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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Cultures</title>
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		<title>US-China climate statement raises hopes, questions as global conference in Copenhagen looms</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cara Anna</dc:creator>
		
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US-China climate statement raises hopes, questions
BEIJING — A joint statement by the U.S. and Chinese presidents on climate change is encouraging as pressure builds in the last few weeks before a 192-nation conference in Copenhagen, but the language leaves a lot unsaid, observers in both countries said Wednesday.
The world&#8217;s two largest polluters talked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture clash in Iran as government tries to rein in artists protesting political turmoil</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scheherezade Faramarzi</dc:creator>
		
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Iran artists in tug of war with government

BEIRUT — Iran&#8217;s greatest master of traditional music, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, always avoided open clashes with his country&#8217;s ruling hard-line clerics.
So it was a bombshell when Shajarian — so revered that his audiences pelt him with roses — demanded state radio and TV stop broadcasting his music as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dalai Lama asks followers to preserve Buddhist culture at teaching session in northeast India</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Muneeza Naqvi</dc:creator>
		
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Dalai Lama ends public teaching in northeast India

TAWANG, India — The Dalai Lama exhorted thousands of his followers to maintain Buddhist culture as he closed a series of public teachings Wednesday in a northeastern Indian region near his homeland of Tibet in a visit that has drawn protests from China.
The exiled spiritual leader&#8217;s trip to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utah girl&#8217;s suspension for piercing her nose shows challenge for Indian culture in America</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Washington</dc:creator>
		
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Utah girl&#8217;s pierced nose: US-Indian culture clash

To 12-year-old Suzannah Pabla, piercing her nose was a way to connect with her roots in India. To Suzannah&#8217;s school, it was a dress-code violation worthy of a suspension.
To other Indians, the incident was emblematic of how it can still be difficult for the American melting pot to absorb [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LatAm Indians struggle to keep identity, native tongues alive</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/latam-indians-struggle-to-keep-identity-native-tongues-alive-221760/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Bajak</dc:creator>
		
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Fighting the odds to keep Indian tongues alive

HUAMPAMI, Peru — In his first year at San Marcos University, Hermenegildo Espejo barely spoke, and certainly not in class.
His Spanish was rudimentary, his accent an embarrassment. Classmates in Lima, a two-day trip from his Amazon home town, laughed at his grammatical stumbles, his odd pronunciation.
&#8220;I didn&#8217;t understand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Park Service details vision for future of St. Louis&#8217; Gateway Arch grounds</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-park-service-details-vision-for-future-of-st-louis-gateway-arch-grounds-215119/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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Park Service sets vision for Gateway Arch grounds

ST. LOUIS — The shimmering Gateway Arch on the banks of the Mississippi River is St. Louis&#8217; calling card. But the iconic monument set off from the rest of the city is, well, set off from the rest of the city.
The National Park Service hopes to change that. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia the standard-bearer as Latin American natives fight to protect lands, culture</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivia-the-standard-bearer-as-latin-american-natives-fight-to-protect-lands-culture-214334/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Bajak</dc:creator>
		
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Indian political awakening stirs Latin America

JESUS DE MACHACA, Bolivia — In Ecuador, the Shuar are blocking highways to defend their hunting grounds. In Chile, the Mapuche are occupying ranches to pressure for land, schools and clinics. In Bolivia, a new constitution gives the country&#8217;s 36 indigenous peoples the right to self-rule.
All over Latin America, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ray Browne, Ohio professor credited with coining the phrase &#8216;pop culture,&#8217; dies at 87</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ray-browne-ohio-professor-credited-with-coining-the-phrase-pop-culture-dies-at-87-205375/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TOLEDO, Ohio — Ray Browne, an Ohio university professor who was credited with coining the phrase &#8220;popular culture&#8221; and pioneering the study of things such as bumper stickers and cartoons, has died. He was 87.

Browne died at his home Thursday, according to his family and officials at Bowling Green State university.
He developed the first academic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power boats, Nixon and Jimmy Buffett: Miami Marine Stadium an unlikely cultural touchstone</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/power-boats-nixon-and-jimmy-buffett-miami-marine-stadium-an-unlikely-cultural-touchstone-200037/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara Lush</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — What does the Miami Marine Stadium have in common with such famous landmarks as Machu Picchu and the Old City of Jerusalem?

All three have made it on the World Monuments Fund&#8217;s watch list for 2010 of monuments threatened by neglect or overdevelopment for 2010. But while the latter two — and dozens of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan museum exhibits looted artifacts seized at British ports</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/afghan-museum-exhibits-looted-artifacts-seized-at-british-ports-188456/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heidi Vogt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL — The National Museum of Afghanistan on Tuesday unveiled hundreds of looted artifacts, some dating back as far as the 11th century, seized from smugglers trying to sell them on Europe&#8217;s black market.

