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IRAQI HERITAGE SITES AGAIN AT RISK IN MOSUL OPERATION
As Iraqi forces close in on Mosul, the jihadists' last main bastion in the country, officials say IS has fighters deployed at or near archaeological sites... READ MORE›
OTTAWA ASKS CANADIANS TO NOMINATE HERITAGE SITES FOR UNESCO STATUS
The list of special places in the running to be official World Heritage Sites is being updated ahead of the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017... READ MORE›
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WORLD HERITAGE FORESTS BURN AS GLOBAL TRAGEDY UNFOLDS IN TASMANIA
It concluded that lightning fires were now the main threat to the survival of the world heritage area... READ MORE›
UN TO DEPLOY PEACEKEEPERS TO PROTECT WORLD HERITAGE SITES
UN peacekeepers will protect world heritage sites from attacks by Islamist militants Unesco has said... READ MORE›
MINING AND OIL THREATENS ONE IN THREE NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITES A?? REPORT
Of natural world heritage sites in Africa, more than six in ten are threatened with development... READ MORE›
EDINBURGHA??S WORLD HERITAGE STATUS IN PERIL AS DEVELOPERS MOVE IN
David Black, a conservationist and architectural critic, detects a sinister hand in the planned developments and others that have occurred with seemingly indecent haste around Edinburgh... READ MORE›
FORTH BRIDGE NAMED AS SCOTLAND'S SIXTH WORLD HERITAGE SITE
The Forth Bridge that majestic russet-hued testament to Victorian engineering has been confirmed by Unesco as Scotland's sixth world heritage site... READ MORE›
HALF OF WORLD HERITAGE SITES THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT, SAYS WWF
World heritage sites fall under three categories cultural, natural and mixed... READ MORE›
SCIENTISTS PUSH FOR UNESCO LISTING FOR HUGE AREA OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
05 GMT A group of West Australian scientists are campaigning to turn the poorest soils in the world into a Unesco world heritage area... READ MORE›
SEA EAGLES ON THE ISLE OF MULL
The sea eagle, also known as the white-tailed eagle, was driven to extinction in Britain earlier this century... READ MORE›
PLANS TO LOG TASMANIA'S WORLD HERITAGE FORESTS DROPPED AFTER UN CRITICISM
Plans to allow logging inside Tasmanian world heritage forests have been abandoned after a United Nations report recommended against it... READ MORE›
TASMANIA WORLD HERITAGE AREA DEVELOPMENT: IS THIS THE END OF 'WILDERNESS'? | HILARY BURDEN
Tasmania world heritage area development is this the end of 'wilderness'?... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS WORLD HERITAGE SITES, REPORT SAYS
Venice, Stonehenge among World Heritage sites threatened by climate change... READ MORE›
JURASSIC COAST COULD LOSE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS IF PLANNED WIND FARM GOES AHEAD
The 3bn proposal to build one of the world's biggest wind farms, Navitus Bay, has met stiff opposition from residents and environmentalists... READ MORE›
UNESCO APPROVES 'CULTURAL BLUE HELMETS' TO PROTECT HERITAGE SITES FROM ISLAMIST MILITANTS
Islamist militants are also accused of being behind attacks on ten religious and historic monuments in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Timbuktu in Mali... READ MORE›
TASMANIA URGED TO SCRAP PLAN TO OPEN MORE WORLD HERITAGE AREA TO TOURISM
We can't trust the Tasmanian government to manage our globally precious wilderness, so it's time the Australian government stepped in and took more responsibility... READ MORE›
NEARLY HALF OF NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITES THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT
Nearly half of natural World Heritage sites threatened by development report... READ MORE›
KWONGAN WORLD HERITAGE LISTING PROPOSAL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA WINS LABOR SUPPORT
