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Tuesday, January 02, 2007

FEATURE-Quake-prone Istanbul awaits disaster

"FEATURE-Quake-prone Istanbul awaits disaster
02 Jan:04:25 GMT
Source: Reuters

By Emma Ross-Thomas

ISTANBUL, Jan 3 (Reuters) - As the magnitude of an earthquake in a television advert gradually mounts, the stone letters ISTANBUL crack, and then crumble to dust.

If it seems alarmist, builder Cuneyt Kilic, whose company AKS Anatolian Housing is behind the graphic depicting the collapse of Turkey's largest city, says it is merely realistic."

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