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An Appeal to World Leaders: Protest the Election of Farouk Hosni

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 11.14.2009 | World

Read More: Farouk Hosni Unesco, Unesco, Farouk Hosni, Unesco World Heritage, Egpyt, Farouk Hosny, Farouk Hosni Protest, World News
Bernard-Henri Lévy

Farouk Hosni, Egypt's minister of culture and candidate for director-general of UNESCO, threatens the organization's legitimacy, competence and means of action.

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7 World Heritage Sites Entrepreneurs Can Save

thedailygreen.com | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: World-Heritage, Entrepreneurship, Unesco World Heritage, Green News

Preserving the world's most extraordinary natural features might seem like a no-brainer, but it is never as easy as it should be, or as cheap. But a u...

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Saudis Struggle With How to Treat Pre-Islamic Artifacts Unearthed in Saudi Arabia

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Madain Saleh, Judaism, Sultan Bin Salman, Unesco, Saudi Arabia, Christianity, Muslims, Churches, Archeology, Unesco World Heritage, Sheikh Mohammed Al Nujaimi, World News
Sabria Jawhar

The discoveries at Madain Saleh pose something of a dilemma for Saudis.

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UNESCO: The Shame of a Disaster Foretold

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

Read More: Egyptian Minister of Culture, Unesco World Heritage, Egypt, Unesco, Farouk Hosny, Naguib Mahfouz, World News
Bernard-Henri Lévy

We must, without delay, appeal to everyone's conscience to keep UNESCO from falling into the hands of a man, who when he hears the word "culture," responds with a book burning.

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Yemen's Economic Crisis Threatens Volatile Region's Security (PHOTOS)

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: American Institute of Yemeni Studies, Yemen, Somalia Pirates, Human Rights Watch, Somalia, Gregory Johnsen, Thomas Hegghammer, Somalia Terrorists, Charles Schmitz, Diane Tucker, Unesco World Heritage, Yemen Terrorism, Pirates Ship Somalia, Yemen Embassy Bombed, Harvard University, Al Qaida, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Christoph Wilcke, Shibam, Pakistan, Pakistan Crisis, Slideshow, World News
Diane Tucker

Yemen is one of the poorest countries in the Arab world. It faces corruption, malnutrition and water shortages. Its population of 23 million owns over 23 million firearms. It's a witch's brew of potential disaster.

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A Word Still Not Out of Fashion: Inequality

Laura Kiss | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Agadez, Nicholas Sarkozy, President Obama, Unesco World Heritage, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, g20, World News
Laura Kiss

As Obama sat with Sarkozy in Strasbourg, few realized that Areva, the biggest government- backed French nuclear company, received the largest contract to extract uranium in Niger.

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