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         <title>New Book on World Heritage Sites in the Philippines</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Living Landscapes and Cultural Landmarks: World Heritage Sites in the Philippines by Augusto F. Villalon, Photographs by Neal M. Oshima, Publisher: ArtPostAsia Pte. Ltd, Manila, the PhilippinesThis attractive book is the first publication to present all five World Heritage properties located in the Philippines in a single volume. Widely acknowledged by the international scientific community as a &amp;quot;biodiversity hotspot&amp;quot;, the Philippines hosts an astoundingly rich and varied network  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/375</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>UNESCO Mission rallies support for the preservation of the mountain gorillas of the DRC</title>
         <description><![CDATA[A mission of experts led by UNESCO has rallied the support of the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) and of local communities in the preservation of the endangered mountain gorillas of Virunga National Park.The mission, comprising experts from UNESCO and the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and accompanied by a representative of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), was sent to the DRC,  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/374</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>UNESCO joins United Nations effort in response to Peruvian earthquake</title>
         <description><![CDATA[UNESCO&amp;#39;s&#xa0;World Heritage Centre extends its deepest sympathies to those who have been affected by the powerful August 15 earthquake in Peru,&#xa0;which measured 7.9 on the Richter scale and left&#xa0;some 500 people dead and over a thousand victims.&#xa0;Peru has 10 properties inscribed on the World Heritage List, including the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, the Historic Centre of Lima, and the&#xa0;Chan Chan Archeological Zone.&#xa0;No reports of major damage&#xa0;to these sites have been received&#xa0;so far, but  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/373</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Inscription of Lop&#xe9;-Okanda site (Gabon) on UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Gabon celebrated the inscription of its Lop&amp;eacute;-Okanda site on UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage List over the weekend of 11-12 August 2007. Spanning four provinces, Lop&amp;eacute;-Okanda is Gabon&apos;s first World Heritage site and also the first mixed site in the Central African sub-region. The inscription highlights international recognition of the country&apos;s outstanding natural and cultural heritage.
At the official ceremony, UNESCO&apos;s representative for Gabon and Equatorial Guinea Mr. Mohamed  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/394</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>&quot;Journalisme et Patrimoine Mondial&quot; just published</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Heritage&#xa0;advocates often&#xa0;reproach journalists for not being sufficiently interested&#xa0;in their field and for being only able to speak about it in a sensational or superficial way. Journalists for their part, highlight the constraints of&#xa0;editorial offices or express a certain mistrust towards institutions and heritage stakeholders. The&#xa0;international workshop which&#xa0;was held at Laval University, Quebec,&#xa0;from 23 to&#xa0;30&#xa0;May 2005,&#xa0;aimed at facilitating the media&amp;#39;s understanding of the complexity  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/372</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Dubrovnik Saved from Wildfires</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is relieved that the wildfires around the city of Dubrovnik (Croatia) are now under control and would like to pay tribute to the firefighters who fought the blaze. Reports from Dubrovnik indicate that the Old City, designated a World Heritage site in 1979 and then extended in 1994, was untouched by the fire.&#xa0;&#xa0;The situation was particularly dangerous during the night of 5&#xa0;August when the fire threatened Ploče in the eastern part of Dubrovnik, some thousand  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/370</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>New Episodes of Patrimonito&apos;s World Heritage Adventures available</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Two new episodes, the fourth and fifth in the series   Patrimonito&apos;s World Heritage Adventures   ,are now available.


  

 4th: Ethiopia (Lalibela)    Watch     English/French/Spanish    Russian/Arabic/Chinese     Download&amp;nbsp;FLV format    English/French/Spanish    Russian/Arabic/Chinese 
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 5th: Russian Federation (Novgorod)    Watch     English/French/Spanish    Russian/Arabic/Chinese     Download&amp;nbsp;FLV format    English/French/Spanish     ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/371</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Winners of Patrimonito Storyboard Competition 2007 Announced</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The winners of the most recent Patrimonito Storyboard Competition have been announced.&amp;nbsp;The winning storyboard will be developed into the next episode of Patrimonito&apos;s World Heritage Adventures, a cartoon series for young people on World Heritage preservation.


  

 6th: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda (The Virunga Mountains)    Watch     English/French/Spanish    Russian/Arabic/Chinese     Download&amp;nbsp;FLV format    English/French/Spanish     ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/368</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Director-General voices concern over fate of Virunga National Park gorillas</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Director-General of UNESCO, Ko&#xef;chiro Matsuura, is concerned over attacks perpetrated against the mountain gorillas of the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and has called on the national authorities to adopt urgent measures to brings the killings to an end.Declared a threatened species by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), the mountain gorilla is one of the Park&amp;#39;s most important assets. Situated in the north-east of the DRC, near the borders of  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/369</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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