London's Big Ben turns 150
![Birthday messages are projected onto the Big Ben clocktower above the Houses of Parliament in London July 11, 2009. Big Ben is the nickname of the bell inside the 96-metre clock tower and it was 150 years ago on July 11, 1859, Big Ben first struck time.[Xinhua/Reuters]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090713/000bcdb95f1d0bc4c67303.jpg "Birthday messages are projected onto the Big Ben clocktower above the Houses of Parliament in London July 11, 2009. Big Ben is the nickname of the bell inside the 96-metre clock tower and it was 150 years ago on July 11, 1859, Big Ben first struck time.[Xinhua/Reuters]") |
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Birthday messages are projected onto the Big Ben clocktower above the Houses of Parliament in London July 11, 2009. Big Ben is the nickname of the bell inside the 96-metre clock tower and it was 150 years ago on July 11, 1859, Big Ben first struck time.[Xinhua/Reuters] |
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