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Not kidding: Bin Laden brother unveils £100bn plan for world's longest bridge
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<h1>Bin Laden brother unveils £100bn plan for world's longest bridge<author></author></h1>
<p class="info">By Steve Bloomfield in Djibouti
<font size="1">Wednesday, 13 August 2008</font></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 40px">It sounds like a joke. The brother of the world's most famous terrorist wants to build the world's longest suspension bridge, linking two continents across the world's most dangerous waters. As if that's not enough, he also plans to build two new cities – one at each end.<!--proximic_content_off--> </p>
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<p style="margin-left: 40px">If Sheikh Tarek bin Laden is joking, it's an expensive gag. The Al Noor project will cost some $200bn (£100bn) and, according to Sheikh Bin Laden's people, he has already ploughed hundreds of millions of dollars into the scheme himself.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px">The project is nothing if not ambitious. A bridge, 18 miles long, will link Africa with Arabia across the Bab al-Mandib (Gate of Tears), the strait connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden. Two cities, one in tiny Djibouti, the other in Yemen, will sit at either end. ...</p>
<p><b>Go to article: </b>The Independent, <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/bin-laden-brother-unveils-163100bn-plan-for-worlds-longest-bridge-892880.html">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/bin-laden-brother-unveils-163100bn-plan-for-worlds-longest-bridge-892880.html</a></p>
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<p>This news was originally found at: World Architecture, <a href="http://www.worldarchitecture.org/main/">http://www.worldarchitecture.org/main/</a></p>
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<h1>Bin Laden brother unveils £100bn plan for world's longest bridge<author></author></h1>
<p class="info">By Steve Bloomfield in Djibouti
<font size="1">Wednesday, 13 August 2008</font></p>
<div class="body font-null" jquery1219883840377="243">
<p style="margin-left: 40px">It sounds like a joke. The brother of the world's most famous terrorist wants to build the world's longest suspension bridge, linking two continents across the world's most dangerous waters. As if that's not enough, he also plans to build two new cities – one at each end.<!--proximic_content_off--> </p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px"><!--proximic_content_on--></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px">If Sheikh Tarek bin Laden is joking, it's an expensive gag. The Al Noor project will cost some $200bn (£100bn) and, according to Sheikh Bin Laden's people, he has already ploughed hundreds of millions of dollars into the scheme himself.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px">The project is nothing if not ambitious. A bridge, 18 miles long, will link Africa with Arabia across the Bab al-Mandib (Gate of Tears), the strait connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden. Two cities, one in tiny Djibouti, the other in Yemen, will sit at either end. ...</p>
<p><b>Go to article: </b>The Independent, <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/bin-laden-brother-unveils-163100bn-plan-for-worlds-longest-bridge-892880.html">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/bin-laden-brother-unveils-163100bn-plan-for-worlds-longest-bridge-892880.html</a></p>
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<p>This news was originally found at: World Architecture, <a href="http://www.worldarchitecture.org/main/">http://www.worldarchitecture.org/main/</a></p>
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