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Bordeaux -
Wine lovers flock to the medieval French town of Saint-Émilion in the Bordeaux region, listed as a UNESCO world heritage site in 1999. The cash strapped town is now forced to sell off some of its monuments to pay its debts.
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New York -
The United States has notified UNESCO that it will no longer be fulfilling their funding obligations after the UN body voted overwhelmingly to allow Palestine full membership.
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New York -
The United Nations (UN) announced on Friday the launching of an international competition for the design and structure for a memorial honoring victims of slavery worldwide.
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Puerto Princesa City -
Palawan's Underground River has first gained international prestige and recognition after UNESCO classified it as a World Heritage Site. Recently, it has been named as one of the 28 sites being considered for the New 7 Wonders of Nature in the World.
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The Hague -
The date of April 29 marked the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) annual remembrance day for victims of chemical warfare. The somber day ended on an upbeat note when the United Nations declared 2011 to be the Year of Chemistry.
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Wolfville -
Grand Pre' has taken another step on its journey to obtain designation on the UNESCO World Heritage List. A Canadian delegation to the World Heritage Committee submitted the proposal to UNESCO on February 1.
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Guwahati -
A four-member UNESCO-IUCN monitoring team is visiting Manas National Park in Assam for an on-the-spot assessment if the "danger" tag attached to the World Heritage Site should be removed.
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Buenos Aires -
A couple integrated by a Japanese woman and an Argentine man won the VIII World Tango Dancing competition, Stage Category, a modality that sees the dance from a choreographic perspective.
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Just three years after the Galapagos Islands were placed on a UN list of endangered places, that same body has voted to remove it, saying enough progress has been made.
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A new report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) states that half of all modern languages may vanish by the year 2100. UNESCO says many languages are already considered to be endangered.
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Unesco Headlines
Pizza-makers in Naples believe their product should be added to the Unesco's 'intangible' cultural heritage list.
Norwich is named as England's first City of Literature by the United Nation's organisation, UNESCO.
UNESCO has named new sites deemed worthy of preservation.
A Unesco team arrives in Australia to investigate possible damage to the Great Barrier Reef by the mining industry.
The wreck of the Titanic, 4,000m under water off the coast of Canada, is to come under Unesco protection to prevent pillaging.
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