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Incredible Beirut.
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Byline: Lisa Kaaki
Things are quieter now in Beirut and visitors are coming back. A cosmopolitan city beside the Mediterranean Sea, Beirut is famous for its friendly people and infectious joie de vivre. During the Israeli war in 2006,
when fighting was raging downtown, people were sitting in cafes nearby and a number of restaurant owners quickly opened outlets in the mountains where many Lebanese and tourists had sought refuge.
More than any other capital in the Middle East, Beirut is a city where East meets West; it has even been called "Paris of ...
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From AAA to Zwickau, Karl Benz to Gianni Agnelli, this book's for you
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; ...million words and 3,500 photographs which cover almost 7,000 makes of car, from AAA to Zwickau. Biographies span from Karl Benz to Gianni Agnelli, who still rules the roost at Fiat. Readers are also treated to a selection of adverts. Back in the...
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Byw: Newidiadau mawr mewn trafnidiaeth; Y trenau'n boblogaidd a Karl Benz yn dyfeisio'r injan betrol.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; ...dyn arall wedi dyfeisio injan oedd yn iwsio petrol. Y dyn cyntaf i ddyfeisio injan betrol oedd yn gweithio'n dda oedd Karl Benz yn 1885. Roedd hyn flwyddyn cyn i'r trn cyntaf ddringo'r Wyddfa. Wrth i'r ceir modur ddatblygu roedd y cerbydau...
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The moment we went off the rails ; Rewriting history is second nature to some, but let us imagine how different history might have been if James Watt and Karl Benz changed birth dates.
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
; ...Rewriting history is second nature to some, but let us imagine how different history might have been if James Watt and Karl Benz changed birth dates. One made possible a transport system that required a substantially level surface (so undulating...
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Celebrating the original: Mercedes-Benz, the world's first carmaker, is still on a roll.(Honored Marque)(Company Profile)
Magazine article from: Popular Mechanics
; ...oldest car company on the planet--Mercedes-Benz. This year marks the 170th anniversary of Karl Benz's birth, the 125th anniversary of Benz...The company itself dates from 1886, when Karl Benz built the first true automobile in Mannheim...
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Mercedes-Benz Honors Legendary 'Star Driver' John Fitch at 2006 Pebble Beach Concours.
PR Newswire
; ...Moss were on the 1955 Mercedes-Benz Team along with other racing legends Juan Manuel Fangio and Karl Kling. The formidable team took...the world's first car, the Benz three-wheeler for which Karl Benz received a patent in 1886 and...
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Mercedes-Benz Classic Center USA Goes Online; New Site Presents History of World's First Car.
PR Newswire
; ...into the unique heritage of Mercedes-Benz. The site emphasizes the history of...with the very origins of Mercedes-Benz which has left its mark on every era...automotive pioneers Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz, who created the first two motor cars...
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Benz history on parade
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times
; ...various developments in the history of Mercedes Benz cars. Among the six is Karl Benz's three-wheeler that gave him the patent for...well matched. The original car was donated by Karl Benz to the German Museum in Munich and the one on...
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Mercedes-Benz to celebrate its 100th birthday.
PR Newswire
; ...automobile and the 100th birthday of Daimler-Benz, the company that descended from the two men, Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler, who put the world in...there are more than 450 million of them. Benz, working in the southwest German city of...
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DAIMLER-BENZ REPORTS BREAKTHROUGH IN ALTERNATE POWER TECHNOLOGY; PRESENTATION OF NO-BATTERY ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE
PR Newswire
; ...April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Daimler-Benz, Germany's largest industrial concern...in the automotive sector. Daimler-Benz is confident that the fundamental problems...the days when Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz were constructing the first vehicles...
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Oldtimer Mercedes-Benz truly scored in U.S. with 300SL Gullwing.(The 100-Year Almanac and 1996 Market Data Book)
Magazine article from: Automotive News
; Mercedes-Benz, the world's oldest automaker, was in...just two years after Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz almost simultaneously built the world...1901 and won everything. The Mercedes-Benz name dates back to 1926, when the Daimler...
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