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	BBC - Crime Case Closed - Millennium Dome Heist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Having realised that the Dome could be a target, dozens of officers started monitoring the gang at their homes or on visits to the attraction.
		They warned both the management of the Dome and De Beers, who switched the diamonds with crystal replicas the night before the raid after learning that the strike was imminent.
		Ray Betson was driving a muddy, yellow JCB towards the dome, with three more men in body armour and gas masks crouched in the back: Bill Cockram, Bob Adams and Aldo Ciarrocchi.
	www.bbc.co.uk /crime/caseclosed/domeheist.shtml (1359 words)

	The great dome robbery \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		Four of them, wearing gasmasks and body armour, crashed through the perimeter fence on a mechanical digger and hurtled towards a display of diamonds worth as much as £350m, lobbing smoke bombs and firing nailguns as visitors, including children, were touring the site.
		One suspect was seized in a powerboat which had been moored to the Queen Elizabeth II pier next to the dome.
		Another was arrested on the north bank of the Thames at Lower Lee Crossings, opposite the dome.
	www.guardian.co.uk /dome/article/0,2763,394291,00.html (1423 words)

	Millenium Dome in London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		As part of the programme for the millennium celebrations, a contaminated gasworks site, which had been unused for 20 years, was rehabilitated to accommodate this huge domed tent — the largest membrane structure in the world, with a diameter of 365 m and a height of 50 m.
		After the New Year’s party held there at the beginning of 2000, the dome was converted into a theme park with a number of pavilions designed by British architects.
		In January 2001, the dome will be taken over by a new concern that will present other attractions.
	www.detail.de /rw_5_Archive_En_HoleArtikel_1830_Artikel.htm (157 words)

	The Millenium Dome, London
		When the Dome opened to the public in the year 2000 it was divided into zones which included ’Faith’, ’Body’, ’Money’, ’Mind’ and ’Learning’ as well as a central staging area.
		Here the Millenium was welcomed by the music of Peter Gabriel backed by a team of more than 150 acrobats, and a specially made short film about a time-travelling Blackadder was shown throughout the year in an on-site cinema.
		The Dome also makes a cameo appearance in The World Is Not Enough and may even appear as one of the event venues should London be selected to host the 2012 Olympics.
	www.londononline.co.uk /articles/Millenium_Dome (180 words)

	Millenium Dome - map of the Millenium Dome, London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Millenium Dome is a huge metal tent, lying on a bend of the Thames near Greenwich.
		The Millenium Dome is the largest single-roofed building in the world, measuring 3,280 feet in circumference – tall enough to accommodate Nelson’s Column standing upright, and the Eiffel Tower on its side.
		Dome since its closure, and there has variously been talk of turning it into a casino, a sports venue, or a music arena with shops and offices.
	www.londondrum.com /cityguide/millenium-dome.php (329 words)

	Millennium Dome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Dome project was conceived, originally on a somewhat smaller scale, under John Major's Conservative government, as a Festival of Britain or World's Fair-type showcase to celebrate the third millennium.
		In the words of BBC correspondent Robert Orchard, "the Dome was to be highlighted as a glittering New Labour achievement in the next election manifesto".
		The Dome was featured for a few seconds prominently in the background during a sequence in the 2006 blockbuster The Da Vinci Code.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Millenium_Dome (2542 words)

	Funktion One News
		The system is completed with a ring of 12 hi-mid stadium units in the apex of the Dome.
		With the exception of the central cluster the rest of the system had to be flown from the Dome structure making ultra light weight an essential factor of the product specification.
		The speakers are set to be installed during the Autumn and will have their first public hearing at the Dome's opening show, with the Queen as guest of honour, on the night of december 31.
	www.funktion-one.com /dome.htm (779 words)

	News in Science - World's biggest tent reaps award - 25/10/1999
		The Dome is totally unlike previous tented structures, which are very complex, doubly curved shapes where the fabric carries the bulk of the tension and must therefore be very thick, like kitchen lino.
		In the Dome, the fabric is flat, supported entirely by the straight radial cables that take most of the tension, so the fabric covering can be much lighter," said Ian Liddell, Partner at Buro Happold.
		The Millenium Dome is being built in Greenwich, London as part of celebrations in the UK for the new millenium and will house exhibitions and entertainment centres over 80,000 square metres - or 20 acres of floor space.
	www.abc.net.au /science/news/stories/s61894.htm (355 words)

	Millennium Dome, Greenwich, London: LondonNet feature
		DOME chief Pierre Yves Gerbeau is launching a last-minute attempt to keep the Greenwich attraction as a place of entertainment.
		GUNSHOTS flashed through the air at the Dome today as a gang of would-be jewel thieves tried to bulldoze their way into the Millennium attraction.
		It is thought the robbers were keen to get their hands on diamonds exhibited at the Dome by De Beers, including the Millennium Star, reckoned to be one of the most valuable diamonds in the world.
	www.londonnet.co.uk /ln/guide/about/dome.html (401 words)

