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Named Yrvind Ten after its 10 foot length, the miniature vessel will be just 1.8 meters wide with two six meter-tall masts.
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Setting sail from Syria in 2008, The Phoenician covered 32, 000 kilometers over two years, battling everything from six-meter waves off the Cape of Good Hope to Somali pirates.
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In another camp, 30 members of a Funcinpec regiment were locked in a six-by-two meter room for nine days, where they had to sleep standing.
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The storm caused two-meter-high (six-and-a-half-feet) drifts and was blamed for derailing a bullet train in Akita prefecture, south of Hokkaido, on Saturday afternoon.
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Jamaican women dominated in 2008, winning five of the six medals in the 100 and 200 meter races.
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It spews 500 nanograms of dioxin per cubic meter of fume, more than six times the Japanese safe level of 80 nanograms.
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The Otsuka is the only place in the world to see all six panels of El Greco's 12-meter- tall "High Altar" together.
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Over the course of six exchanges, the men's 3-meter synchronized springboard diving team of Troy Dumais and Kristian Ipsen traded one fist pound, one hug and one high five between dives.
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Other hotel amenities include six unique dining venues, an 860-square-meter spa by ESPA, a glass-enclosed infinity pool with LED screen ceiling and an outdoor terrace with a glass-enclosed bar, both on the 118th floor.
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In the 4X100-meter freestyle relay, teammate Jason Lezak trailed by almost six-tenths of a second when he entered the pool for his anchor leg.
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Six gold medals were decided in canoeing, with Attila Vajda of Hungary winning the men's 1, 000 meter singles in 3:50.46, taking a step up on the podium after his bronze four years ago in Athens.
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