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         <title>World Heritage sites participate in Earth Hour</title>
         <description><![CDATA[UNESCO will partner with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for Earth Hour,&amp;nbsp;one of the world&apos;s largest and most well-known environmental campaigns in the world. UNESCO has invited World Heritage sites to participate in this initiative by switching off the lights on the night of Earth Hour: Saturday, 31 March 2012, from 8:30 to 9:30pm local time.&amp;nbsp;The lights will also be switched off at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova says, &quot;As a leading advocate  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/861</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Loss and Damage Assessment after China Earthquake</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Officials continue to assess the damage following the devastating May 12&#xa0;earthquake in China, where approximately 69,000 people were killed and 19,000 are still missing. The 8.0 magnitude quake affected Sichuan Province in southwest China. The worst affected areas were two counties where two World Heritage sites are located: The Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries and the Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System.In the Panda Sanctuaries, about 133 people, including six staff members  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/439</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>UNESCO Courier, Virtual visit to five new World Heritage Sites</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Five sites newly inscribed into UNESCO&amp;#39;s World Heritage List are highlighted in the July-August issue of the UNESCO Courier.Bisotun (Islamic Republic of Iran) Professor David Stronach, archeologist and former Director of the British Institute of Persian Studies in Tehran (1961-1980), looks back fondly on his experiences at Bisotun (Islamic Republic of Iran), a monument in bas-relief and cuneiform that that is located 70 meters above the ground.Vizcaya Bridge (Spain) At the end of the  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/271</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Giant panda sanctuaries and Tequila-producing area of Mexico among the eight new sites added to World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee Wednesday added eight new sites and one extension to UNESCO&amp;#39;s World Heritage List and removed the archaeological site of Tipasa (Algeria) from the List of World Heritage in Danger. The Committee will continue discussing new sites for inscription on the World Heritage List tomorrow. Below are the sites added to the World Heritage List Wednesday:Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries (China), home to more than 30% of the world&amp;#39;s highly endangered pandas, covers  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/266</link>
         <author>r.amelan@unesco.org (Roni Amelan)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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