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         <title>Devastating fire at the Royal Palaces of Abomey (Benin)</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Royal Palaces of Abomey in Benin were ravaged by a fire on 21 January 2009 which destroyed several buildings. A brushfire, whose origins are still uncertain, consumed the straw roof and framework of six buildings enclosing two temples to Agasu, as well as the tombs of King Agonglo, King Ghezo, and each king&apos;s 41 wives. The fire moved quickly due to the strong harmattan winds which are currently blowing in the area.
Despite the alarm raised and the immediate arrival of help, the six  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/488</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Christchurch, New Zealand, 29 June - The World Heritage Committee inscribed 22 new sites on UNESCO&amp;#39;s World Heritage List during its ongoing session in Christchurch. The new inscriptions include 16 cultural, five natural and one mixed, cultural and natural property. In a decision unprecedented in the history of UNESCO&amp;#39;s Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, the Committee deleted one property, the Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, from the List because  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/365</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Royal Palaces of Abomey and Kathmandu removed from Danger List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Christchurch, New Zealand - The World Heritage Committee has removed Royal Palaces of Abomey, Benin, and Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, from the List of World Heritage in Danger, recognizing progress in the two sites&amp;#39; state of preservation.The Palaces of Abomey, inscribed simultaneously on UNESCO&amp;#39;s World Heritage List and on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1985, are a unique reminder of the once powerful Kingdom of Abomey. They were damaged by a tornado in 1984.The removal of the  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/356</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Royal Palaces of Abomey in Young African Hands</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Equipped with shovels, wheelbarrows and water buckets, twelve girls and thirteen boys between the ages of 14 and 17, from eight different countries in West Africa, set about attempting to put their newly learned conservation skills to work at the Royal Palaces of Abomey World Heritage site (Benin) from 19 to 23 February 2007.&#xa0; The young people, participants in the First World Heritage Education Subregional Workshop in French-speaking West Africa, worked on protecting selected wall sections  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/339</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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