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31-08-2010: Moenjodaro
Moenjodaro safe from raging floods
Link: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010%5C08%5C30%5Cstory_30-8-2010_pg7_18.

31-08-2010: Thatta
Thatta saved from floodwater
Link: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/historic-pakistani-city-saved-from-floodwater-2066148.html.

31-08-2010: Tlacotalpan
Tlacotalpan Threatened by Flood
Link: http://english.cri.cn/6966/2010/08/31/2021s591969.htm.

29-08-2010: Sigiriya
There's a storm raging in Sri Lanka over the depigmentation of ancient frescoes in the rock fortress of Sigiriya
Link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournaments/sri-lanka-tri-series/top-stories/Sigiriya-maidens-are-now-wailing/articleshow/6448699.cms.

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22-08-2010: Petra
Spectacular 2,000-year-old Hellenistic-style wall paintings have been revealed at Petra
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/aug/22/hellenistic-wall-paintings-petra.

13-08-2010: Potosí
Protesting miners trapped some 100 foreign tourists for a week in Potosi
Link: http://www.worldtravelwatch.com/10/08/bolivia-protesters-isolate-potosi-go-on-hunger-strike.html.

11-08-2010: Skellig Michael
Skelligs settlement may predate monastery
Link: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0810/1224276470202.html.

09-08-2010: Muskauer Park
Floods hit the UNESCO-protected Fuerst Pueckler Park
Link: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5879858,00.html.

08-08-2010: Thang Long
In the middle of this September 2010, the Thang Long Royal Citadel will open to tourism
Link: http://en.www.info.vn/travel/188-hotnews/9389-tourism-to-thang-long-royal-citadel-to-open-in-mid-september.

07-08-2010: Moenjodaro
Historic Moenjodaro at risk again by floods
Link: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010%5C08%5C07%5Cstory_7-8-2010_pg7_17.

07-08-2010: Teotihuacan
A long-sealed tunnel has been found under the ruins of Teotihuacan
Link: http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=11318011.

07-08-2010: Etruscan Necropolises
A royal tomb in an Etruscan necropolis in Tarquinia has yielded fresh archaeological finds during a summer dig
Link: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2010/08/05/New-findings-from-ancient-tomb-in-Italy/UPI-42701281054685/.

07-08-2010: Thang Long
Royal Citadel declared World Heritage Site
Link: http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/20100807164708.aspx.

06-08-2010: Drottningholm
Swedish police says a gang of thieves have broken into the Chinese Pavilion, a UNESCO WHS located near Drottningholm Palace
Link: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jytOfKy-inpNNSEHfLdFqXkY13sQD9HDT9QG0.

04-08-2010: Bikini Atoll
Bikini Atoll in Marshall Islands Chosen as World Heritage Site
Link: http://yokwe.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2641.

04-08-2010: Dengfeng
The Shaolin Temple ,"World Heritage Site", but overrun by tourists
Link: http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=37587&t=China%3A+++The+Shaolin+Temple+%2C%22World+Heritage+Site%22%2C+but+overrun+by+tourists.

02-08-2010: Australian Convict Sites
Indigenous activists have criticised the United Nations for placing Australia's convict sites on the World Heritage List.
Link: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/02/2970462.htm.

31-07-2010: Central Highlands
Horton Plains Slender Loris pictured for first time
Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7897057/Horton-Plains-Slender-Loris-pictured-for-first-time.html.

31-07-2010: Papahanaumokuakea
Designation of Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument as UNESCO World Heritage Site
Link: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/07/145479.htm.