World leaders and dignitaries have gathered to join in the 20th anniversary celebrations, which include open air concerts, fireworks,and the symbolic collapse of a wall of brightly painted oversize dominoes.

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Members of the public will get their first look at the plans next month, which also include enhancing open spaces, improving car parking and the town centre's road links.

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The organisations supporting the decade, which include George Soros's Open Society Institute, the World Bank, the European Commission and the United Nations Development Programme, will help governments to carry out ten-year plans focusing on education, employment, health and housing.

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Other projects include a new Islamic Gallery which is due to open in 2006.

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