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Israeli guides rediscover Bethlehem after 10-year absence

By Selim Saheb Ettaba

FEATURE BETHLEHEM: Israeli Moshe Gabai, 27, admits he has mixed feelings leading tour groups through Bethlehem. Until recently, he had only been to the occupied West Bank on military patrols.

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Sites in China, Mexico, Brazil get World Heritage status

BRASILIA: Six sites located in Brazil, China, Mexico, France's Reunion Island and the South Pacific nation of Kiribati won World Heritage status yesterday from a Unesco panel meeting in Brazil.

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Century-old steamers inspire nostalgia in Stockholm's waters

By Francois Campredon

FEATURE VAXHOLM: Sitting in an armchair on the sun-soaked bridge of the vintage Stockholm steamer SS Storskaer, 84-year-old Stieg Dingertz, dressed to a tee, savours a special day out on the Baltic sea.

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Shanghai's Peace Hotel reopens after three-year restoration

By D'Arcy Doran

SHANGHAI: Shanghai's iconic Peace Hotel reopened today after a three-year, US$64-million (RM204.4-million) renovation to restore what was once the Far East's most luxurious hotel to its 1930s glory.

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Unique coral reef spurs Mexico tourism battle

By Sophie Nicholson

FEATURE CABO PULMO: A 20,000 year-old coral reef, the only one in the Gulf of California, is at the centre of a dispute over a huge tourist development which could draw thousands to a remote part of Mexico.

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No sandcastles please! -- we're Italians

By Hanns-Jochen Kaffsack

ROME: Forget about licking that ice cream cornet on the street in the Sicilian town of Trapani. It is not allowed. The same applies to digging holes in the beach at Ereclea Mare near Venice or even building sandcastles.

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Take a walk on the wild side -- near the North Korea border

By Nam You-Sun

FEATURE SEOUL: "Hurray!" a group of students yells exuberantly after cresting a green mountain peak and taking out cameras to snap the scenery.

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Tourists take walk on wild side with LA gang tour

By Romain Raynaldy

LOS ANGELES: Far away from the well-worn Hollywood bus rides where tourists gawk at the mansions of the rich and famous, Alfred Lomas is taking sightseers for a walk on the wild side.

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