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         <title>Better conservation in Pakistan and the Philippines allow Committee to remove two sites from World Heritage List in Danger</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee on Tuesday morning recognized the success of two countries, Pakistan and the Philippines, in improving the conservation of sites that had been inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger: Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (Pakistan) and the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (Philippines).
Successful measures have been taken to remove the threat to the brilliant palaces, mosques and gardens of Lahore, according to the World Heritage Committee  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/891</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Committee places Liverpool on List of World Heritage in Danger  </title>
         <description><![CDATA[ The World Heritage Committee has placed Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City on the List of World Heritage in Danger due to the proposed construction of Liverpool Waters, a massive redevelopment of the historic docklands north of the city centre. 
The Committee contended that the development will extend the city centre significantly and alter the skyline and profile of the site inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2004. Furthermore, experts argued that the redevelopment scheme will  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/890</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Severe damage to Philippine Rice Terraces by two typhoons </title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Northern Luzon of the Philippines was severely affected by Typhoon Pedrin (International Name: Nesat) which crossed the region on Tuesday 27 September. Its trajectory passed across the Ifugao Province and has, according to preliminary reports, caused major mud and landslides within the area of the World Heritage property of the Rice Terraces in the Philippine Cordilleras. A second typhoon crossed the area this past weekend.
While the communication in the area is still not fully  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/794</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Ifugao Province, Philippines and Italy&apos;s Cinque Terre Park sign Twinning Program</title>
         <description><![CDATA[On 25 November 2009, the UNESCO World Heritage sites of the Ifugao Rice&amp;nbsp;Terraces in the Philippines&amp;nbsp;and Cinque Terre&amp;nbsp;in Italy&amp;nbsp;signed the Twinning Program of Exchange and Cooperation agreement at the Kiangan municipality in Ifugao.Governor Teodoro Baguilat Jr and Arch. Pasquale Bruno Malara, Director of the Regional Directorate of Liguria for Cultural Heritage and Landscape led the Twinning signing. Recognized as outstanding and evolving organic cultural landscapes, both  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/568</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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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>World Heritage Committee Inscribes Two Sites on the the List of World Heritage in Danger</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Helsinki, Finland - In its annual review of the state of conservation of sites on the World Heritage List, the World Heritage Committee today decided to include two additional sites on the List of World Heritage in Danger, while at the same time removing a third site. As a result, the List of World Heritage in Danger now includes 31 properties. BRAZIL Iguacu National Park Committee agreed to remove Igua&amp;ccedil;u National Park in Brazil from the List of World Heritage in Danger.  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/158</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2001 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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