Seventeen years after the doctor's diagnosis, Samra took this determination to tackle the world's tallest peak.
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It's tempting to construct the tallest building in the world, a stick-in-your-eye message to America's enemies.
The tallest rock, Mt Olga (546m, 1066m above sea level) is approximately 200m higher than Uluru.
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Muse Developments plans a development comprising linked buildings, the tallest of which would be 10 storeys.
One of its most notable features is the tallest building in Wales, the 29-storey Meridian Tower.
At least the Cambodia Stock Exchange has impressive premises in the country's tallest building.
Tower 42, which was officially opened in 1981, is currently the fifth tallest building in London.
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Just south of the bazaar lies the Barakatra, once the tallest structure in Dhaka.
"I would like to see bin Laden strung up from the tallest pole, " Durrani said.
The Middle East is at the center of a race to build the world's tallest building.
Biggest bulls around Forbes, maybe, which is like being the tallest kid in preschool.
If it were a building, it would be among the 20 tallest in the city.
Its developers, the Berkeley Group, say it will be one of Europe's tallest residential towers.
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Chicago is a city of different levels - the tallest building in the US, street level, and underground roads.
The tour ends with a hike to one of the tallest temples to watch the sunset over Lake Yaxha.
He has profiled a variety of personalities from astronauts to prime ministers, holocaust survivors and the world's tallest man.
That would leave the Shard as the undisputed tallest tower in Europe if it ever gets built.
The latest featured the Burj Khalifa Centre of Now in Dubai, the tallest building in the world.
From her "house" on Concourse H, she points out the tallest barista across the way at Starbucks.
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It will also include the 55-storey Shanghai Tower, which will be the tallest UK building outside London.
Co-founder Minoru Mori is behind some of the city's tallest developments, like Roppongi Hills and ARK Hills.
The tallest building in the United States, the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois, stands 1, 450 feet high.
He also noticed that his allotted wall faced the city's tallest building at the time, City Hall.
He scaled Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in South America, oblivious that trouble was brewing back home in Egypt.
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When completed, the building which features a Park Hyatt below the condo units will be New York's tallest residential building.
Known for grandiose projects such as the Shanghai World Financial Center, China's tallest building, which opened in 2008.
Standing at 6-foot-4 and 6-foot-6 respectively, the oversized speedsters are the tallest pair of wingers in international rugby.
Out of the 50 tallest buildings, more than half are in Asia, according to buildings data firm Emporis.
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Shahabpur falls within the first parliamentary constituency of Jawaharlal Nehru, Congress's tallest leader and India's first prime minister.
The tallest part of the tower block is side-on to the river, along which the prevailing wind blows.
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