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Seventeen years of Swiss engineering equals the Gotthard base tunnel - now the world's largest rail tunnel. As Grace Pascoe reports, the tunnel aims to shorten travel times between northern and southern Europe.
Bangalore (India), Nov 10 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera:Jagadeesh NV) A special motorcycle display team of the Indian army on Tuesday claimed to have set a Guinness world record when one of its members rode a motorbike through a 127 meters (416.6 feet) long tunnel of fire, breaking the earlier record of 120.4 meters possessed by two riders from South Africa. The Army Supply Corps (ASC) Motorcycle Display Team, dubbed the "Tornadoes," is known for performing stunts at national events as well as display shows in India and abroad. FOOTAGE OF THE TORNADOS
This beauty is Sailing Yacht A, the largest sailing yacht in the world. The 300-foot-high and 468-foot-long yacht has eight floors, includes an underwater observation room, and is worth an estimated $402 million. Russian billionaire Andrei Melnichenko, the owner of the unique sailing craft, faced a legal battle after Sailing Yacht A was seized last week when German shipbuilder Nobiskrug filed a claim against the vessel’s owners Valla Yachts Limited, a Bermuda-based company with which Melnichenko is seemingly connected.
Over a dozen professional sweet makers, led by artisan confectioner Jean-Phillipe Darcis, cut open long lines of baked eclairs, filled them with delicious creme, and linked them together in a zag pattern in an official Guinness World Record attempt for the world's longest ever eclair in the Belgian city of Verviers on Sunday.
The world’s longest and most expensive railway tunnel opens on Wednesday in Switzerland.
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