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Diplomats Wreak Havoc in World Heritage Site
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8-28-2007 9:10 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2ac75d2c-dc59-4f36-be0e-9e14ba591ae6/CBDAE38E-5014-4490-B1AA-4D2C2E11FFF2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nowpublic.com/diplomats-wreak-havoc-world-heritage-site" href="http://www.nowpublic.com/diplomats-wreak-havoc-world-heritage-site" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nowpublic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nowpublic.com/diplomats-wreak-havoc-world-heritage-site"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nowpublic.com/img/B4B55AC2-3202-4F9A-BD60-021FB50BDA8B" alt="Fossil Whale" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nowpublic.com/diplomats-wreak-havoc-world-heritage-site"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nowpublic.com/img/145D57DC-2A72-4B79-8AD6-A0B0EB1F084B" alt="Whale Valley Fossil" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nowpublic.com/diplomats-wreak-havoc-world-heritage-site"><H1 class="story-detail-title flagging-1"><SPAN title="Good Stuff"></SPAN>Diplomats Wreak Havoc in World Heritage Site</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nowpublic.com/diplomats-wreak-havoc-world-heritage-site">Carousing diplomats in Egypt have taken their immunity one step too far (you will understand this pun, soon enough). Four by fours plowed through Wadi Al-Hitan, or 'Whale Valley' - a UNESCO World Heritage Site.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nowpublic.com/diplomats-wreak-havoc-world-heritage-site"><BLOCKQUOTE cite="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1186" class="np-quote-detail with-footage"><P><DIV>This is the most important site in the world for the demonstration of this stage of evolution. It portrays vividly the form and life of these whales during their transition. The number, concentration and quality of such fossils here is unique, as is their accessibility and setting in an attractive and protected landscape...Other fossil material in the site makes it possible to reconstruct the surrounding environmental and ecological conditions of the time...</DIV><BR />...[The site] exceeds the values of other comparable sites in terms of the number, concentration and quality of its fossils, and their accessibility and setting in an attractive and protected landscape. </P><P class="np-quote-link">Source: <A class="story-source" href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1186">whc.unesco.org</A> via <A class="story-source" href="http://nouseforadave.blogspot.com">ScienceDave</A> </p> </BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/CBDAE38E-5014-4490-B1AA-4D2C2E11FFF2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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