Eiffel Tower to be repainted in 14 month effort
Salah Zehar leads a 25 man painting team in Paris starting a 14 month project to coat the Eiffel Tower with 60 tons of Eiffel Tower Brown. The $3.8 million SPR Enterprise contract covers protection against weathering while preserving the monument’s surface across 18,000 metal pieces and nearly 50 acres.
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Salah Zehar
Eiffel Tower
Zehar
Christian Maresquier
Nal
Gustav Eiffel
SPR Enterprise
Claude Mandel
SPR
North Africa
Portugal
France
Mandel
Channel makes strong start amid Channel Tunnel woes
London reports that the Channel Tunnel is delivering a solid early performance as Eurostar and Eurotunnel note growing ridership on routes to Paris and Brussels. Analysts and industry insiders cite service quality while Air Britain Midland foresees a 20 percent hit to its business on these routes within two years. Incidents include an onboard fire and shuttle-train breakdowns, but officials call these isolated while avoiding detailed reliability data.
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London
Channel Tunnel
James Hunt
British Midland
Eurostar
Paris
Europe
Brussels
Belgium
Midland
Eurotunnel
Jeremy de Souza
Russia Court Resumes After Parliament Fills Vacancy
Parliament completes Constitutional Court with six new judges after yearlong vacancy. Yeltsin once suspended the court for opposing his hard line in 1993, but the court ruled his decree unconstitutional. The 13 former judges plus six new members restore the body's full work status.
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Moscow
Constitutional Court
Russia
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Japan doles out temporary housing lists quake survivors
In Kobe, Japan the government named the first earthquake survivors eligible for temporary housing. Officials posted the names Tuesday as applicants exceeded available units. Some survivors praised the aid while others criticized delays and red tape as the city shelters housed nearly 227,000 people with months still needed for widespread housing.
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Kobe
Japan
Hidekazu Horiguchi
Horiguchi
HOPING FOR A HOME IN HYOGO DESCRIBES QUAKE AID DELAYS
The Hyogo government aims to provide 16 740 houses by March end but only 2 021 prefabs and 680 vacant government homes survive the 7 2 magnitude quake. Survivors face strict criteria and delays for 100 000 yen aid as inspectors rush quick judgments and residents await re inspections while many lack victim ID cards.
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Hyogo
Masahiro Ejiri
Masao Kanemitsu
Kaoru Kawahigashi
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