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18 May 2013 Updated at 6:07 PM UAE
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One World Trade Centre's spire is hoisted atop the skyscraper

One World Trade Center stands in construction as the first of 18 segment of a spire crowning it was hoisted into place, in New York, December 12, 2012. At 104 -storeys, it is the highest building in New York and when the 408-foot spire is complete it will become the tallest in the western hemisphere, hitting 1,776 feet. (AFP/Getty Images)

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