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RECREATING POMPEY FOR MODERN EYES
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IN 55 B.C.E., ROMANS applauded the debut of the world's first modern entertainment complex, a mammoth structure constructed by Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus-better known as Pompey the Great, military conqueror and rival to julius Caesar. The showy consul named the theater for himself. Today, using archaeology, three-dimensional modeling, virtual reality technology, and digital research, architecture experts are slowly raising the curtain on the Theater of Pompey. "It's shockingly enormous," says James Packer, a Northwestern University professor. "The scale is just astonishing."
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Ahmadabad cricket stadium to become security fortress for India-Pakistan match
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...Worldstream 04-10-2005 Dateline: AHMADABAD, India More than 3,000 policemen began...preparations on Sunday that will convert Ahmadabad's cricket stadium into a security fortress...outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmadabad, police Inspector General P.K. Jha...
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Ahmadabad police throws security blanket around India and Pakistan's cricket teams
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...Worldstream 04-11-2005 Dateline: AHMADABAD, India Police enforced strict security...on the tarmac, to be taken out of the Ahmadabad airport through a side gate as hundreds...that witnessed riots three years ago. Ahmadabad is the financial hub of Gujarat state...
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Besieged Muslims in riot-hit Ahmadabad use technology to plead for food
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; 00-00-0000 Dateline: AHMADABAD, India Need milk and vegetables...killer Hindu mobs on the streets of Ahmadabad _ have sent thousands of frantic...Sunday. At least 195 have died in Ahmadabad, Gujarat's largest city and home...
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 "Pajhwok Afghan News (Kabul, Afghanistan)")
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Karzai condemns Ahmadabad carnage.
Newspaper article from: Pajhwok Afghan News (Kabul, Afghanistan)
; ...Zubair Babakarkhil Karzai condemns Ahmadabad carnage Zubair Babakarkhil - Jul 27...successive bomb blasts in western city of Ahmadabad in India which caused hundreds casualties...blasts took place in crowded areas of Ahmadabad City on Saturday evening during 36 minutes...
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29 killed, 88 wounded in series of explosions in western Indian city of Ahmadabad
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...explosions hit the western Indian city of Ahmadabad on Saturday, a top official said, a...chief minister of Gujarat state where Ahmadabad is located, said at least 16 small bombs...the narrow lanes of the older part of Ahmadabad, which is crowded with tightly packed...
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Business center Ahmadabad is India's most polluted city
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; 00-00-0000 Dateline: AHMADABAD, India Pollution has reached critical...report. India's trading hub of Ahmadabad in the western state of Gujarat is...government to rising pollution levels in Ahmadabad three years ago, but authorities...
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Police impose curfew in three Ahmadabad suburbs in riot-torn Gujarat as Hindu-Muslims clash
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; 00-00-0000 Dateline: AHMADABAD, India Violence erupted Friday in...clamped a curfew in three suburbs of Ahmadabad, Gujarat's largest city, after...confidence. The army has been posted in Ahmadabad since violence broke out on Feb...
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15 killed, 100 wounded in series of explosions in western Indian city of Ahmadabad
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...explosions hit the western Indian city of Ahmadabad on Saturday, an official said, a day...development minister of Gujarat state where Ahmadabad is located, said the explosions went...of our country. Today's blasts in Ahmadabad seem to be part of the same strategy...
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Canada to open Trade Office in Ahmadabad: Harper.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
; Canada to open Trade Office in Ahmadabad: Harper Toronto, Sept 11 (PTI) In...has announced to open Trade Office in Ahmadabad. Harper while delivering key note speech...Ministers decision to open Trade Office in Ahmadabad. Aisha Lutheran, ICC President, welcomed...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Series of explosions hit Indian city of Ahmadabad; INTERNATIONAL.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...multiple blasts in the western city of Ahmadabad. The city's police control room reported...the narrow lanes of the older part of Ahmadabad, which is tightly packed with homes and...the burns ward at the Civil Hospital in Ahmadabad
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