Tallentire said Unesco world heritage status was an internationally recognised tourism asset and would provide an economic boost as well as protecting an important ecosystem... READ MORE›
IS SYSTEMATICALLY DESTROYING HERITAGE SITES, UNESCO CHIEF SAYS
Cultural agency said Friday after militants demolished a monastery with ancient foundations in central Syria... READ MORE›
WANUSKEWIN SEEKS UNITED NATIONS WORLD HERITAGE STATUS
Wanuskewin Heritage Park in Saskatoon announced today that it plans to apply for status as a United Nations world heritage site... READ MORE›
WORLD HERITAGE SITES, INCLUDING STATUE OF LIBERTY AND STONEHENGE, THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, UNESCO SAYS
An earlier draft referenced Australia's Great Barrier Reef, which is threatened by climate change... READ MORE›
NEPAL AND BIRMINGHAM POOL MAKE A LIST OF ENDANGERED CULTURE SITES
British sites include the vast manor house Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire and the Moseley swimming baths in Birmingham built in 1907... READ MORE›
YOUNG VIETNAMESE AUSTRALIANS ENCOURAGED TO EMBRACE CULTURAL HERITAGE
Ms Nguyen said it was common for people who took part in the program to feel a disconnect between their Australian lives and their Vietnamese heritage... READ MORE›
FORESTRY EXPERTS ASSESS THREAT TO UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE FOREST IN POLAND
Extensive logging has begun in Poland's ancient Bialowieza Forest to stop the spread of beetles... READ MORE›
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A THIRD NIGHT OF #NOTMYPRESIDENT PROTESTS ACROSS AMERICA
Portland has seen a third night of protests following the election of Donald Trump as the 45th US president... READ MORE›
#CALEXIT STARTS TO TREND AS #NOTMYPRESIDENT PROTESTS GATHER STEAM
For some liberal Californians incensed by Donald Trump's election to the presidency over Democrat Hillary Clinton, secession from the United States is the only way forward... READ MORE›
'WE'RE ALL AMERICANS,' OBAMA TELLS TRUMP PROTESTERS
In New York's Washington Square park, several hundred people gathered to protest Trump's election... READ MORE›
ANTI-DONALD TRUMP PROTESTS ERUPT ACROSS US AS CITIES DECLARE BILLIONAIRE 'NOT MY PRESIDENT'
Anti-Donald Trump protests erupt across US as cities declare billionaire 'Not My President'... READ MORE›
BARACK OBAMA 9/11 VETO OVERRULED BY CONGRESS AND SENATE, FAMILIES CAN SUE SAUDI ARABIA
The lone Senate vote against overriding the Obama veto was cast by Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid of Nevada... READ MORE›
AMERICAN PSYCHO SYSTEM A 'CO-WORKER OF GOD'
US President Barack Obama made his eighth - and final - address to the United Nations General Assembly this week... READ MORE›
OBAMA SAYS MOSUL CAN BE TAKEN QUICKLY, PLANS TO STRATEGIZE WITH IRAQI LEADER
President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi will strategize about the upcoming offensive to take back the northern city of Mosul when t... READ MORE›
IN DALLAS, OBAMA SEEKS TO SOOTHE TENSIONS BETWEEN CIVILIANS AND POLICE
At a memorial service for the five officers slain here, Obama sought to unify a nation grieving and yet divided over fatal shootings involving police... READ MORE›
BARACK OBAMA SAYS 'AMERICA IS NOT AS DIVIDED AS SOME HAVE SUGGESTED' IN THE WAKE OF DALLAS POLICE SHOOTINGS
The black community is much closer to the police than in other cities... READ MORE›
U.S. GUN RULES HEIGHTEN TENSION BETWEEN POLICE, CITIZENS
Lawmakers in Congress have fought over three rival gun measures since the June 12 mass shootings at a gay nightclub in Orlando... READ MORE›
OBAMA SAYS AMERICANS ARE 'RIGHTLY OUTRAGED' AT DALLAS SHOOTINGS
His comments come amid reports of violence and threats targeting police officers in the U.S. That includes protesters... READ MORE›
MINNESOTA, LOUISIANA POLICE SHOOTINGS SHOW U.S. HAS A 'SERIOUS PROBLEM'
The fatal police shootings of two black men in Louisiana and Minnesota show the U.S. has a serious problem, President Barack Obama said Thursday... READ MORE›