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# Ghost Town

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Farce as France play Andorra's anthem instead of Albania's - then apologise to Armenia
What a mess.
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Sep 7th 2019, 8:49 PM
Video shows how a city became a ghost town after being taken by ISIS
Ramadi once had a population of 500,000. Now, it is a ghost town.
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May 23rd 2015, 10:30 AM
Got €1.36 to spare? You could buy 130 houses in this "ghost town"*
*If you’re willing to do them up and manage them.
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Feb 26th 2015, 12:09 PM
This day 10 years ago, Bertie Ahern turned the sod on Adamstown
Fewer than 1,500 homes have been built.
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Feb 7th 2015, 6:00 PM
New York has been shut down
Snow storms are expected to dump up to a metre of snow on the city.
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Jan 27th 2015, 7:31 AM
VIDEO: Drone captures haunting footage of Chernobyl ghost town
‘Serene and disturbing.’
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Dec 3rd 2014, 7:30 AM
The most economically depressed town in Ireland is...
The results are in…Teagasc has ranked every town in Ireland.
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Apr 11th 2014, 10:41 PM
Lazio lose at near-empty stadium as irate fans ramp up protest against president
Banners in the 82,000-seater Stadio Olimpico read ‘It’s him or us’ and ‘Today, only him’.
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Mar 10th 2014, 7:00 AM
After the exodus: Eerie Christmas Day photos of empty Dublin streets
Ever wondered what goes on in the capital when everyone’s ‘home for the holidays’? Not much, it turns out…
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Dec 24th 2013, 3:47 PM
In pics: Tour the streets of China's most famous ghost city
Kangbashi saw a property price crash last year – but construction is still going on there as much of the city’s luxury properties lie empty.
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Aug 5th 2012, 12:00 PM
GALLERY: Massive Chinese-built ghost town in the middle of Angola
The $3 billion development covers 12,355 acres and was built to house 500,000 people.
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Jul 3rd 2012, 8:15 PM
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web…
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May 27th 2012, 11:00 AM
In pictures: Six weeks on, Priory Hall is a ghost town
It’s been almost two months since the residents of the Priory Hall in Donaghmede were told to abandon their homes – and here’s what the apartment complex looks like now.
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Nov 28th 2011, 1:35 PM
Ghost town: 3 unusual places you can visit for nothing today
All the OPW’s visitor sites are free to enter today. They include the usual big names – plus some altogether stranger…
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Jul 6th 2011, 11:09 AM