The museum has received about 2,000 pieces seized at British ports over the past six years, museum director Omara Khan Masoudi said. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Machu Picchu ruins, Barcelona church, Conn. parkway&#8217;s bridges on list of endangered sites</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/machu-picchu-ruins-barcelona-church-conn-parkways-bridges-on-list-of-endangered-sites-188269/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Matthews</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Peru&#8217;s Machu Picchu ancient ruins, Antoni Gaudi&#8217;s Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona and a New Orleans elementary school are among the cultural heritage sites threatened by neglect or overdevelopment, a preservationist group said Tuesday.

The World Monuments Fund&#8217;s watch list for 2010 includes 93 sites in 47 countries, ranging from Phajoding, a remote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israeli police arrest 2 in connection with the vandalism of a UN World Heritage site</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM — Israeli police say they have arrested two men for vandalizing an ancient desert ruin recognized by the United Nations as a World Heritage site.

The over 2,000-year-old ruins of the Nabatean city of Avdat in southern Israel were defaced earlier this week. Israel&#8217;s Nature and Parks Authority estimates the damage at around $2.4 million.
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		<title>Who owns the past? A town collects and sells Indian artifacts, and pays the price</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BLANDING, Utah — High above the spiky sandstone spine known as Comb Ridge that snakes for 120 miles through the desert, archaeologist Winston Hurst treads carefully through a cave of ruins.

The sun blazes down, illuminating the ghostly dwellings carved into the alcoves more than a thousand years ago. To a stranger the pre-Columbian pueblo ruins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tango dance and music granted protected cultural status, put on UNESCO world heritage list</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Surk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Tango was declared part of the world&#8217;s cultural heritage by the United Nations on Wednesday and granted the international seal of approval Argentina and Uruguay have long sought for the dramatic dance and its sensual moves.

The 24 members of UNESCO&#8217;s Intergovernmental Committee of Intangible Heritage granted the tango dance and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St Petersburg OKs plan by Russian gas giant to build skyscraper despite objections</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Preservationists and opposition politicians on Wednesday decried St. Petersburg&#8217;s decision to allow Gazprom, the state natural gas giant, to build a hulking skyscraper, saying it will ruin the city&#8217;s czarist-era aura.

On Tuesday, the city&#8217;s administration approved Gazprom&#8217;s plans to build a twisting, 77-story glass-clad tower near the Neva River, more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials at odds over historic designation for Badlands site where Roosevelt once ranched</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — Federal and state officials are at odds over listing about 12,000 acres of scenic North Dakota Badlands on the National Register of Historic Places to recognize an area that inspired Theodore Roosevelt.

The U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service are pushing for the designation to highlight the significance of the region, where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservation group says expansion plans at Venice port further endanger sinking city</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ariel David</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ROME — Italian authorities plan to expand Venice&#8217;s port into a bustling shipping hub, further endangering the fragile lagoon and contributing to the sinking of the treasured city built on water, a conservation group said Monday.

Venice in Peril, a British fund that works to preserve Venice, said a report it obtained from the local port [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China completes renovation of Tibet&#8217;s Potala Palace, once home to the Dalai Lamas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Sanderson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — China has completed a seven-year renovation of Tibet&#8217;s Potala Palace — home to the Dalai Lamas until the region&#8217;s current spiritual leader fled during an aborted uprising against Communist rule 50 years ago.

China says the project is part of its plan to promote Tibetan culture and language in the region as it develops [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italy art officials find 5 ancient Roman shipwrecks off Mediterranean island</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alessandra Rizzo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ROME — Archaeologists have found five well-preserved Roman shipwrecks deep under the sea off a small Mediterranean island, with their cargo of vases, pots and other objects largely intact, officials said Friday.

The ships are submerged between 100 and 150 meters (about 330 to 490 feet) off Ventotene, a tiny island that is part of an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grand Canyon, Great Barrier Reef among 28 finalists for &#8216;7 Wonders of Nature&#8217; competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliane Engeler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — The Grand Canyon, the Matterhorn and the Great Barrier Reef are competing with 25 other spectacular natural landmarks in the final phase of the global poll to choose the &#8220;New 7 Wonders of Nature.&#8221;

The Amazon rainforest, the Dead Sea, Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa and Ecuador&#8217;s Galapagos islands are also among the finalists, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNESCO: U.S.-led invasion did serious damage to historic Babylon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Gamel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — Iraq&#8217;s U.S.-led invaders inflicted serious damage on Babylon, driving heavy machinery over sacred paths, bulldozing hilltops and digging trenches through one of the world&#8217;s greatest archaeological sites, experts for UNESCO said Thursday.

