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LLANGOLLEN, WALES - MAY 30: Joanne Gregory carries the Olympic Torch on a hand drawn canal boat across the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on May 30, 2012 in Llangollen, Wales. The Olympic Flame is now on day 12 of a 70-day relay involving 8,000 torchbearers covering 8,000 miles.
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The Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions has become a unique component of the international dialogue. We are grateful to the United Nations, UNESCO, ISESCO and the heads of other international organizations, famous politicians and experts for their attention to the Congress
The management authority will be given full powers and resources to manage the area in terms of relevant policies in order to maintain the highest management standards in terms of an integrated management system and ensure full compliance with UNESCO World Heritage prescripts and South Africa's World Heritage Convention Act of 1999
the lone full-time staff member on this project is paid out of a donation from Israel, which also kicked in a large chunk of the $536,000 collected in recent years for projects related to this program. UNESCO’s annual contribution comes to a niggardly $215,000.More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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2 Stony Brook profs among award finalists
lemur in 1986, the university said in a news release. She arranged funding to develop Madagascar 's Ranomafana National Park, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to 12 lemur species.Mittermeier was a pioneer in the sustainability and conservation of Read more »
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Elephants flee as fire burns on Mount Kenya slopes
Douglas-Hamilton said the fires will deprive animals of food and that he expects some to get caught in the flames.Mount Kenya is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The U.N. organization describes the region as "one of the most impressive landscapes of Eastern Africa, Read more »
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UNESCO board OKs divisive Equatorial Guinea prize
board on Friday she would not automatically implement the prize and would seek legal counsel. Bokova has said the prize sullies UNESCO's name just as it is struggling with funding shortages linked to its acceptance of Palestine as a member late last year. Read more »
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Booking a tour of Dublin's libraries
museum.But for me, Dublin's long and storied relationship with the book -- formally recognized in 2010 when the city was named a UNESCO City of Literature -- is most clearly defined by a group of libraries dotted around the city center: The Old Library at Read more »
Around the web
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Parks Canada calls for the public’s input about the Rideau Canal corridor
will be determined soon and be available at www.rcls-sacr.ca. Although the assessment project helps Parks Canada keep up with UNESCO standards, Buell says it is really aimed at those community members who enjoy the Rideau Canal corridor. “This is really for 5:33 PM from Ottawa Citizen Read more »
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Kenya homes in on emergency groundwater supplies
management capacities across the Horn of Africa and other parts of Africa," said Abou Amani, a senior water specialist with UNESCO. Saud Amer, a water resource and remote sensing specialist with the US Geological Survey, a GRIDMAP partner, added: "The data 11:52 AM from Science and Development Network Read more »
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Visit Versailles, Yosemite, and the Ancient Temples of Japan With Google's World Wonders Project
did not say how it had made decisions about what to highlight, but that the selection would expand over time. Partners including UNESCO and World Monuments Fund provided information that runs alongside the virtual destinations. The project is reminiscent of 9:50 AM from The Atlantic Read more »
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No UNESCO tag for Madikeri
can submit a fresh proposal for nomination after three years in this regard, he added. The Sangha had submitted a joint appeal to UNESCO opposing the tag in their respective areas quoting the reason as lack of implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights 3:40 AM from IBN Live Read more »
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Sunday: Belgian procession
such as oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals and festive events? If you’d care to experience such a UNESCO-recognized event, head to Mons, Belgium, the setting for Le Doudou Procession and the Lumeçon on Sunday. The origins of the procession from Stars and Stripes Read more »
