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May 23, 2012

WORLD CHEFS: A taste of Venice in London's east end
By Simon Falush | LONDON (Reuters) - On the surface the picturesque UNESCO World Heritage site Venice may seem to have little in common with Hackney, a gritty but rapidly regenerating district in east London. But the similarities appear very clear to ...
Airline helps World Heritage Site preservation
Asiana Airlines, Korea's most awarded airline, is extending assistance for the preservation of Unesco World Heritage sites. It has recently become the first Korean company to sign a memorandum of understanding with Unesco for this purpose.
UNESCO to Monitor Heritage Damage in Earthquake-hit Italy
The UN cultural agency on Tuesday said that it will send a mission to assess damage caused by the powerful earthquake on Sunday to World Heritage sites and other cultural heritage in northern Italy. "While initial reports from the Italian authorities ...
Plans to preserve World Heritage Site status
GEORGE TOWN (May 21, 2012): The State authorities will be submitting the George Town World Heritage site management plan and its Special Area Plan (SAP) to Unesco as soon as possible to safeguard its World Heritage Site status.
Go Hiking Over the Swiss Alps in HD
Hiking fans around the world can "wander" through the ten legs of the Albula/Bernina trail in real time in a 36-hour film at http://www.webwandern.ch . Hundreds of hotspots along the Rhaetian Railway (RhB) UNESCO World Heritage Site route present ...
Bali rice field cultivation system listed on UNESCO world heritage
A traditional farming and irrigation system used in Bali known as "subak" has been included in the world-heritage by UNESCO, media reported here on Monday. "The subak tradition of Bali has eventually been named as a UNESCO world-heritage activity," ...
UNESCO: Warns Heritage Sites in Mali, Arab World at Risk
A man walks past the Sankore Mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Timbuktu, Mali, April 11, 2012. UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations cultural organization, UNESCO, warns that world heritage sites in the West African country of Mali and in the Arab ...
Islamist attacks tomb classified as UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mali's Timbuktu
BAMAKO, Mali — A new member of an Islamist group in north Mali attacked and burned a saint's tomb classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Timbuktu, the spokesman for the group said Sunday. The act threatens to raise tensions that have been ...

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