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         <title>World Heritage Committee inscribes two natural, one mixed, and four cultural sites onto UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee today inscribed two natural sites on UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage List: Teide National Park (Spain); Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathian (Slovakia, Ukraine). The Committee also inscribed the Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lop&amp;eacute;-Okanda (Gabon) as a mixed - cultural and natural - site. Four cultural sites were inscribed: the Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Lanscape (South Africa) as a cultural landscape, and Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/359</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Committee inscribes four new cultural sites on UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee on Thursday afternoon inscribed four cultural sites on UNESCO&amp;#39;s World Heritage List: Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (Japan), Parthian Fortresses of Nisa (Turkmenistan), Sydney Opera House (Australia), and the Red Fort Complex (India). The Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine, south-west of Honshu Island, is a cluster of mountains, rising to 600 metres and interspersed by deep river valleys featuring the archaeological remains of large-scale mines,  ...]]></description>
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         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Bosnian Bridge among five new sites inscribed on UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage List this evening</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Christchurch, New Zealand, 28 June - The World Heritage Committee on Thursday evening inscribed another five sites on UNESCO&amp;#39;s World Heritage List: Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge of Višegrad (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Rideau Canal (Canada), Bordeaux, Port of the Moon (France), and the Old Town of Corfu (Greece), and Lavaux, vineyard terraces (Switzerland).The Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge of Višegrad across the Drina River in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina was built at the end of the  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/361</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Oman&apos;s Arabian Oryx Sanctuary : first site ever to be deleted from UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Christchurch, New Zealand, 28 June - The World Heritage Committee on Thursday took the unprecedented decision of removing a site from UNESCO&amp;#39;s World Heritage List. The Arabian Oryx Sanctuary (Oman), home to the rare antelope, today became the first site to be deleted since UNESCO&amp;#39;s 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage entered into force.The World Heritage Committee deleted the property because of Oman&amp;#39;s decision to reduce the size  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/362</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Committee approves Auschwitz name change</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Christchurch, New Zealand - The World Heritage Committee has approved Poland&apos;s request to change the name of Auschwitz on UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage List. After international consultations, the property, listed as &quot;Auschwitz Concentration Camp&quot; in 1979, is to have the title of &quot;Auschwitz Birkenau&quot; and the subtitle of &quot;German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945).&quot;
In its decision the Committee, presently meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand, for its 31st session, also adopted  ...]]></description>
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         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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