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Jabiru native title settlement
Sydney :: Australia | 12 days ago
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The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, congratulated the traditional owners on negotiating a town leasing agreement which would provide a strong vehicle for ongoing economic development and investment.
Tags: Jabiru Native Title, northern territory, Kakadu National Park, mirarr traditional, title claims, traditional owners, title settlement, World Heritage, Mirarr, Australia, Sydney, Business Finance, Jabiru Aircraft, Alligator Rivers, Arnhem Land, Jabiru Northern Territory, Native title
Letters: Lack of commitment to our world heritage sites
Bath :: United Kingdom | 23 days ago
Credibility Letters Lack of commitment to our world heritage sites Jonathan Glancey's article ( Bath keeps its world heritage status – just , G2, 11 November) appropriately looked at world heritage issues relating to central Bath, but did not draw attention to the...
Tags: world heritage, heritage sites, landscape setting, United Kingdom, Bath
Veden Jhe the status of World Heritage.
UNESCO have given the status of World Heritage to the area of Veden Jhe. This area is spreaded in nine and a half thousand square kilometers. This area is located at the northern end of the Germany and the Netherlands. This marine area is famous for...
Tags: World Heritage.
Base loss threatens Scottish islands
London :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
Credibility One of Britain's most prized world heritage sites, the remote islands of St Kilda, will be threatened by vandalism, storm damage and alien species if a missile testing base is closed down, a leading heritage charity has warned. The National Trust for...
Tags: St Kilda, Russell Europe, world heritage, missile test
Taj Mahal was a Rajput Palace
No one has ever challenged it except Prof. P. N. Oak, who believes the whole world has been duped. In his book Taj Mahal: The True Story, Oak says theTaj Mahal is not Queen Mumtaz's tomb but an ancient Hindu temple palace of Lord Shiva (then...
Tags: taj mahal, temple, agra, india, uno, world heritage, politics, facts
Lakeside buildings to be chopped shorter
Hangzhou :: China | 12 months ago
Credibility Several tall buildings around West Lake in Hangzhou will be made shorter to preserve the area's natural beauty and support its application for World Heritage status, the city government said on Tuesday. Speaking at a press conference, Wang Shuifa, who...
Tags: World Heritage, China
Stadium revamp put on hold
Edinburgh :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Edinburgh's ageing Meadowbank Stadium and replace it with a scaled-down arena have been postponed for at least six years. Council officials have been forced to hold back plans to sell off part of the site for housing after discovering the price has slumped...
Swinney refuses to enter row on world heritage status
Edinburgh :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility August 2008 THE Scottish Government says it will not intervene in the row over the future of Edinburgh's world heritage status. John Swinney made it clear yesterday he saw no justification for any "call-in" of developments that have triggered an inquiry...
Tags: Unesco, world heritage
Persian Gulf to be World Heritage Site
Tehrān :: Iran | about 1 year ago
Credibility In the course of discussions at a conference on the Persian Gulf held in UK's Durham University in early July, the participating scholars proposed registration of the Persian Gulf as a world natural heritage site. "Iran takes the proposal seriously. Documentation...
Tags: Persian Gulf, world heritage, Israeli
Thai court nixes temple cooperation
Bangkok :: Thailand | about 1 year ago
Credibility Thailand— A Thai court has temporarily blocked the government from supporting Cambodia's bid to have an 11th century temple near the Thai border declared a world landmark. The Administrative Court issued an injunction early Saturday at the request of...
Tags: Cambodian, Thailand, Central Administrative Court, World Heritage, thais court, International Court of Justice
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