera' set for Paris tower
The rooftop of a Paris skyscraper is to be transformed into a cosmic-ray laboratory in an unusual week-long experiment due to start on Saturday.
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Lights go off around globe for Earth Hour
New York's Empire State Building, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and the Sydney Opera House were plunged into darkness for the annual Earth Hour campaign, leading a global effort to raise awareness about climate ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 01, 2012 |
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