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UNESCO News, Dec 22, 2011

UNESCO criticised for 'antisemitic' Palestinian kids magazine
Jewish Chronicle
In the piece for Zayzafuna, the girl wrote that Hitler told her he killed the Jews "so you would all know that they are a nation who spreads destruction all over theworld". Palestinian Media Watch said that Zayafuna's articles also included "terms...
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UNESCO supports Thai government in recovery of Ayutthaya World Heritage site
Pattaya Mail
UNESCO is mobilising world-class expertise and facilitating international collaboration to support the Ministry of Culture's Fine Arts Department in the recovery effort. “UNESCO is concerned about the recovery of Ayutthaya both in the short-term and ...
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Pompeii column collapse revives concerns over site
Reuters
Last year the Italian government was accused of neglecting the UNESCO WorldHeritage site near Naples in southern Italy when part of the "House of the Gladiators" fell down. That collapse, along with three others in 2010, and the subsequent accusations ...
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Mediterranian diet 'extends life'
Telegraph.co.uk
The ability of the high-fibre, low-fat diet to reduce the risk of illnesses like heart disease and cancer has long been known, and last year it was granted WorldHeritage status by Unesco. The latest study, published by University of Gothenburg ...
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Deeply disappointing Old Town asset sale risks an even larger gap site in the ...
STV Local
These buildings, which UNESCO have said should be protected as they contribute to the "outstanding universal value" of Edinburgh's World Heritage Site, form part of the package of assets that the council agreed to sell without condition, to Artisan in ...
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Stonehenge app offers virtual solstice tour
Reuters
Features include a Google Maps image of the circle of stones giving different views, allowing users to stand within the virtual stones and physically move about theUNESCO World Heritage Site. "It makes for an absorbing immersive experience and allows ...
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World Sustainable Energy Conference 2012-Geneva
InTechWeb Blog
Other participants include the likes of UNESCO, WHO, WTO, Greenpeace, Greencross, ISEO, just to name a few, all gathered in one place to set a sustainable energy agenda that might just change all of our lives. How? Sustainable energy provides energy to ...
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Yemen's “Manhattan of the Desert” Boasts 400 Habitable Clay Towers
Green Prophet
Yemen has a UNESCO World Heritage Site secret, but it's not so well-kept anymore. One of the most impressive examples of earth architecture that has survived for hundreds of years, the Shibam district in Hadramaut province boasts 437 tall clay towers, ...
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Harrabin's Notes: Pride in a Falls
BBC News
It is now a national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Niagara on the other hand does not have world heritage status. The US has sought UNESCO status for Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Missouri; the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico; ...
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BBC News
Huge Gathering Expected to Galore Winter Solstice Sunrise Today
TopNews United States
The view would be worth seeing at the passage tomb at Newgrange, where it is told that the rising sun on the morning of the solstice simply make the chamber look out of the world. The passage is told to be one of two UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the ...
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TopNews United States
Retail Therapy: Thinking charitably
National Post
Help preserve this UNESCO-designated World Biosphere Reserve (and the oldest marked footpath in Canada) with a donation that is directed to maintenance. The camping teenager in your life would be chuffed to know that through the ChildFund Alliance ...
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National Post
No Spain no gain in land of possibilities
The West Australian
... Cordoba and Seville before visiting Jerez, Spain's old capital of Toledo and the art cities of Avila and Segovia - both recognised byUNESCO as World Heritage-listed sites - as well as Madrid with its palaces, cathedrals and Old Quarter. ...
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The West Australian
Hebrew University honors Latin American scholar Bernardo Kliksberg
World Jewish Congress
A Jewish perspective", published in Spanish and Portuguese byUNESCO, and in English by the World Jewish Congress. Bernardo Kliksberg has been awarded for his contributions to Judaism the prize of intellectual merit of the Latin American Jewish ...
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World Jewish Congress
Orissa's brilliant Sunspot
Hindu Business Line
In 1984, UNESCO accorded the monument a World Heritage Site status. As the Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore has written of this mighty treasure of ancient India: “Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man.” SUN TEMPLE AT KONARK . ...
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Hindu Business Line
Peace on Earth? But There's a Garlic War (Really)
Care2.com (blog)
by Global Voices By Onnik Krikorian for Global Voices Online As Armenia and Turkey come to blows over a UNESCO decision to enter a meal eaten in both countries into its list of Intangible Heritage, the dispute over food now appears to have spread to ...
