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| CULTURE, WORLD HERITAGE |
| Christ the Redeemer |
Are there any new worlds left?
Barring the deep sea and a rare find in some remote land-based location, it appears that humanity has explored nearly every cavity, crevice, and hiding spot that th...
The World & I Online, Robert Rousseau |
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| CULTURE, WORLD HERITAGE |
| The Coliseum |
On July 7th, the New Seven Wonders of the World were announced in Lisbon, Portugal. Chosen as a result of a global popularity poll, organized by the New Open World Corporation, more than 100 million ...
The World & I Online, Guiomar Barbi |
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| CULTURE, WORLD HERITAGE |
| The Hagia Sophia |
Istanbul is a city of crossroads. It’s a place where East meets West; a spot where Christianity and Islam have come face-to-face for centuries; a city which still stands somewhere between modernity a...
The World & I Online, Elyse Franko |
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| CULTURE, CROSSROADS |
| The Sea Gypsies of Surin Island |
One of the smallest ethnic minorities in Asia, the Mogen people -- commonly called Sea Gypsies -- were virtually unknown to the outside world until the 2004 tsunami ravaged South East Asia. One of the...
The World & I Online, Antonio Graceffo |
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| CULTURE, PEOPLES |
| Pachamama Goes Organic |
The elevator is broken in Bolivia’s Ministry of Campesino and Agricultural Affairs, so together with Arturo Mamani Poma and Salustiano Vargas Villca, I walk up to the sixth floor, where we find a smal...
The World & I Online, Teo Ballvé |
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| CULTURE, CULTURE IN FLUX |
| Spain's Growing Pains |
It is a common scene to those living on the forsaken fringes of America’s metropolises, where an air of physical threat emanates from every corner: Restless tattooed boys and bejeweled girls congregat...
The World & I Online, Handan T. Satiroglu |
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