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07/05/2012 - Report: Mali

Islamists burn World Heritage Site in Timbuktu

In the northern Malian city, Timbuktu, Ansar Dine Islamist fighters burned the shrine of a local saint on Friday.

09/03/2012 - Equatorial Guinea

Controversial Obiang-funded Equatorial Guinea prize adopted by Unesco

The UN’s educational, scientific and cultural agency, has adopted the resolution and ratified the award of a controversial prize despite long-standing criticism from rights groups.

Photojournalist Zoriah Miller tackles poverty
19/02/2012 - International media

Photojournalist Zoriah Miller tackles poverty

Here in Paris, a photo exhibition entitled Zooming in on Poverty  is being staged on the outside walls of Unesco - the United Nations' cultural organization. Photojournalist Zoriah Miller talked to RFI about the pleasures and challenges of photographing poverty.

23/01/2012 - France - Unesco

25,000-year-old cave paintings and Burgundy wine bid for World Heritage status

A cave containing 25,000-year-old paintings and the climats of one the world’s most famous wine regions are France’s candidates to be added to the UN’s World Heritage status in ...

14/12/2011

French press review 14 December 2011

French teachers are set to strike. The world welcomes Palestine, or does it? Sarkozy welcomes French  firms back home. And do you need a dating assistant?

02/11/2011

French press review 2 November 2011

Greece's prime minister enrages most of the dailies. But was he trying to prevent a military coup? And has he stood up to faceless bureaucrats and financial dictators?

01/11/2011

French press review 1 November 2011

Today is a public holiday in France, so there are fewer papers than usual.

31/10/2011 - Palestinian Territories - UN

Unesco makes Palestine full member

The UN’s cultural organisation, Unesco, has accepted Palestine as a full member.

23/09/2011 - Israel - Palestinian Territories

Israel says no to Sarkozy compromise on Palestinian state

Israel on Friday has dismissed a proposal by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to upgrade the Palestinians' UN status and admit them as a non-member state.

02/08/2011

French press review 2 August 2011

Will the US debt deal make matters worse? Are the world's most popular tourist sites victims of their own success? Who's bankrolling PSG?

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