Many of the World Heritage sites affected by the wildfires this summer are natural sites, with unique ecosystems and biodiversity.

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Reports had suggested that the summer tour to New Zealand could be affected by a possible player strike, but Damian Hopley, the chief executive of the PRA, dismissed those as "not true and not helpful".

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While headlines about the LTA spoiling young players are likely to emerge again next summer, Morgan says the players will not be affected by them.

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At least one million Somalis have died in the conflict that has raged there for decades, and when I visited the Somali capital Mogadishu recently, the country was undergoing a famine that started during summer 2011 and by unofficial estimates has killed tens of thousands and affected millions more.

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You know how last summer, during the forest fires in central Russia, I went around to different regions that had been affected in order to help people rebuild their houses.

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"There is some anecdotal evidence to suggest that some businesses had longer summer closures in August 2012, or that closures were held later than in previous years so that they affected August exclusively instead of being spread across July and August, " the ONS said.

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