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A view of Leptis Magna, a UNESCO World Heritage site on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, some 120 km (75 miles) east of Tripoli, November 8th, 2011. Libya was home to thriving Roman outposts beginning around the 1st century A.D. Roman emperor, Septimius Severus, was born in Leptis Magna, on the site of the modern Libyan town of Khoms. He turned his hometown into a model Roman city and large parts of it are still intact.

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The giant 39-ft-tall Man Engine is unveiled to the public in Tavistock, Devon, England. It has been constructed to mark the tenth anniversary of the west Devon and Cornwall mining landscape being added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

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In 2011, Palestinians won their greatest international endorsement yet with full membership in UNESCO, but the move prompted the U.S. to cut off payments to the cultural agency. #UNESCO #Palestine The heavy hand of AIPAC at work.

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The U.S. State Department announced Tuesday that the United States has decided to exit the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The Twitler administration informed UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay of the decision as the State Department stated in a press release that “continued involvement in UNESCO is not in the national interest of the United States”.

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