	London Millenium Bridge - Uncyclopedia
		The London Millenium Bridge was but a thought in the mind of the great poet Nathanael.
		However, once the knowlage that the millenium was approching appeared, he decided to visit the millenium dome instead.
		The bridge is another one of the many successful millenium projects, such as the Spinnacer Tower in Portsmouth and the Millenium Dome.
	www.uncyclopedia.org /wiki/London_Millenium_Bridge (200 words)

	BBC News \| UK POLITICS \| Dome a flop - Short (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Millennium Dome is a "disaster" and a "flop", according to International Development Secretary Clare Short.
		But he reiterated the government's view that it would be too costly to close the Dome before the end of the year.
		In her attack on the Dome, Ms Short did concede that most people who had visited it - including her son - thought it was "great".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/936531.stm (567 words)

	Discover The Millenium Dome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The dome at Greenwich, conceived as "an international icon and the largest building of its kind in the world", is to be the centrepiece of the UK's millennium celebrations.
		The Dome’s performance arena will be the setting for the central experience: a show with live performers and stunning visual effects repeated throughout the day.
		The overall cash budget for the project is £758M as agreed by the Government and the Millennium Commission in January 1997 and confirmed in June 1997.
	www.univ-pau.fr /ANGLAIS/Voyage98/CRDome.html (1733 words)

	nerv.org.uk - Photos of the Millenium Dome
		The Dome was open during 2000 and was the cause of much public controversy.
		This is the account of my visit early in that year, before the media (and myself) had given it such bad reviews that people stopped going.
		You wouldn't have enjoyed it, unless you are a 10 year old with a great deal of patience for queuing.
	nerv.org.uk /photo_dome.html (445 words)

	Millennium Dome Sponsors
		Moreover, when Dome visitors were asked to identify sponsors from a list, almost all (92%) of the attendees were able to confirm both McDonald’s and BT as sponsors.
		An equally high number (81%) of Dome visitors correctly identified BT as the sponsor of the ‘Talk Zone’, followed by roughly one-half who correctly paired Boots with the ‘Body Zone’ (53%), and Ford with the ‘Journey Zone’ (52%).
		Moreover, roughly one-half (47%) of those surveyed perceived Dome sponsors to be ‘More interested’ in their customers, while almost 4 in 10 perceived Dome sponsors to be ‘More innovative’, and companies they ‘Appreciate more because they are involved with the Dome’.
	www.performanceresearch.com /dome-sponsors.htm (420 words)

	Visit to the Millenium Dome 2
		One of the children said that they expected it to be exciting and great because of all the news reports, SiobhÃ¢n Colliason Beije was let down after having an unexciting day at the dome, because she thought most of the zones were boring and too grown up.
		Your reporter from Class G Times was lucky enough to go to the Millennium Dome on the 7th February 2000.
		My group then met the rest of the school in the centre of the Dome where we saw the Millennium Show.
	www.powell-corderoy.surrey.sch.uk /events/9900/dome2.htm (530 words)

	British section of the Audio Engineering Society
		Each of the zone networks is itself attached to a backbone network which is set under the floor in the dome.
		The sound tracks were provided by the creator of the zone, and then edited by the dome audio engineers to create the final sounds you hear today.
		In the Dome, the emergency announcement system uses the same loudspeakers and networks as the rest of the audio.
	www.aes.org /sections/uk/meetings/10002.html (712 words)

	Millenium Dome Idol
		The "Dome" is set to open by December 31, 1999, in time for the scheduled celebrations of the new millennium.
		The figure will be "sitting or reclining on the floor of the dome with its limbs spreading out for hundreds of feet," according to the Daily Telegraph, London’s foremost daily newspaper.
		Estimated costs of the "Dome" have ranged from 400 million pounds to 800 million (English pounds are worth more than the American dollar).
	www.cultlink.com /sentinel/dome.html (668 words)

	james bond multimedia \| Millenium Dome in London
		Perhaps one of the most controversial projects in UK history, is of course the Millenium Dome.
		Costing well over one billion pounds, funded by the british taxpayer, the objectives of the dome where to educate, inform, inspire and be a portrait of the nation.
		The Millenium Dome appears in the pre-title sequence of The World Is Not Enough.
	www.jamesbondmm.co.uk /locations/millenium-dome.php (248 words)

