New wonders of the world named after online poll
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The Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan and Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer are among the modern day seven wonders of the world chosen in a poll of 100 million online voters, organizers said on Saturday.
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More than 180 species added to the World Conservation Union's annual threatened species list
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MUNICH, Germany, June 1  /PRNewswire/ -- The Web 2.0 travel community launched its new version on http://www.cosmotourist.com/ and http://www.cosmotourist.de/. The launch is about a series of unique features. "This release is centred around features for our community.
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Blog: The World Monuments Fund issues a list of the 100 most endangered cultural sites in world.
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The Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan and Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer are among the modern-day seven wonders of the world chosen in a poll of 100 million online voters, organizers said on Saturday.
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Pope Benedict XVI named four new saints Sunday from France, Malta, the Netherlands and Poland at a ceremony in St. Peter's Square attended by several heads of state and thousands of faithful.
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With the new year comes a new Web site and new ringtones featuring the growls, bugles and chirps of dozens of rare and endangered species from around the globe.
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Egypt has refused to allow Portugal to feature its ancient Pyramids of Giza on postage stamps the European country wants to issue coinciding with a global contest to name the seven new wonders of the world.
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After 2,000 years, the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are finally getting an update. Voting ends Friday night -- at new7wonders.com -- on these 21 choices
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Scientists have discovered at least 52 new species of animals and plants on the southeast Asian island of Borneo since 2005, including a catfish with protruding teeth and suction cups on its belly to help it stick to rocks, WWF International said Tuesday.
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BUCHAREST, Dec 10 (IPS) - When the Bulgarian Parliament adopted the final  list of nature sites to be protected, it excluded precisely those  areas that are most spectacular, and most interesting for tourism  developers.
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Lucy, the world&#39;s most famous fossil, took on a new role as international tourist when she went on public display this week for the first time outside Ethiopia since her discovery in 1974.
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Paleontologiosts from the Miguel Crusafont Institute of Paleontology and the Diputacisn de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain have found a fossil of a new ape species called Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, or its close relative that might have been the last
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Between the Lines Blog Google Earth has just incorporated information from Wikipedia, Panoramio, and the Google Earth Community making it possible for you to fly all around the world, stop off anywhere, and see what people have said about the place. Larry Dignan observes that it&#146;s now not much of a stretch to add more local information and Google Checkout. ...
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World fairs have typically focused on the wonders of the future, highlighting new technologies from glass and steel construction in the 19th century to satellites and computers today. But next year's fair is different.
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Astronomers have discovered four new planets in a week's time, an exciting end-of-summer flurry that signals a sharper era in the hunt for new worlds.    While none of these new bodies would be mistaken as Earth's twin, some appear to be noticeably smaller and more solid - more like Earth and Mars - than the gargantuan, gaseous giants identified before...
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GENEVA -- The Great Wall of China, the Colosseum in Rome, and Peru's Machu Picchu are the leading contenders to be among the new seven wonders of the world, as a massive poll draws to a close with votes already cast by more than 90 million people, organizers say.