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Top 10 ski resorts in the world
Edmonton Sun
Oh, and did we mention that Banff National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is the Birthplace of Skiing in Canada? It is. It's also considered to be the world's most scenic ski area." (Shutterstock) Saalbach, Austria: "The villages of Saalbach ...
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Christmas in Palestine in 2011
Institute for Middle East Understanding
With Palestine's recent admission as a member to UNESCO, such a move has a higher chance of success, helping to preserve this historic church for Palestinians and Christians around the world, indeed for all of humanity. Economically, Bethlehem relies ...
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Institute for Middle East Understanding
Visit the film location: Croatia
gulfnews.com
The natural wonder of the many lakes and waterfalls of Plitvicehave seen the area named a Unesco World Heritage Site, and the lakes attract visitors in their tens of thousands. The 16 lakes are renowned for their different shades of blue, depending on ...
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gulfnews.com
Eurofile | Le Havre in a New Light
New York Times (blog)
In 2005, Le Havre's modernist center earned UNESCO WorldHeritage status, drawing architecture fans from all over Europe. My hotel, Le Vent d'Ouest (4 Rue Caligny; 011-33-2-35-42-50-69) was located in just such a post-war building, shrewdly renovated ...
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New York Times (blog)
North Koreans mourn death of leader Kim Jong Il
Party for Socialism and Liberation
The media will not report on the ongoing struggle on Jeju Island against the destruction of a UNESCO World Heritage Site to build one of the largest naval bases in the world, which will house US warships 300 miles from the Chinese mainland. ...
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Party for Socialism and Liberation
Where in the world is Wadi Rum?
e-Travel Blackboard (press release)
Join Dermott as he visits one of UNESCO's World Heritage Listed sites and one of the best natural landscapes in the world on Channel 9 on Thursday 29, 2012 at 7:30pm. Greece Med Travel runs packages to Wadi Rum including the Jordan Discovery, ...
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AAAS News and Notes
Science Careers Blog (subscription)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán; AAAS Chief Executive Officer Alan I. Leshner; UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova; and HAS President József Pálinkás Building Global Networks. Among the speakers at the opening of the 2011World Science Forum ...
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Failings of British foreign policy
gulfnews.com
When last November, 107 countries voted to admit Palestine to full membership of the UN's cultural agency Unesco, Britain abstained, joining, in doing so, with such international movers and shakers as Andorra, Cape Verde, Papua New Guinea, ...
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gulfnews.com
Courtyard by Marriott Announces Its Second Hotel in Algeria
Hospitality Net (press release)
Although 80 percent of visitors to Setif are business travelers, the city has some important cultural attractions, such as the archeological museum and the UNESCO World Heritage site of Djemila. Located 50 km/31 miles from Setif, it is considered one ...
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HM the King issues sixth decrees-by-law for the year 2011
Bahrain News Agency
41 for the year 2011 stipulated ratification of agreement between the Kingdom of Bahrain's government and the UNESCO regarding creation of regional center for Information Technology and Telecommunications in Manama, Bahrain, accompanying this decree. ...
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Bahrain News Agency
Emerging markets' decade of disruption
New Europe (blog)
Today, emerging markets account for 40% of the world's researchers. As a report from UNESCO recently highlighted, China, which now spends more than $100 billion annually (2.5% of GDP) on R&D, is on the verge of surpassing the US and Europe in terms of ...
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Cuba's Literacy Campaign 50 Years Later, an Experience that Has Been Shared
Radio Cadena Agramonet
Organization (UNESCO) on experiences of this sort in eight different countries, concluded that the literacy campaign in Cuba –aside from its amazing outcomes- was very intensive and quick. But the Cuban Revolution –driven by its humanitarian and ...
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Radio Cadena Agramonet
That was the year that was….in Israel
J-Wire Jewish Australian News Service
Interestingly, just a week before, a story emerged about UNESCO'sexecutive board (which among other countries includes the US, France and the UK) unanimously elected Syria to a pair of committees, one that deals directly with human rights issues. ...
