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Yemen's Kingdom of Saba landmarks and Lebanon's Rachid Karami International Fair sites added to UNESCO endangered list

An ancient Yemeni kingdom and a Lebanese modernist concrete fair park have been added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites in danger, the latest entries from the Middle East.

The seven major landmarks of the Ancient Yemenite Kingdom of Saba and the Rachid Karami International Fair in Tripoli were added on the UN agency list in ''an emergency procedure'', in the hope the neglected sites would be better preserved.

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