If Angola commits its relatively well-equipped air force to Congo, it could close the air-bridge the rebels are using to ferry troops from the east to their western front.

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Beneath the two passenger decks of this modified super jumbo is an Air Force One-style air-stair -- allowing access to the tarmac without the need for a sky-bridge or external staircase -- and a crew dining area, crew gallery, crew bathroom, sleeping quarters for eight on bunk beds, a communications room and spiral staircase leading to the main deck.

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You hauled lawn chairs onto the abandoned elevated train tracks at Tenth Avenue and 29th Street (where the High Line now runs) and had makeshift parties in the gravelly grown-over grasses on the trestle bridge, bathed in the orange-black air of urban nighttime.

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We also showcased several feats of futuristic architecture -- a skyscraper zoo with a built-in ferris wheel and a shape-shifting solar bridge that purifies the air.

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But inevitably, the bridge has not been completed on time, and at present trails off in mid-air.

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In green architecture news, a New York architect has come up with a proposal to blanket the unsightly West Side Highway with air-cleaning ivy and dramatic waterfalls, while in Sarajevo, we saw the opening of the winding Festine Lente pedestrian bridge.

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