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UNESCO adds sites to World Heritage list
The list of World Heritage sites has grown following a recent meeting by UNESCO in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Art Newspaper reported Wednesday that UNESCO added 26 sites to the list for a total of 962 sites around the world. The Art Newspaper said 16 of...
Tags: China, West Bank, Politics, International Organizations, Religion and Belief
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China unearths more terra cotta warriors
The famous terra cotta warriors of China have grown in numbers, with excavators saying that they have recently unearthed more than 100 clay figures at the site near the city Xi'an in the Shaanxi province. Since the discovery of the site in 1974,...
Tags: China, News Agency, Museums, Xi'an (China), Arts and Culture
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Living it up in the Dead Sea
NEVE ZOHAR, Israel — Try not to splash. That's not the usual recommendation for a seaside vacation, but Israel's Dead Sea is like no other beach resort. Unique it is, with a salt and mineral content upward of 30 percent, which is why you need to pay...Tags: Israel, Grateful Dead (music group), Ben Gurion International Airport, Psoriasis, Tel Aviv (Israel)
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Take a chance on Guatemala
SANTIAGO ATITLAN, Guatemala — Edna Sloan sat at a table open to the street and its vendors, quietly sipping a local beer. Purchase of a beer in this pretty-enough town on Lake Atitlan entitles free access to a bano certified clean by our guide,...
Tags: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Antigua and Barbuda, Mexico, U.S. Department of State
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Accommodations on the edge
Treehouses Free Spirit Spheres, Vancouver Island, Canada These unusual spheres (think baubles with beds) are suspended from the trees by a web of rope and rock gently as the breeze rustles through the cedars and maples. Compact but cozy, these spheres...
Tags: Wines, Vancouver (Canada), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Natural Resources, Alcoholic Beverages
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Extreme destinations: Overnight in the Arctic; dive to your hotel; stay in a room made of salt
Tribune NewspapersAn "extreme" vacation often is in the eye of the vacationer. A week in Paris might be an extreme vacation to some people. A grand tour of the paper clip distribution warehouses of central Ohio would be extreme to someone else. But other "extremes" cannot...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Everest, Key Largo, Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Travel picks: Top 10 spots to explore by bicycle
![While most travelers know that Copenhagen and Amsterdam are ideal for exploring by bicycle, the rise of bike-sharing and bike tours in other cities is making discovering other destinations by bicycle easier than ever. Wouldn't you rather experience a city cruising down a boardwalk than riding in a taxi? Imagine what you might see while pedaling around a town from site to site, instead of riding underground on the subway. With immersion in the culture and seeing a few sites in one ride as our goal, the members and editors of travel website VirtualTourist.com compiled this list of the "Top Ten Spots to Explore by Bicycle."](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-06/70591614-21103215.jpg "While most travelers know that Copenhagen and Amsterdam are ideal for exploring by bicycle, the rise of bike-sharing and bike tours in other cities is making discovering other destinations by bicycle easier than ever. Wouldn't you rather experience a city cruising down a boardwalk than riding in a taxi? Imagine what you might see while pedaling around a town from site to site, instead of riding underground on the subway. With immersion in the culture and seeing a few sites in one ride as our goal, the members and editors of travel website VirtualTourist.com compiled this list of the "Top Ten Spots to Explore by Bicycle.\"")
Tribune Media ServicesWhile most travelers know that Copenhagen and Amsterdam are ideal for exploring by bicycle, the rise of bike-sharing and bike tours in other cities is making discovering other destinations by bicycle easier than ever. Wouldn't you rather experience a city...Tags: National Parks, Natural Resources, Gardens and Parks, Tour de France, Tourism and Leisure
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Leading foe rejects new plan for Peru mine
World NowGregorio Santos, Cajamarca regional president, said changes in a plan to build a $4.8-billion copper and gold mine in northern Peru are not sufficient to win locals' support.... -
'Comfort women' show goes on in Tokyo despite protests
World NowThe uproar over the black-and-white images taken by South Korean photographer Ahn Sehong underscore the sensitivity, decades later, around the plight of Korean women forced to serve the Japanese military as sex slaves during World War II... -
Mali rebellions put Timbuktu on UNESCO's endangered list
World NowThe United Nations cultural organization put the besieged city of Timbuktu and the nearby Tomb of Askia on its endangered list, citing threats to the designated world treasures from ethnic and religious fighting in northern Mali.... -
Palestinians hail World Heritage listing of Bethlehem holy sites
World NowA United Nations panel voted to include the biblical city of Bethlehem and its holy sites on the World Heritage list, to the applause of Palestinian officials and the anger of their Israeli counterparts.... -
Islamist rebels in Mali destroy Timbuktu historic sites
World NowRadical Islamists affiliated with Al Qaeda used axes, shovels and automatic weapons to destroy tombs and other cultural and religious monuments in northern Mali for a third day on Monday, including bashing in the door of a 15th Century mosque in Timbuktu,...
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