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Article: World Heritage Committee hails Azerbaijan for preservation of Baku
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 25, 2009
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World Heritage Committee hails Azerbaijan for preservation of
Baku
MADRID, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The World Heritage Committee praised
Azerbaijan on Thursday for its efforts to preserve the walled city
of Baku.
The 21-member committee is currently holding its 33rd meeting in
the Spanish city of Seville to revise the list of World Heritage
Sites and consider the possibility of adding other places to the
list.
Baku, with a history that dates back to the Paleolithic era,
suffered serious damage in an earthquake in November 2000 and was ...