It is also one of the organization's cyber-adoption sites, where sponsor families participate through Paypal, an online money exchange tool.

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Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization urged the combatants to avoid damage to the sites, which were added to the agency's World Heritage List in 1988.

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The organization was "deeply concerned that these rogue Internet sites could be a front for criminals seeking to introduce adulterated medications, counterfeit drugs, or worse, to the American market, " wrote Mary Dickson, the NABP's associate executive director.

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Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization has issued calls for the protection of cultural heritage sites in Mali.

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However, the sheer scale that makes sites like Pinterest popular is too much for any organization.

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's cultural organization, UNESCO, and is now ranked alongside nearly 1, 000 sites across the globe considered to have outstanding value.

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She noted her organization's leading role in protecting ocean ecosystems through the establishment of marine heritage sites, which represent one-third of the world's marine protected areas.

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As Russia seeks to join the World Trade Organization, it may be forced to step in line with international copyright licensing and stamp out sites like AllofMP3.

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In San Francisco, California, a volunteer organization called the Urban Wind Task Force has distributed 27 wind-monitoring stations throughout the city to survey sites for potential turbine installations.

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