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J-Wire Jewish Australian News Service
Lunenburg building vibrant community for future
TheChronicleHerald.ca
We have received international recognition because of the outstanding universal value which led to our inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1995. This recognition not only gives us great pride, but is also one which encourages us to live up ...
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Top tips for planning a tour of Central America
iWantSun
You will also be able to explore UNESCO World Heritage site Quirigua and discover the music and food of the Garifuna culture, before making your way to the beach to soak up a few rays of the warm Guatemalan sun. From here, you might want to head to the ...
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Palestinians raise flag at UNESCO - World - CBC News
Palestinians have raise their flag at the headquarters of the United Nations cultural agency in Paris, a symbolic boost in their push for an independent state.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/.../unesco-palestine-flag.html
BBC News - Mahmoud Abbas raises Palestinian flag at Unesco
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas raises the Palestinian flag above a UN agency for the first time and says he hopes it marks the beginning of ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16163087
Palestinian flag raised over UNESCO headquarters | euronews ...
world news - In an historic, symbolic and controversial act the Palestinian flag has been raised over a UN building for the first time. UNESCO, the world body's ...
www.euronews.net/.../palestinian-flag-raised-over-unesco-hea...
Abbas raises Palestinian flag at Unesco headquarters – video ...
The Guardian home. The Guardian, UK and World news, User comments, Web ... Abbas ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../abbas-palestinian-flag-unesco-video
Abbas raises Palestinian flag at Unesco - World News | IOL News ...
South Africa's Premier Online News Source. Discover the world of IOL, NewsSouth Africa, Sport, Business, Financial, World News, Entertainment, Technology, ...
www.iol.co.za/.../abbas-raises-palestinian-flag-at-unesco-1.119...
UNESCO feels the pinch after Palestine 'Yes' | euronews,world news
world news - It was on October 31 that the UNESCOGeneral Assembly admitted Palestine as ...
www.euronews.net/.../unesco-feels-the-pinch-after-palestine-y...
Great Himalayan National Park to get UNESCO World ... - MVO News
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh): The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) was poised to be on the UNESCO World Heritage Site soon as the nomination of the ...
mvonews.com/.../great-himalayan-national-park-to-get-unesco...
News Palestine and the World Heritage ... - World Heritage - UNESCO
Here is how UNESCO's World Heritage Committee works and what it has done with respect to cultural sites in Palestine. The World Heritage Committee ...
whc.unesco.org/en/news/821
UNESCO Concerns Over Flooded Ayutthaya World Hertage Site ...
Scoop - Independent News · Contact Newsagent ... UNESCO Concerns Over Flooded Ayutthaya World Hertage Site. Monday, 12 ... Press Release: UNESCO...
www.scoop.co.nz/.../unesco-concerns-over-flooded-ayutthaya...
Video: Palestinian flag raised at UNESCO - Video - News.com.au
President Mahmoud Abbas attends the Palestinian flag-raising ceremony at theUNESCO headquarters in Paris. Nick Rowlands reports. News/World ...
video.news.com.au/.../Palestinian-flag-raised-at-UNESCO
UNESCO headquarters DAWN.COM | Latest news, Breaking news ...
Dawn.com is your source for the latest breaking news, current events and top stories from ... Palestinian flag raised at Unesco after admission ... World in Focus ...
www.dawn.com/tag/unesco-headquarters
New member Palestine raises flag at UNESCO - Beloit Daily News ...
Palestinians have raise their flag at the headquarters of the U.N. cultural agency in Paris, a symbolic boost in their push for an independent state.
www.beloitdailynews.com/.../article_e36ba08c-00b9-524c-b7...
Palestinian flag raised at UNESCO - World Videos ... - News - Yahoo
President Mahmoud Abbas attends the Palestinian flag-raising ceremony at theUNESCO headquarters in Paris. Nick Rowlands reports.
au.news.yahoo.com/video/national/watch/27575563/.../2/
UNESCO experts voice concern over flooded Ayutthaya World ...
BANGKOK, Dec 9 – International experts of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) expressed concern about the ...
www.thailandnews.co/.../unesco-experts-voice-concern-over-fl...
How UNESCO Funds 'Hitlerism' - Middle East - News - Israel ...
When the United Nations celebrated its 50th anniversary, Unesco refused to mention the Shoah - the Holocaust - in its World War II resolution, intentionally ...
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/150958
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