Group of buildings in Algerian desert.

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IV General Education Secondary School in Cracow, Poland

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Siemianowice Śląskie is a city of the Upper Silesian Industry Area in Poland. Its population is 72,869, within a greater metropolitan area population of 3,487,000 (2004). Siemianowice's today's form results from the merging of the communes Siemianowice (German: Siemianowitz) and Huta Laury (German: Laurahütte) in 1924. The new city was named Siemianowice Śląskie and gained Town privileges in 1932.

It lies in the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999, previously in the Katowice Voivodeship (1975-1998).

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Carcassonne (Carcassona in Occitan) is a fortified French town, in the Aude département of which it is the préfecture, in the former province of Languedoc. It is separated into the fortified Cité de Carcassonne and the more expansive lower city, the ville basse. The folk etymology – involving a châtelaine named Carcas, a ruse ending a siege and the joyous ringing of bells ("Carcas sona") – though memorialized in a neo-Gothic sculpture of Mme Carcas on a column near the Narbonne Gate—is of modern invention. The fortress, which was thoroughly restored from 1853 by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997.

First signs of settlement in the region have been dated to about 3500 BC, but the hill site of Carsac—a Celtic place-name that has been retained at other sites in the south—became an important trading place in the 6th century BC. The Volcae Tectosages fortified the oppidum.

"Agora and "Gazeta Wyborcza" (Election Gazette) were created on the eve of the parliamentary elections in 1989. "Gazeta" became the first independent newspaper in Poland, while Agora grew into one of the largest and most renowned media companies in Central and Eastern Europe.

Since 1999 Agora's shares have been listed on the Warsaw and London stock exchanges. During the company's IPO, the stock was more than 10 times oversubscribed. The issue price was PLN 36 or $9.26 per share. The proceeds from the IPO, amounting to $93 million, went into further growth of the company, including the expansion of its printing base and the construction of the new premises in Warsaw.

Agora's flagship business is "Gazeta Wyborcza" - Poland's largest quality daily. In 2005 "Gazeta" had 5.6 million (1) readers and its circulation reached ca. 450 thousand copies (2). "Gazeta's" unique formula which combines a national newspaper with regional pages and thematic supplements appeals not only to readers but also to advertisers. In 2005 "Gazeta's" advertising sales reached PLN 465 million (EUR 115 million) while its share in the newspaper advertising market was 41% (3)."

Axel Springer AG is one of the largest newspaper publishing companies in Europe, having over 150 newspapers and magazines in over 30 countries, including several central and eastern European countries: Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Russia and western European countries: Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, more than 10,000 employees with annual revenues and income on the scale of a billion euros. It was started in 1946/1947 by journalist Axel Springer . Its current CEO is Mathias Döpfner.

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Radio Radiostacja is a Polish radio station.

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Radio Eska is a Polish radio station.

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