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Lake Constance Largest Ship

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James Wray
on September 18, 2008 5:56 PM |
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Ship 'MS Sonnenkoenigin' (lit.: Summer Queen) is being christened with a bottle of champagne attached to a helicopter offshore Friedrichshafen, Germany, 18 September 2008. With a length of barely 70 meters 'Sonnenkoenigin', which is owned by a German enterpriser but cruises under the flag of Austria, is the largest ship to ever have sailed on Lake Constance. Up to 1,000 passengers may be transported on the so-called event ship.  EPA/STEFAN PUCHNER

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Upside-down House

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James Wray
on August 4, 2008 11:33 AM |
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A picture dated 01 August 2008 shows builders working on an upside-down house in Trassenheideon on the island of Usedom, Germany. A company from Poland want to complete the family house by the end of August.  All furniture is to be installed upside-down. The house will be used for exhibitions and the surrounding area should display other architectural oddities. About 400,000 Euros have been invested in the project 'Die Welt steht Kopf' (The World on its Head).  EPA/STEFAN SAUER

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Church of our Lady in Dresden, Germany

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James Wray
on August 4, 2008 11:17 AM |
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The art academy, the baroque Church of our Lady, the Staendehaus, the castle tower and the cathedral (L-R) turned golden by the rising sun in Dresden, Germany, 04 August 2008. The outline of the buildings are clearly mirrored in the low waters of the river Elbe. The water level of the river has reached 76cm, a third of the normal level.  EPA/MATTHIAS HIEKEL

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By
James Wray
on July 15, 2008 5:13 PM |
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A German Air Force ('Luftwaffe') helicopter type 'CH-53' drops flares during the 'Elite 2008' manoeuvre at the training area 'Heuberg' near Messtetten, Germany, 15 July 2008. 1,700 soldiers from 17 nations took part in the annual ELITE (Electronic Warfare Live Training Exercise), which is the Luftwaffe's largest annual manoeuvre.  EPA/PATRICK SEEGER

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TeleMAX remote-controlled robot

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James Wray
on June 30, 2008 5:54 PM |
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The remote-controlled robot 'TeleMAX' of the German company 'Telerob' is pictured during the 3rd European Performance Review Robotics (ELROB) in Hammelburg, Germany, 30 June 2008. Companies, Universities and institutes from all over Europe will present their robots at the exhibition which is hosted by the German armed forces till 03 July 2008.  EPA/DANIEL KARMANN

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Ark Nebra

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James Wray
on June 20, 2008 2:21 AM |
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People are pictured at visitor centre 'Ark Nebra' in Wangen, Germany, 19 June 2008. The centre was built a year ago in close vicinity to the finding place of the Nebra sky disk. 120,000 people have so far visited the centre, which has become part of the tourism route 'Himmelswege'.

The imposing building offers a multi-media presentation and a planetarium show. 'Ark Nebra' was inspired by the stylised boat, also a motif on the Nebra sky disk.  EPA/Peter Endig

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Beer crash

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James Wray
on June 10, 2008 1:41 PM |

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A Munich firefighters handout image made available on 10 June shows firefighters clearing the motorway A8 from beer bottles, near Munich, Germany, on 09 June 2008, after a truck crashed on its way to Vienna, Austria.  EPA/FIREFIGHTERS MUNICH

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