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06/23/07

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Heritage Sites To Be Named By UNESCO

The UN's cultural organisation Unesco is meeting in New Zealand to discuss which sites to add to the list of most valuable natural or manmade treasures according to a BBC news item. Here is a snippet:

Around 45 sites are in competition to be added to the World Heritage list.

The committee will also decide if any heritage sites are in danger from war, tourism, overdevelopment or neglect.

Those that could be deemed endangered include the Tower of London, the Galapagos Islands, Dresden in Germany and Machu Picchu in Peru.

The committee is also expected to reach an opinion on controversial Israeli excavations near the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.

Full BBC Article Here

Pictured above is the Sydney, Australia Opera house which is a candidate for the heritage list.

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