Central African Republic elephant poaching rises
Elephant meat is flooding food markets in villages near a famed wildlife reserve in Central African Republic one month after rebels believed to be ...
Minaret of famed mosque in Syria destroyed
The 11th-century minaret of a famed mosque that towered over the narrow stone alleyways of Aleppo's old quarter collapsed Wednesday as rebels and ...
Minaret of landmark mosque in Syria destroyed
The minaret of a landmark 12th century mosque in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo was destroyed Wednesday, leaving the once-soaring stone tower a ...
Egyptian Jewish leader buried in rundown cemetery
The late leader of Egypt's dwindling and aging Jewish community was buried Thursday in one the oldest cemeteries in Egypt, the once-sprawling burial ...
Library of Congress wins special Grammy Award
The music industry honored the Library of Congress with a special Grammy Award on Wednesday night for its work over the past decade to preserve ...
To save endangered languages, tribes turn to tech
In a windowless conference room in a Las Vegas casino, about three dozen people are swishing their fingers across iPads, trying out test versions of ...
New leader to head Egypt's Jewish community
Egypt's Jewish community has announced that it has elected the daughter of a well-known leftist and nationalist icon to protect its heritage and care ...
Boat filled with protected species hits coral reef
A Chinese boat that ran into a coral reef in the southwestern Philippines held evidence of even more environmental destruction inside: more than ...
Simon & Garfunkel album among 25 to be preserved
Simon & Garfunkel 's song "The Sound of Silence," written amid the turmoil following President John F. Kennedy's assassination, and Chubby Checker's ...
Egypt's Brotherhood blasts UN women's document
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood sharply criticized an anticipated U.N. document on combatting violence against women, saying on Wednesday that it was ...
Hawaii Sign Language found to be distinct language
Linguists say they have determined that a unique sign language, possibly dating back to the 1800s or earlier, is being used in Hawaii, marking the ...
Fierce clashes near landmark mosque in Syria
Syrian rebels battled government troops near a landmark 12th century mosque in the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday, while fierce clashes raged ...
Poland campaigns to preserve its complex spelling
Polish language experts launched a campaign Thursday to preserve the challenging system of its diacritical marks, saying the tails, dots and strokes ...
Syria official warns of trafficking in antiquities
A Syrian government official warned Wednesday of rampant trafficking in antiquities from his country and appealed for U.N. help in halting the illicit ...
Timbuktu mausoleums: Rebuilding takes money, mud
Mud, money and more security: The U.N.'s cultural agency said Friday that not much more is needed to help rebuild 11 mausoleums that Islamic ...
People of Timbuktu save manuscripts from invaders
For eight days after the Islamists set fire to one of the world's most precious collections of ancient manuscripts, the alarm inside the building ...
Sihanouk: Cambodia's last true king
When the flames at the cremation ground are quenched and Cambodia's former monarch Norodom Sihanouk's ashes scattered on Phnom Penh's riverfront, the ...
Pope tweets shout-out for WDC anti-abortion rally
Pope Benedict XVI is giving a shout-out to an anti-abortion rally in Washington, tweeting that politicians should protect the unborn and "promote a ...
Most crew leaves US Navy ship stuck in Philippines
Most of the sailors on a U.S. Navy minesweeper that struck a coral reef in the Philippines left the ship Friday for safety reasons after initial ...
History vs. history as China plans to rebuild past
In a corner of old Beijing, the government may soon be both destroying history and remaking it. District officials want to re-create a piece of ...
Taiwanese linguist races to save dying language
Her eyes lit bright with concentration, Taiwanese linguist Sung Li-may leans in expectantly as one of the planet's last 10 speakers of the Kanakanavu ...
West Texas group on mission to save smokestacks
People in this West Texas city spent decades trying to close a massive copper plant they said spewed fumes that made their eyes teary, their lungs ...
Mali Islamists destroy Timbuktu mausoleums
A tourism official says that Islamist extremists destroyed four mausoleums in Timbuktu Sunday. The director of Mali's Timbuktu tourism office, Sane ...
'Breakfast at Tiffany's' added to US film registry
"Breakfast at Tiffany's," ''Dirty Harry" and "A League of Their Own" will be preserved for their enduring significance in American culture by the ...
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