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Article: World Heritage Committee removes Azerbaijan's Baku from Danger List
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 25, 2009
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World Heritage Committee removes Azerbaijan's Baku from Danger
List
SEVILLE, Spain, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The World Heritage Committee
decided on Thursday to remove Azerbaijan's Baku site from the danger
list of UNESCO (Unite Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization).
The move at the 33rd Session of the World Heritage Committee here
in south Spin is to recognize the country's success in preserving
the Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshahs' Palace and Maiden
Tower.
The site, which sustained damage during the earthquake in
November 2000, was inscribed on the Danger List in 2003. It was then
also seen as being negatively affected by the pressure of urban
development, the ...