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Silent witness in the Sinai...whole area was a warm shallow sea, hence the Gaudi-esque contours of the sandstone. The same tectonic shift that lifted and folded the Alps elevated and tipped the Sinai peninsula so the water drained away, leaving what was once a seabed. In this article: God, Sharm el Sheikh, St Catherine's Monastery, Nuweiba, Christianity, and British Airways |
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Telegraph.co.uk - Business | 11 hours ago
A tale of two cities
...high earners with money to blow - taking the yacht for a spin on the picturesque Lake Geneva, or weekend skiing trips to the neighbouring Alps. London: The financial sector may be bailing out of London faster than you can say - well,...
In this article: Lake Geneva, London, Knightsbridge, Sandwich, Michel Roux Jr, Michelin stars, World's Finest, Palpitation, Michelin, and Peter Jones
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Telegraph.co.uk - Travel | 1 day ago
Travel feedback of the week: November 1521
...the travel industry good to give us more consideration. Train to the slopes Regarding Nick Trend's article on travelling to the Alps by rail (Savvy Traveller, November 14) - a train may be preferable, but in reality it is next to...
In this article: Traveller, Swan Hellenic, and Deutsche Bahn
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Reuters | 2 days ago
UK Stocks -- Factors to watch on Nov 20
...in China, the Times newspaper reported. TRINITY MIRROR <TNI.L>, ITV <ITV.L> Trinity Mirror teamed up with the Press Association and Ten Alps, the television producer, to bid for the chance to make an ITV regional news bulletin for North...
In this article: Matalan, UK, Trinity Mirror, Financial Times, Wall Street, Joint venture, Copper, Legal & General, and BC Partners
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Reuters | 2 days ago
PRESS DIGEST - British business - Nov 20
...NORTH EAST SLOT IN ITV LOCAL NEWS Publisher Trinity Mirror is bidding alongside the Press Association and television producer Ten Alps for the chance to make an ITV<ITV.L> regional news bulletin for the North East. Trinity Mirror is...
In this article: Tax, Burberry, Tesco, UK, Investec, Cable and Wireless, and BP
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Times Online | 2 days ago
Trinity Mirror bids for North East slot in ITV local news
...from here Trinity Mirror bids for North East slot in ITV local news Trinity Mirror teamed up with the Press Association and Ten Alps, the television producer, yesterday to bid for the chance to make an ITV regional news bulletin for the...
In this article: Trinity Mirror, Evening Chronicle, Evening Gazette, Guardian Media Group, STV, and Daily Mail and General Trust
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Times Online | 6 days ago
The lure of the green baize drags Kelly back
...money from turning around and selling leisure businesses to retire from the corporate world and was on the verge of upping sticks to the Alps to start a new life running a small delicatessen. He had just bought a deli in the resort of...
In this article: Hambro, Royal Bank of Scotland, Greenhill, Recession, Unemployment, Credit crunch, and World Cup
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The Press and Journal | November 12, 2009
Hume is best of the Scots at Alps qualifying school
STEVEN Hume leads the Scottish challenge after the opening round of the Alps Tour's qualifying school stage one in southern Italy. The Murrayshall golfer fired a three-under-par round of 69 at the Metaponto course to share seventh place,...
In this article: John Gallagher
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Telegraph.co.uk - Travel | November 12, 2009
Skiing: Getting to the Alps by train
...it back "some time in the future". As Snowcarbon points out, we may have lost our only direct sleeper service from Britain to the Alps, but there are still other options for those who inject a little imagination into their travel plans. The...
In this article: Paris, London, Munich, Austria, Switzerland, Recession, and Deutsche Bahn
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Reuters | November 09, 2009
WITNESS: The Wall loomed bigger than the Alps
In the following story he describes his first trip to West Berlin at age 24. By Peter Jebautzke I had always dreamed of climbing the Alps but unfortunately, the Berlin Wall was in the way. In November 1989 I was 24 and working as a...
In this article: Oberbaumbruecke, Washington, Utah, and California
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New Kerala | November 05, 2009
Alps growing just as quickly in height, as they are shrinking
Washington, November 6 : A group of German and Swiss geoscientists are on the verge of proving that the Alps are growing just as quickly in height, as they are shrinking. Due to glaciers and rivers, about exactly the same amount of...
In this article: Swiss Alps, Europe, Beryllium, Africa, and Washington
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The Alps (Alpi; Alpes; Aups/Alps; German: Alpen; Alps; Alpe) are one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west.
The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc, at 4808 m, on the Italian–French border. All the main peaks of the Alps can be found in the list of mountains of the Alps and list of Alpine peaks by prominence.
The English name "Alps" was taken via French from Latin Alpes, which may be ultimately cognate with Latin albus ("white"). The German Albe, Alpe or Alp (f., Old High German alpâ, plural alpûn) in the singular means "alpine pasture", and only in the plural may also refer to the mountain range as a whole.
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