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Article: Proposal to Better Unite City Leaves Dresden Divided - New York Times
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- January 5, 2008
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DRESDEN, Germany - The battle to prevent construction of a proposed bridge in this historic city has embroiled everything from a tiny endangered bat, to the country's reigning literary lion, Gunter Grass, to activists who are staging a round-the-clock occupation of a centuries-old beech tree. Opponents of the project say that the four-lane, 2,100-foot-long span, called the Waldschlosschen Bridge, will mar the famous vistas of Dresden and the picturesque river that divides it, the Elbe. Supporters say it will ease traffic congestion and better link the two sides of the city. And, they add, the project was overwhelmingly approved in a citywide referendum three years ago.The United Nations ...
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Article: Technology saves ancient beech tree.(News)
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......come to the rescue of what is believed to be the oldest beech tree in a County Durham district. Mike Adamson, the owner of Hardwick Hall in Sedgefield, thought that a large old beech tree in the car park of the building would need to be felled...
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