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IF WE EVER FIND THE MONEY TO TRAVEL TO EUROPE, WE WILL VISIT THE EIFFEL TOWER IN PARIS, FRANCE.
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15 November 2015
IT WAS A FALSE BOMB ALERT.
Police at Pullman hotel in Paris, Eiffel tower area evacuated – witnesses
Police at #Pullman hotel in #Paris #EiffelTower area evacuated – witnesses http://str.sg/ZaMc
PARIS (REUTERS) – Police have evacuated the area around the Paris Eiffel tower and the surrounding Champ de Mars park, a Reuters witness saw on Saturday.
Heavy police presence was seen at the Pullman Hotel on Avenue de Suffren near the Eiffel tower, another eyewitness, who lives along Champ de Mars told Reuters. He declined to be identified.
Other witnesses also confirmed the presence of heavily armed police at the site of the hotel – although, an interior ministry spokesman later revealed this to be a false alert.
A spokesman for the Accor hotel chain also said it was a false bomb alert.
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14 November 2015
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Equity Eiffel Tower as peace symbol goes viral, as thousands send prayers to Paris following deadly attacks http://ift.tt/1YarMa1 …
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#BREAKING | Eiffel Tower closed indefinitely following #ParisAttacks, says management: AFP
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#EiffelTower shut as staff strike over rise in pickpocket gangs http://bbc.in/1FD5shZ
A similar closure took place in April 2013 when the Louvre art gallery disappointed hundreds of tourists by closing down after staff complained of being spat at, abused and even assaulted by pickpocketing gangs.
More police were sent to protect the museum, which is visited by 10 million tourists every year.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32844573?ocid=socialflow_twitter
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BBC News (World) #EiffelTower shut as staff strike over rise in pickpocket gangs http://bbc.in/1FD5shZ
The company that runs the tower said it “regrets that visitors… are being punished”
The Eiffel Tower shut down for six hours because of a staff walkout in protest against a surge in pickpocketing gangs.
Workers say the gangs are increasingly threatening them with assault or abuse.
The company managing the major tourist attraction “thanked the public for its understanding” and said it “regrets that visitors… are being punished”.
About seven million people go up the tower every year. The tower reopened on Friday afternoon.
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Staff are demanding “formal guarantees” from management to stop pickpocketing gangs who target numerous tourists every day.
The staff’s union representative, Denis Vavassori, told the AP news agency that the staff had walked out “so we could ask for a permanent police presence here”.
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The thieves “form a gang of four to five people”, and sometimes there can be about 30 of them surrounding the tower, one of the striking workers told the AFP news agency. Occasionally they even “fight among themselves”.
Another striker said that he had been threatened while chasing away a pickpocket: “He said to me, ‘why don’t you let us work… if this continues you will have problems’.”
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32844573?ocid=socialflow_twitter
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The Eiffel Tower shrinks 6 inches in winter. #didyouknow #fact #interesting http://itunes.apple.com/app/id924977069?at=11lv8V&ct=Facts …
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#TimeLine_Remaja @novatama23 5 minutes ago
Eiffel Tower at Christmas
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We had some great views from the Eiffel Tower @Ysgol_Clywedog
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