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         <title>Letter from the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee Concerning the Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (Mexico)</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The letter follows the receipt of about 30,000 petitions received and numerous individual letters and e-mails sent to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Letter sent by the Chairman of the World Heritage Committee to the Environmental Groups concerning the Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (Mexico)]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/148</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 1998 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>UNESCO World Heritage Committee Adds 30 Sites to World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Kyoto,Japan - UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage Committee, meeting in Kyoto since November 30, has added 30 new sites and one extension to its World Heritage List of cultural and natural sites, bringing the number of listed sites of &amp;quot;exceptional universal value&amp;quot; to 582 in 114 countries. For the first time, the List includes sites located in Belgium and the Solomon Islands. Among this year&apos;s additions, the Committee added the archaeological site of Troy, in Turkey, the Summer Palace in  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/164</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 1998 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Committee Removes Old City of Dubrovnik and Wieliczka Salt Mine from its List of Endangered Sites</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Kyoto, (Japan) - UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage Committee today announced it removed the Old City of Dubrovnik (Croatia) and the Wieliczka Salt Mines (Poland) from its List of World Heritage in Danger due to the success of measures undertaken for their restoration and preservation. Dubrovnik, the Dalmatian Coast city dubbed &amp;quot;the pearl of the Adriatic&amp;quot; and dotted with beautiful Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque buildings, was among the first sites to be included in the World Heritage List  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/147</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 1998 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Committee to Announce New Sites on December 5 in Kyoto, Japan</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Paris - UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage Committee will hold its annual meeting from November 30 to December 5 in Kyoto (Japan) at the close of which it will inscribe new cultural and natural sites on the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger. Alongside the 22nd session of the Committee, UNESCO is organising another event in Japan the International World Heritage Youth Forum (November 22-29) in Osaka, and is participating in a 3-day session on Virtual World Heritage at the  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/146</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Disaster for Do&#xf1;ana - a Spanish World Heritage Site</title>
         <description><![CDATA[At 3.30 AM on Saturday 25th April 1998 the south coast of Spain was host to what has been dubbed the worst environmental disaster in Europe. A supporting wall of the reservoir containing the toxic wastes of the Aznalcollar mine burst, releasing 5 million cubic metres of toxic mud and acidic water onto the surrounding landscape. The toxic waste entered the Agrio River, a tributary of the Guadiamar River, which feeds the swamps of the Guadalquivir situated within Do&amp;ntilde;ana National Park  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/144</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 1998 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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