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Endangered Monuments

AP Features 125 days ago

FILE- This May 4, 2004 file photo shows Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's 600-acre Wisconsin home, in Spring Green, Wis. The World Monuments Fund's watch list for 2010 includes 93 sites in 47 countries, ranging from Phajoding, a remote monastery in Bhutan, to ...

Merritt Parkway in Connecticut among 93 at risk sites

Reuters Life! Online Report 126 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Merritt Parkway in Connecticut joins a monastery in Bhutan, a church in Chile and a British dockyard among 93 "irreplaceable" sites at risk from vandalism, neglect, conflict or disaster, the World Monuments Fund said on Tuesday. The ...

Bhutan quake death toll climbs to 12: official

AFP South Asian Edition 140 days ago

Rescue teams fanned out over remote eastern Bhutan Tuesday to assess damage and look for trapped survivors as the death toll from a strong earthquake rose to 12, a government official said. The 6.1-magnitude quake early afternoon on Monday triggered landslides, damaged ...

Bhutan quake death toll climbs to 11

AFP South Asian Edition 140 days ago

Rescue teams fanned out over remote eastern Bhutan on Tuesday to assess damage and look for trapped survivors as the death toll from a strong earthquake rose to 11. The 6.1-magnitude quake that struck early afternoon on Monday triggered landslides, damaged buildings ...

Rescuers search for survivors in Bhutan quake

AP News 140 days ago

Rescuers search for survivors after quake in mountainous Bhutan kills at least 12 Rescue workers fanned out across eastern Bhutan on Tuesday, one day after an earthquake shook the tiny, isolated Himalayan nation and killed at least 12 people, officials and a ...

Quake kills at least 11 in Bhutan, shakes India

AP News 141 days ago

Earthquake kills at least 11 in remote, mountainous Bhutan, shakes northeast India A 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook the remote mountain nation of Bhutan on Monday, killing at least 11 people, damaging an ancient monastery and forcing hundreds to flee, officials said. At least ...

Quake kills ten in Bhutan: report

AFP South Asian Edition 141 days ago

A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan Monday, killing at least ten people and damaging monasteries and other buildings, state-run media reported. "Ten people were killed of which three victims are of Indian origin," Bhutan Broadcasting Service, the ...

Quake kills seven in Bhutan: official

AFP South Asian Edition 141 days ago

A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan on Monday, killing seven people and damaging monasteries and other buildings, officials and reports said. The seven died after buildings collapsed in two regions east of the capital Thimpu, an official ...

Strong quake rocks Bhutan, three reported dead

AFP Global Edition 141 days ago

A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan on Monday, killing three and damaging monasteries and other buildings, officials and reports said. According to the US Geological Survey, the epicentre was located just inside Bhutan's border with India, 180 ...

Strong quake rocks remote Bhutan: USGS

AFP Global Edition 141 days ago

A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan and northeast India on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, with tremors felt in nearby Bangladesh and China. According to the USGS, the epicentre was located just inside Bhutan's border with ...

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