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         <title>Final Decisions of the 29th Session of the World Heritage Committee now available</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Decisions adopted at the 29th session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Durban, South Africa from 10 to 17 July 2005, are now available online at the following address:htpp://whc.unesco.org/archive/2005/whc05-29com-22e.pdf]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/190</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Nova Scotia Provincial Government buys 17 waterfront  properties in the Town of Lunenburg, Canada</title>
         <description><![CDATA[In mid-August 2005&#xa0;the Government of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada, finalized the purchase of seventeen properties, including 22 buildings and eight wharfs for $5.5 million Canadian (over $4,678,000 USD) in the waterfront district of Old Town Lunenburg, a World Heritage site since 1995.&#xa0; The buildings had been for sale since the previous winter by Clearwater Seafoods, a major employer in the area.&#xa0; The buildings all reflect the marine heritage of Lunenburg, and include a sail loft,  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/189</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>China&apos;s Pingyao forms yoke of friendship with Provins of France</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Pingyao city of north China&apos;s Shanxi Province signed an accord of friendship ties with Provins of France, as part of the on-going concluding ceremony of the French Culture Year, at the Great Hall of the People Thursday.This is the first time the two cities, both listed as cultural heritages by the United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), signed an agreement to forge friendship city ties.French Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres said at the ceremony that  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/188</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Biodiversity-Related Conventions Speak on Millennium Development Goals</title>
         <description><![CDATA[BiodiversityLife Insurance for our Changing WorldThis week, in New York, leaders of the world will review progress made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These goals embody the international community&apos;s aspirations for a better world, where hunger and poverty are eradicated, all people enjoy basic rights, and equity and health prevail in all countries. We call upon the leaders to recognize that to make the MDGs a reality in a highly populated planet, biological  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/186</link>
         <author>david.ainsworth@biodiv.org (David Ainsworth)</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Hurricane Katrina Causes Damage to Everglades National Park</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Everglades National Park in Florida, USA, has almost entirely reopened to the public following damage from Hurricane Katrina, which passed directly over the Park bringing heavy wind and rain.Most of the park remained closed in the days following the hurricane due to damage to the visitor complex at Flamingo, 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Park Headquarters. Employee housing, the sewer system, the concessions marina and the boat fleet suffered significant damage. Other effects of the storm  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/185</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Melina Mercouri Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes goes to the Iranian village of Maymand</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The historical village of Maymand in southern Iran will be awarded the Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes (UNESCO Greece) in a ceremony at UNESCO Headquarters on September 7.&#xa0;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/281</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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