A glance at the new Acropolis Museum

Greece’s new Acropolis Museum opens to the public on Sunday. Here are some facts and figures about the museum.

Location: About 300-400 meters (yards) from the foot of the Acropolis hill in central Athens.

Structure: Three main levels, two intermediary levels. Constructed of reinforced concrete and steel, with glass panels.

Total area of glass panels: 1,202 square meters (12,940 square feet).

Total museum size: 23,000 square meters (250,000 square feet)

Exhibition area: 14,000 square meters (150,000 square feet).

Exhibits: About 4,000.

Opening times: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (last entry 7:30 p.m.), Tuesday to Sunday inclusive. Closed Mondays.

Entry price: euro1 ($1.40) until end 2009.

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iPhone fever drops a notch as 3G S debuts

To true believers, the iPhone is not just another phone.

“It’s a device that does everything in my life,” said Vartan Nadjaryan, who already has an iPhone but still showed up at an AT&T store in Glendale at 3:30 a.m. Friday to be among the first to get his hands on the latest incarnation of Apple Inc.’s popular touch-screen device, the iPhone 3G S.

Nadjaryan, 20, was among thousands of people who queued up to buy the device, which costs $199 to $299 for new AT&T subscribers and current subscribers who are eligible for an upgraded phone.

Since introducing the original iPhone in 2007, Apple has snagged a significant chunk of the market for smartphones, a category of high-end cellphones that also lets users take pictures, play videos, access the Internet or play games. Last year, the Cupertino, Calif., company sold 13.7 million iPhones worldwide, capturing 8.4% of the smartphone market, said Tina Teng, an analyst with research firm iSuppli Corp. in El Segundo.

But while throngs of people lined up for hours for the first- and second-generation iPhones, Friday’s launch of the iPhone 3G S was relatively subdued. At the AT&T store where Nadjaryan went, about 15 customers were waiting when the store opened at 7 a.m. But a mile away at the Apple store in the Glendale Galleria, about 200 had shown up by the same time.

This roll-out day was quieter in part, perhaps, because for the first time, buyers could pre-order the phone online the day before its store release, Teng said.

Another factor may be the cost of the service, she said. The least expensive AT&T plan that includes text messaging and data service would run in excess of $100, including tax.

“That can put a cap on their growth,” said Teng, who estimates that Apple will sell 18.7 million iPhones this year for a 10% share of the market.

For some, the problem wasn’t in getting the phone; it was getting it to work. Thanks to the crush of new phones coming on line within a short period of time, some customers waited hours for their phones to be activated. Customers who called Apple’s customer service line were informed of a possible two- to three-hour delay in getting phone service for their new devices. Nadjaryan said he had to reboot his iPhone 3G S three times before it connected.

But, he said, “it’s well worth it.”

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iPcphone fever drops a notch as 3G S debuts

To true believers, the iPhone is not just another phone.

“It’s a device that does everything in my life,” said Vartan Nadjaryan, who already has an iPhone but still showed up at an AT&T store in Glendale at 3:30 a.m. Friday to be among the first to get his hands on the latest incarnation of Apple Inc.’s popular touch-screen device, the iPhone 3G S.

Nadjaryan, 20, was among thousands of people who queued up to buy the device, which costs $199 to $299 for new AT&T subscribers and current subscribers who are eligible for an upgraded phone.

Since introducing the original iPhone in 2007, Apple has snagged a significant chunk of the market for smartphones, a category of high-end cellphones that also lets users take pictures, play videos, access the Internet or play games. Last year, the Cupertino, Calif., company sold 13.7 million iPhones worldwide, capturing 8.4% of the smartphone market, said Tina Teng, an analyst with research firm iSuppli Corp. in El Segundo.

But while throngs of people lined up for hours for the first- and second-generation iPhones, Friday’s launch of the iPhone 3G S was relatively subdued. At the AT&T store where Nadjaryan went, about 15 customers were waiting when the store opened at 7 a.m. But a mile away at the Apple store in the Glendale Galleria, about 200 had shown up by the same time.

This roll-out day was quieter in part, perhaps, because for the first time, buyers could pre-order the phone online the day before its store release, Teng said.

Another factor may be the cost of the service, she said. The least expensive AT&T plan that includes text messaging and data service would run in excess of $100, including tax.

“That can put a cap on their growth,” said Teng, who estimates that Apple will sell 18.7 million iPhones this year for a 10% share of the market.

For some, the problem wasn’t in getting the phone; it was getting it to work. Thanks to the crush of new phones coming on line within a short period of time, some customers waited hours for their phones to be activated. Customers who called Apple’s customer service line were informed of a possible two- to three-hour delay in getting phone service for their new devices. Nadjaryan said he had to reboot his iPhone 3G S three times before it connected.

But, he said, “it’s well worth it.”

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Iran Warns Opposition Against Protests

The Iranian government delivered a stern warning to the country’s
opposition Saturday against further protests of the disputed
presidential election.

The opposition had called for more
protests in Tehran and around the world, a day after Iran’s supreme
leader said the reelection of  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must be
accepted.

Witnesses quoted by CNN and the French news agency (AFP)
report a heavy police presence at the site of a planned rally in the
capital, and the country’s Security Council told defeated presidential
candidate Mir Hussein Mousavi he will be responsible for “consequences
of illegal rallies.”

A senior police commander, Ahmad Reza Radan, said any protests will be dealt with firmly.

On
Friday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for an end to nearly a week of
massive street protests by opposition supporters who claim the June
12th presidential vote was rigged.

Iran’s Council of Guardians,
a powerful body that supervises the elections, convened a meeting
Saturday to discuss defeated candidates’ concerns about the election. 
The Council invited Mr. Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Mohsen Rezaei, but
state media reported that only Rezaei attended.

State television
said the council agreed to randomly recount 10-percent of the ballots
in the presence of the candidates’ representatives.

Ayatollah
Khamenei defended the legitimacy of the election in his address during
Friday prayers, saying Mr. Ahmadinejad’s 11 million-vote margin is too
big to have been manipulated.

Protests involving hundreds of
thousands of people at times have turned violent.  Iran has confirmed
at least seven protesters were killed Monday during clashes with
pro-government militia.  Amnesty International says it has recorded at
least 10 killings.

Friday, Human Rights Watch issued a statement
calling on Iran’s government to end its “nationwide crackdown on
opposition activity.”  The New York-based rights group says scores of
reformist politicians, activists and journalists have been arrested
this week.

^Iranian woman during
protest against election win of President Ahmadinejad in front of
Islamic Republic’s Embassy in Kuwait City, 20 Jun 2009

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