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PARIS: Sorbonne celebrates its 750th anniversary
The dome of the Sorbonne chapel has become a Paris landmark. The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. It was originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257. Paris, FRANCE - 2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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PARIS: Sorbonne's 750th anniversary
Famous reading room in the Sorbonne library, accommodating 400 readers. The library first opened in 1770 with a collection of 20,000 books. It now houses 2.5 million volumes, including a collection of rare manuscripts, and occupies a 10,000m2 surface.
The world-renowned university situated on Paris' Left Bank celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. Originally set up as a small school of theology for 20 students in 1257, its historic domed-crowned site off the Boulevard Saint Michel is nowadays a Paris landmark. Paris, FRANCE - 2007./0709111107 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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MACAO: Casinos
A night view of the Grand Lisboa hotel and casino (L) and the Casino Lisboa (C) in Macau, China on Monday, July 30 2007. Hotel Lisboa, built in 1970 in the heart of Macau, has earned its reputation as one of Asia's finest casino hotels. Gaming tycoon Dr Stanley Ho's ambitious new Grand Lisboa hotel-casino complex, opened to the public on February 11 2007, features a diamond-like structure with a golden 40-plus floor high-rise shaped like a lotus flower in the background, a glitzy alternative to Ho's existing casino flagship, the Casino Lisboa. The 3 billion Macau patacas (US$400 million; euro 300 million) complex is Ho's biggest response to American rivals who have stormed into Macau and seized big chunks of the gaming market. Official figures released 16 July 2007 showed Casino revenues in the gambling haven of Macau have shot up 50 percent year-on-year to a record 19.57 billion patacas (2.51 billion USD) in the second quarter of 2007. Macao, CHINA-30/07/2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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MACAO: Casinos
A night view of the Grand Lisboa hotel and casino in Macau, China on Monday, July 30 2007. Hotel Lisboa, built in 1970 in the heart of Macau, has earned its reputation as one of Asia's finest casino hotels. Gaming tycoon Dr Stanley Ho's ambitious new Grand Lisboa hotel-casino complex, opened to the public on February 11 2007, features a diamond-like structure with a golden 40-plus floor high-rise shaped like a lotus flower in the background, a glitzy alternative to Ho's existing casino flagship, the Casino Lisboa. The 3 billion Macau patacas (US$400 million; euro 300 million) complex is Ho's biggest response to American rivals who have stormed into Macau and seized big chunks of the gaming market. Official figures released 16 July 2007 showed Casino revenues in the gambling haven of Macau have shot up 50 percent year-on-year to a record 19.57 billion patacas (2.51 billion USD) in the second quarter of 2007. Macao, CHINA-30/07/2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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MACAO: Casinos
A night view of the Grand Lisboa hotel and casino (L) and the Casino Lisboa (C) in Macau, China on Monday, July 30 2007. Hotel Lisboa, built in 1970 in the heart of Macau, has earned its reputation as one of Asia's finest casino hotels. Gaming tycoon Dr Stanley Ho's ambitious new Grand Lisboa hotel-casino complex, opened to the public on February 11 2007, features a diamond-like structure with a golden 40-plus floor high-rise shaped like a lotus flower in the background, a glitzy alternative to Ho's existing casino flagship, the Casino Lisboa. The 3 billion Macau patacas (US$400 million; euro 300 million) complex is Ho's biggest response to American rivals who have stormed into Macau and seized big chunks of the gaming market. Official figures released 16 July 2007 showed Casino revenues in the gambling haven of Macau have shot up 50 percent year-on-year to a record 19.57 billion patacas (2.51 billion USD) in the second quarter of 2007. Macao, CHINA-30/07/2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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MACAO: Casinos
A night view of the Casino Lisboa in Macau, China on Monday, July 30 2007. Hotel Lisboa, built in 1970 in the heart of Macau, has earned its reputation as one of Asia's finest casino hotels. Gaming tycoon Dr Stanley Ho's ambitious new Grand Lisboa hotel-casino complex, opened to the public on February 11 2007, features a diamond-like structure with a golden 40-plus floor high-rise shaped like a lotus flower in the background, a glitzy alternative to Ho's existing casino flagship, the Casino Lisboa. The 3 billion Macau patacas (US$400 million; euro 300 million) complex is Ho's biggest response to American rivals who have stormed into Macau and seized big chunks of the gaming market. Official figures released 16 July 2007 showed Casino revenues in the gambling haven of Macau have shot up 50 percent year-on-year to a record 19.57 billion patacas (2.51 billion USD) in the second quarter of 2007. Macao, CHINA-30/07/2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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MACAO: Casinos
A night view of the Grand Lisboa hotel and casino (C) and the Casino Lisboa (R) in Macau, China on Monday, July 30 2007. Hotel Lisboa, built in 1970 in the heart of Macau, has earned its reputation as one of Asia's finest casino hotels. Gaming tycoon Dr Stanley Ho's ambitious new Grand Lisboa hotel-casino complex, opened to the public on February 11 2007, features a diamond-like structure with a golden 40-plus floor high-rise shaped like a lotus flower in the background, a glitzy alternative to Ho's existing casino flagship, the Casino Lisboa. The 3 billion Macau patacas (US$400 million; euro 300 million) complex is Ho's biggest response to American rivals who have stormed into Macau and seized big chunks of the gaming market. Official figures released 16 July 2007 showed Casino revenues in the gambling haven of Macau have shot up 50 percent year-on-year to a record 19.57 billion patacas (2.51 billion USD) in the second quarter of 2007. Macao, CHINA-30/07/2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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MACAO: Casinos
A night view of the Casino Lisboa in Macau, China on Monday, July 30 2007. Hotel Lisboa, built in 1970 in the heart of Macau, has earned its reputation as one of Asia's finest casino hotels. Gaming tycoon Dr Stanley Ho's ambitious new Grand Lisboa Casino hotel-casino complex, opened to the public on February 11 2007, features a diamond-like structure with a golden 40-plus floor high-rise shaped like a lotus flower in the background, a glitzy alternative to Ho's existing casino flagship, the Casino Lisboa. The 3 billion Macau patacas (US$400 million; euro 300 million) complex is Ho's biggest response to American rivals who have stormed into Macau and seized big chunks of the gaming market. Official figures released 16 July 2007 showed Casino revenues in the gambling haven of Macau have shot up 50 percent year-on-year to a record 19.57 billion patacas (2.51 billion USD) in the second quarter of 2007. Macao, CHINA-30/07/2007. (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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