&#8220;The use of Babylon as a military base was a grave encroachment on this internationally known archaeological site,&#8221; said a report which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNESCO: US troops, contractors in Iraq did serious damage to historic Babylon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Gamel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — U.S. troops and contractors in Iraq inflicted serious damage on Babylon, driving heavy machinery over sacred paths, bulldozing hilltops and digging trenches through one of the world&#8217;s greatest archaeological sites, experts for UNESCO said Thursday.

&#8220;The use of Babylon as a military base was a grave encroachment on this internationally known archaeological site,&#8221; said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNESCO: US troops, contractors did considerable damage to historic Iraqi site of Babylon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — U.S. troops and contractors inflicted considerable damage on the historic Iraqi site of Babylon, driving heavy machinery over sacred paths, bulldozing hilltops and digging trenches through one of the world&#8217; most important archaeological sites, experts for UNESCO said Thursday.

The U.N. cultural agency vowed to make Babylon a World Heritage site and prevent similar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Jackson _ White House guest now in the culture wars</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hillel Italie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Michael Jackson was once so safe that presidents from both parties welcomed him to the White House. In death, after a scandal-filled decline, he is the latest target in the cultural war.

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., denounced him this week in a YouTube video as a &#8220;pervert&#8221; and a &#8220;child molester.&#8221; Rush Limbaugh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNESCO adds Dolomites to world heritage list, drops Dresden</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID — Italy&#8217;s Dolomite mountains were among 13 new sites added to UNESCO&#8217;s world heritage list.

Other new natural sites added to the list included the Wadden Sea wetlands, an area rich in wildlife in Germany and the Netherlands; and northern China&#8217;s Mount Wutai, a sacred Buddhist site known for its five flat peaks and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saving the past and the future: Afghans remove artifacts along with mines</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heidi Vogt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAMIYAN, Afghanistan — On a rocky hillside in central Afghanistan, men in visored helmets and protective blue smocks gently scratch the earth for land mines — or shards of pottery from the sixth century.

Afghanistan is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. But this valley presents a challenge to deminers because of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel&#8217;s largest late Roman mosaic, once hidden, is back on display</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Moshe Edri</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOD, Israel — Israeli archaeologists unveiled one of the largest and best preserved mosaics ever found in the country Wednesday, for only the second time since it was discovered more than a decade ago.

The 600-square-foot (56 square meter), 1,700-year-old Roman floor mosaic was found in 1996 during an archaeological dig in the town of Lod [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italy&#8217;s Dolomites, German-Dutch wetlands added to UNESCO world heritage list</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/italys-dolomites-german-dutch-wetlands-added-to-unesco-world-heritage-list-92981/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Woolls</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID — Italy&#8217;s Dolomite mountains and the Wadden Sea along the coasts of Germany and the Netherlands were among several sites added Friday to UNESCO&#8217;s world heritage list.

The U.N. agency&#8217;s World Heritage Committee announced the additions, most of them nature-related, at a meeting in Seville, Spain. Heritage sites, which are deemed as having outstanding universal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italy&#8217;s Dolomite mountains, Wadden Sea along German, Dutch coasts named world heritage sites</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID — UNESCO has added Italy&#8217;s Dolomite mountains and the Wadden Sea along the coasts of Germany and the Netherlands to its list of World Heritage Sites.

The U.N. agency announced the decision at a meeting of its World Heritage Committee in Seville in southern Spain.
The Wadden Sea coastline is a wetlands area rich in wildlife. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNESCO panel meets in Spain to consider new World Heritage sites</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Woolls</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID — The Dolomite mountains in northern Italy and architectural works by Le Corbusier are among sites nominated to join UNESCO&#8217;s World Heritage List at a meeting that began Monday in Spain.

The World Heritage Committee will also consider taking the rare step of dropping a site, in Germany, because a construction project is encroaching upon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoky Mountains Park marks 75th anniversary with hikes, homecomings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan Mansfield</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GATLINBURG, Tenn. — The ancient blue-green mountains with breathtaking vistas and distinctive mists are home to salamanders and black bears, 19th century log cabins, rippling streams, waterfalls and more than 800 miles of trails, including a large section of the Georgia-to-Maine Appalachian Trail.

It&#8217;s little wonder the Great Smoky Mountains attracts more than 9 million visitors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1960s hotel known as &#8216;West Coast White House&#8217; among sites at risk from neglect, development</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Adelman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — The Century Plaza Hotel hosted President-elect Ronald Reagan&#8217;s victory celebration, a welcome home gala for the Apollo 11 astronauts and Bob Hope&#8217;s celebrity-studded Century Ball.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation sees that history and the hotel&#8217;s mid-century architecture as reasons to stop the wrecking ball. The group names the hotel on its [...]]]></description>
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