	CNN.com - UK minister says Millennium Dome a 'disaster' - September 22, 2000
		Far from living up to Blair's wish that the Dome should be "the greatest show on earth," the attraction, which has seen visitor numbers well below forecasts, has been a major embarrassment to the government.
		Police are investigating fraud allegations centring on one of the contractors who worked for the Dome's operator, the New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC), after doubts over ownership of some of the Dome's assets emerged.
		Smith, the culture minister, was not shocked to hear Short's view and declined to criticise her for it.
	www.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/09/22/britain.dome.reut/index.html (606 words)

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		The Millenium Dome is an exhibit hall in the suburbs of London which is supposedly only going to be open in the Year 2000.
		The Dome is big and most of the exhibits are big as well.
		The best part of a Dome visit is the "performance", which is best described as a three-dimensional ballet where acrobats act out a somewhat weak plot line to music while flying under the big top.
	www.epinions.com /trvl-review-4F11-817B17-39061B14-prod4 (442 words)

	Millennium Dome: The O2 in Greenwich (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Owners of The O2, AEG Europe, today announced the venue was set for a July 2007 opening and revealed landmark progress in the construction programme.
		The new millennium officially started in Greenwich, England on 1st January 2001; The World's biggest dome was built on the Meridian Line in Greenwich to celebrate this historic event.
		Unfortunately the Millennium Dome was tainted by political overtones with claims of donations to the governing Labour Party and allegations over applications for UK Passports.
	wwp.millennium-dome.co.uk (854 words)

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	Gambling News - Millenium Dome to be casino
		Roman centurions could be returning to the banks of the Thames after nearly 2,000 years with the news that the owners of Caesar's Palace are looking at the Millennium Dome as a future casino.
		Deborah Munch, a vice president with Park Place, said that the company was "very excited" at the prospect of opening a casino in Britain, but said she would not comment further until the Commons had voted on reforms to the 1968 Gaming Act.
		Lord Falconer of Thoroton, Minister for the Dome, has been to Los Angeles to inspect another Anschutz development, the Staples Centre, which plays host to ice hockey, basketball and the Grammys, the musical equivalent of the Oscars.
	www.thegoodgamblingguide.co.uk /news/2002/casino/milleniumdome.htm (298 words)

	London Journal: Millenium Dome and Canary Wharf
		At the very heart of the Dome was the Millennium Show, a high-energy event with dancing, flying performers, special visual effects, and a powerful soundtrack by Peter Gabriel.
		Elsewhere in the Dome, there were exciting zones to explore - a tour through the human body, a voyage through space, a trip to a typical British seaside resort, and an evocative visit back to school.
		Light streamed in from the glass dome of the tube station ticket hall, but emerging into the grey light I found the streets deserted.
	realtravel.com /london-journals-j1487882.html (741 words)

	Blackpool Casinos - Fresh Rows Engulfing Millenium Dome Scheme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Leaders behind London's Millennium Dome scheme have come under fire after it emerged work on a huge two-storey building inside the Dome – rumoured to be a casino – had already begun and today it emerged the owners of the complex had faked a document of support for their bid from religious leaders.
		Joan Humble, MP for Blackpool North and Fleetwood, said the Dome's billionaire boss Philip Anschutz may have shot himself in the foot.
		Although the development at the Millennium Dome, now known as the O2, has planning permission, it currently does not have a gaming licence.
	www.blackpoolcasinos.org /news/2006-08/dome-290806.html (372 words)

	Millenium, Dome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Twinfix provided a 21st century modular glazing panel system for the walls of the Millennium Dome.
		Some glazing panels were screen-printed with a silver horizontal pattern to improve the level of solar control.
		The overall effect is a pleasing coalition of glazing finishes that allows varied levels of natural light into the vast Dome.
	www.twinfix.co.uk /twinfix_proj_md.htm (300 words)

	Millennium Dome - Uncyclopedia
		The Millennium Dome or Londinium Millennium Domium is a mahusive dome in London, thrown together to celebrate the new millennium.
		Nobody really knows what the Dome is made of, since for some suspicious reason the Government isn't talking.
		Building the Dome was an huge task, as it called for the biggest shipment of tea and biscuits to ever take place.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Millenium_Dome (598 words)

	Inside the Millennium Dome, Greenwich, London: LondonNet feature
		The scale of The Millennium Dome has to be witnessed to be believed.
		The inside of the Dome sets the tone for the new millennium.
		The first of six pages that show you around the key sections or "zones" in the Dome.
	www.londonnet.co.uk /ln/guide/about/dome-inside.html (130 words)

	Gambling News - Millenium Dome to be casino
		Park Place's interest in the Dome depends on government plans to liberalise restrictive gambling laws.
		Turning the Dome, which cost taxpayers more than £800 million, into a gaming mecca would be controversial, although the site was largely funded by lottery gamblers.
		Anschutz won the Dome for nothing but will fund development and is involved in a profit-share with the Government.
	www.thegoodgamblingguide.co.uk /news/2002/casino/domecasino.htm (296 words)

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