Images Dated 2008

Cycling-Fra-Paris-Roubaix

Belgian Tom Boonen (R-Quick Step) rides on April 13, 2008 on the cobblestone section "The Dead Tree", during the 106th Paris-Roubaix cycling race between Compiegne and Roubaix. Tom Boonen won the race ahead of Swiss Fabian Cancellara (CSC Tiscali/den) and Italian Alessandro Ballan (Lampre/Ital). AFP PHOTO PASCAL PAVANI / AFP PHOTO / PASCAL PAVANI

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Australia-Uk-Cruise-Queen Victoria

The Queen Victoria, the most expensive and grandest ocean liner ever built, arrives on February 23, 2008 in Sydney's Harbour. The Cunard cruise liner who has 1, 000 crew members and weighs 90, 000 tons with a length of 293.5 m, left New York on january 13, on her maiden world voyage to berth at Sydney's Harbour across from the Sydney Opera House untill 24 February 2008. AFP PHOTO / ANOEK DE GROOT / AFP PHOTO / ANOEK DE GROOT

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Us-Tourism-San Francisco-Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge is pictured from the Pacific Ocean on October 24, 2008. The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route 101 and State Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County. The Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1937 and has become an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco and California. Since its completion, the span length has been surpassed by eight other bridges. It still has the second longest suspension bridge main span in the United States, after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. In 2007, it was ranked fifth on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects. AFP PHOTO GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS

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