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         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/457</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Mission accomplished: Aksum Obelisk successfully reinstalled</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Aksum, August 1 - The third and last block of the Aksum Obelisk was successfully mounted by the UNESCO teams yesterday 31 July in its original location in Ethiopia. The monument&amp;rsquo;s reinstallation was greeted with joy by the local people, who spontaneously organized musical concerts yesterday at the site.
Weighing 150 tons and 24 meters high, the obelisk is the second largest stela on the Aksum World Heritage site in northern Ethiopia, close to the border with Eritrea. Transported to  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/456</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Second block of Aksum Obelisk successfully re-installed</title>
         <description><![CDATA[In the framework of the Aksum Obelisk reinstallation project funded by Italy, the second block of the Aksum Obelisk was successfully installed on 25 July 2008.

The first phase of the re-installation works of the Aksum Obelisk, also known as Stele 2, in its original location at the World Heritage site in Aksum, Ethiopia was completed on 12 June 2008. The first and second of three blocks of the stele, which stands 24.3 metres high and weighs 152 tons, have been successfully and smoothly  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/455</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Committee requests close surveillance of Bordeaux, Machu Picchu, Timbuktu and Samarkand</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee has asked that &amp;ldquo;reinforced monitoring&amp;rdquo; be applied to four properties on UNESCO&amp;rsquo;s World Heritage List in addition to the seven for which the surveillance mechanism is already in place.
Under the new monitoring mechanism, established by the World Heritage Committee in 2007, regular missions can be dispatched to World Heritage sites subjected to particular stress. The purpose of the monitoring mechanism, which typically involves sending  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/454</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Twenty-seven new sites inscribed</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee, meeting for its 32nd session, finished inscribing new sites on UNESCO&amp;rsquo;s World Heritage List on 8 July with the addition of 19 cultural sites and eight natural sites to the List.
New cultural sites inscribed during the 32nd session:

Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia) 
Fujian Tulou (China) 
Stari Grad Plain (Croatia) 
Historic Centre of Camag&amp;uuml;ey (Cuba) 
Fortifications of Vauban (France) 
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (Germany) 
Armenian Monastic  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/453</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Three new sites inscribed on UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Bah&amp;aacute;&amp;rsquo;i Holy Places in Haifa and Western Galilee (Israel) are inscribed for the testimony they provide to the Bah&amp;aacute;&amp;rsquo;i&amp;rsquo;s strong tradition of pilgrimage and for their profound meaning for the faith. The property numbers 26 buildings, monuments and sites at 11 locations in Acre and Haifa, associated with the founders of the faith, among them the Shrine of the Bah&amp;aacute;&amp;rsquo;u&amp;rsquo;ll&amp;aacute;h in Acre and the Mausoleum of the  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/452</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Canadian fossil park, an Icelandic volcanic island and archipelago in Yemen among sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee, meeting for its 32nd session, inscribed 13 new sites on UNESCO&amp;rsquo;s World Heritage List in the afternoon and evening of 7 July. The nomination of new sites for inscription on the World Heritage List will continue tomorrow morning, 8 July.The new sites inscribed are:
Preah Vihear Temple (Cambodia). Situated on the edge of a plateau that dominates the plain of Cambodia, the buildings that make up the sanctuary are dedicated to Shiva. The Temple, composed of a  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/451</link>
         <author>r.amelan@unesco.org (Roni Amelan)</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Eight new sites, from the Straits of Malacca, to Papua New Guinea and San Marino, added to UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee meeting in Quebec City has added eight new cultural sites to UNESCO&amp;rsquo;s World Heritage List on the morning of the 7 of July. With these inscriptions, Papua New Guinea and San Marino enter the World Heritage List for the first time.
The new sites inscribed are:
Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca (Malaysia) have developed over 500 years of trading and cultural exchanges between East and West in the Straits of Malacca. The  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/450</link>
         <author>r.amelan@unesco.org (Roni Amelan)</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Armenian monasteries in Iran added to UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Fortified Armenian monasteries in Iran were added to the new sites inscribed on UNESCO&amp;rsquo;s World Heritage List on 6 July.
The Armenian Monastic Ensembles in Iran, in the north-west of the country, consists of three monastic ensembles of the Armenian Christian faith: St Thaddeus and St Stepanos and the Chapel of Dzordzor. These edifices - the oldest of which, St Thaddeus, dates back to the 7th century &amp;ndash; are examples of outstanding universal value of the Armenian architectural  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/449</link>
         <author>r.amelan@unesco.org (Roni Amelan)</author>
         <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Slave hideout in Mauritius, Nabataean archaeological site in Saudi Arabia and earthen houses in China inscribed on UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The mountain of Le Morne, a former hideout of runaway slaves in Mauritius, a Nabataean archaeological site in Saudi Arabia and earthen houses in Fujian Province in China have been inscribed on UNESCO&amp;rsquo;s World Heritage List.Le Morne Cultural Landscape, a rugged mountain that juts into the Indian Ocean in the southwest of Mauritius was used as a shelter by runaway slaves, maroons, through the 18th and early years of the 19th centuries. Protected by the mountain&amp;rsquo;s isolated,  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/448</link>
         <author>r.amelan@unesco.org (Roni Amelan)</author>
         <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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