Ring of steel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The ring of steel is the popular name for the security and surveillance cordon
surrounding the City of London, installed to deter the IRA and other threats.
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Smithfield: Information from Answers.com
Smithfield, district of the City of London, England. ... to allow refuelling of
cargo planes in support of Lord Louis Mountbatten's operations. ... as a part of
the City's security and surveillance cordon known as the Ring of steel. ...
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To Fight Terror, New York Tries London's 'Ring of Steel' - New ...
Jul 24, 2005 ... A ring of steel, they say, is expensive and may not be a good ... "I understand
what they are doing in the New York City subway today," said ...
www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/weekinreview/24lipton.html

East End: Definition from Answers.com
... access to the Isle of Dogs, reminiscent of the City's 'Ring of steel'. ....
Also in Newham is London City Airport, built in 1986 in the former King George V
... as seen in Henry Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor (1851) and ...
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IEEE Spectrum: Ring of Steel II
Ring of Steel II. New York City gets set to replicate London's high-security
zone ... The district known as the City of London is two-and-a-half-square ...
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Great Fire of London: Information from Answers.com
The City was surrounded by a ring of inner suburbs, where most Londoners lived.
..... melted the imported steel lying along the wharves (melting point between
1250 °C .... Aside from the four years of James II's rule from 1685 to 1689, ...
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'Ring of Steel' for New York? To Protect Lower Manhattan, Police ...
Jan 25, 2006 ... London implemented the ring of steel in 1993, after Irish Republican Army
bombings struck the city and other areas in the early 1990s. ...
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New York: Information from Answers.com
To a significant extent New York City's subsequent rise in the ... With the
development of safety elevators, inexpensive steel, ..... As a result of this
immigration, which was predominantly from E and S Europe, the city's population
reached ... which was dominated by Tammany Hall (see Tammany) and the Tweed Ring
, ...
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 24 | 1993: IRA bomb devastates City of London
A massive bomb rips through the heart of the City of London, ... after the
explosion the government threw what it called a "ring of steel" around the City,
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news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/ april/24/newsid_2523000/2523345.stm

Rotterdam: Weather from Answers.com
Rotterdam ( ) A city of southwest Netherlands on the Rhine-Meuse delta south-
southeast ... of Luxembourg-based Arcelor Mittal, the world's largest steel
company. ..... chose Rotterdam because in addition to it being another big city,
like London, ... The 'Ring' (ring road) of Rotterdam is displayed in darker red.
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