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2012/05/28 12:38
2012/05/28 12:38
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Bharatpur, May 28 : Migratory storks arriving at the Bharatpur bird sanctuary in Rajasthan's Keoladeo National Park have raised hopes of an early monsoon this year. While the stork is the harbinger of...
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2012/05/28 09:37
2012/05/28 09:37
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Just over 800 gorillas remain in the world, with 210 living in the Virunga National Park, a Unesco World Heritage site. A rebel army calling itself M23 entered the gorillas' habitat in the early hours...
2012/05/28 06:37
2012/05/28 06:37
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If the current state of his beloved Greece weren't enough, his celebrated Tivoli villa complex, a World Heritage site, is about to suffer the indignity of having Europe's biggest rubbish dump arrive...
2012/05/28 06:25
2012/05/28 06:25
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Jamie Pittock is Director of International Programs for the UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance. His current work includes developing research programs that link...
2012/05/28 01:15
2012/05/28 01:15
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People walk inside the Jean Marie Vincent camp for people displaced by the devastating 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on May 10, 2012. It will take Haiti the better part three decades to...
2012/05/27 21:47
2012/05/27 21:47
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LIMA (AFP) - The UN's cultural arm UNESCO is calling for emergency measures to prevent the town that feeds tourists to Peru's archaeological marvel Machu Picchu from becoming overrun. The 15th...
2012/05/27 20:39
2012/05/27 20:39
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Kiev, Ukraine, is an off-beat destination, invoking images of Cossack song and dance, repressive communist grime and the catastrophic nuclear accident at the nearby Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. But,...
2012/05/27 05:47
2012/05/27 05:47
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HONG KONG (AFP) - It started with an inflatable pig. Jeffrey Shaw has always been fascinated by interactivity, having in the 1960s created art he hoped would narrow the gap between viewer and...
2012/05/27 03:19
2012/05/27 03:19
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... becoming clear why it was lost for so long,” quips one of my fellow travelers to the ancient Middle Eastern city. Finally, rounding a hulk of rock, I spot a sliver of Petra’s most famous...
2012/05/26 23:45
2012/05/26 23:45
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I DROVE through the darkness and I drove through the dawn, mist lying thick on golden fields of oilseed rape, and I came at last to Stracathro Services, off the A90 just north of Brechin. Well, I’m...
2012/05/26 22:07
2012/05/26 22:07
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Tulou – earth castles of the Hakkas Earthen structures are visible from space Unique Earth buildings Group visiting Chuxi Tulou, author is in middle, front row Nestled amidst sprawling hills and...
2012/05/26 17:53
2012/05/26 17:53
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Intl. experts to reread Bisotun inscriptions of Darius The inscription gives a portrayal of the Achaemenid King Darius I holding a bow, as a sign of sovereignty. Four international experts have been...
2012/05/26 15:17
2012/05/26 15:17
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FROZEN wastelands, cosy cottages, virgin forest, reindeer herders and viking lore - Sweden has all this, and mad style too. In some ways, visiting Sweden feels like walking right into a fashion or...
2012/05/26 13:53
2012/05/26 13:53
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S. Africa exhibits Persian handicrafts in North West Iranian vendor shows a Persian carpet at his shop in Isfahan. Iran’s cultural office in South Africa has mounted an exhibition of handicrafts in...
2012/05/26 12:34
2012/05/26 12:34
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Castelo de Vide in the Alentejo When the rain stopped and hazy sunshine emerged, I climbed off the bike and looked around. The landscape was not dramatic, but it was utterly entrancing: an undulating...
2012/05/26 10:27
2012/05/26 10:27
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EVERYONE appreciates the Downs above Lewes are special. Soon they could be extra special. Tuesday saw the launch of a bid to become a Unesco ‘site of excellence’ – known as a biosphere...
2012/05/26 09:09
2012/05/26 09:09
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This is Memorial Day weekend in our country. It means different things to different people. To some folks, it simply means that they get Monday off from work. To others, it is a time of reflection, as...
2012/05/26 08:59
2012/05/26 08:59
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Nearly 300 families in Hyderabad, speak Tanjore Marathi dialect In a country where dialect changes every few kilometres, it is not uncommon to find a motley group nurturing a distinct Tanjore Marathi...
2012/05/26 00:28
2012/05/26 00:28
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A 1,000-year-old tomb containing over 80 skeletons and mummies of pre-Incan people has been discovered by Belgian archaeologists in Peru — including the remains of a dozen infants, the possible...
2012/05/25 23:57
2012/05/25 23:57
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EACH TIME I see the city through the strands of the Golden Gate Bridge I am dazzled. It's a view that never gets old. The bridge opened when I was a kid. In 1940, my mother, brother and I were...