Wonders bid for heritage status
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Five natural wonders of the world are nominated for inclusion on the UN World Heritage List.
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Egypt has refused to allow Portugal to feature its ancient Pyramids of Giza on postage stamps the European country wants to issue coinciding with a global contest to name the seven new wonders of the world.
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The Sydney Opera House and India's Red Fort are among new sites added to the UN's heritage list.
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BRITONS, tourists and historians who want to see the fabled white elephant of Greenwich still can.
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The Diana memorial fountain may become a cultural icon to rival the Tower of London,  a survey suggests.
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AN east London music hall is on a list of the world's most endangered sites.
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Believe in the eighth wonder of the world.
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A parliamentary committee recommends spa treatment to restore the sheen of a national treasure that is being yellowed by pollution
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The UN's cultural body meets in New Zealand to decide which sites should be given World Heritage status.
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LONDON, ENGLAND.- Heritage Minister Andrew McIntosh today announced plans to list a unique seaside structure in Bournemouth, Dorset.
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The Great Wall of China, Greece's Acropolis and Peru's Machu Picchu were leading contenders to be named among the new seven wonders of the world in a global poll whose results were to be announced Saturday.
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By Dennis Lien, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Sep. 25--It's one of the oldest historical sites in Minnesota. But that doesn't mean folks are lining up to own it.   A decade after the federal government closed the U.S.
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Bombs in Iraq, better commutes in Ireland and melting ice caps are threatening the world's architectural and cultural gems, a nonprofit group said on Wednesday as it named 100 endangered monuments.
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A generation ago, a battle was successfully waged on this rugged island to preserve what was left of its primeval forests, home to giant trees millennia old. Now tourism spawned by this natural heritage is threatening its survival.
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Travel: Tower Hamlets has made a surprise appearance on a list of the world's 100 most endangered places.
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Oman&#39;s Arabian Oryx sanctuary this week  became the first site to be removed from UNESCO&#39;s World  Heritage list after the rare species dwindled and the  government cut the park size by 90 percent.
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The Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan and Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer are among the modern-day seven wonders of the world chosen in a poll of 100 million online voters, organizers said on Saturday.