BBC News | World | Monuments of the world in danger (#)
„Also at risk in wealthy western Europe is St Pierre Cathedral in Beauvais, France, a masterpiece of Gothic architecture, now dangerously unstable and held up by a temporary tie-and-brace system that increase the structural problems. Tourist damage The rock carving is 9,000 years old (Picture courtesy of WMF)Apart from seismic damage and natural erosion, the developing world's main problem comes from the pressures of tourism, a vital economic resourse for many countries. The historic 'rose-red' city of Petra in Jordan is under serious threat from tourists, while increasing numbers of visitors to the Pharonic tombs in Egypt's Valley of the Kings inflict "considerable damage" to the tombs' decorated walls. In Niger, there is the spectacular life-size carving of two giraffes, complete at about 7,000 BC but only fully documented by rock art specialist in 1997.“
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Tea & Coffee 02/04 - World News
„“Paris is the ideal gateway for Starbucks entry into the French market,” said Howard Schultz, chairman, Starbucks Coffee Company. “We take great pride in opening our first Starbucks store in France, and look forward to building a great and enriching relationship with the French people by offering them the highest quality of coffee along with the ‘Starbucks Experience”“
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„ Not only did he settle the dispute, but he also struck up a secret liaison with the wife of French Guiana's Governor. Although France guarded its New World coffee plantations to prevent cultivation from spreading, the lady said good-bye to Palheta with a bouquet in which she had hidden cuttings and fertile seeds of coffee.“
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Tea & Coffee 09/03 - My Summer in France with Fair Trade
„The Educational Bus was gaily decorated in shades of yellow and green with a fabulous customized interior which accommodated display windows promoting the various Fair Trade products - coffee, tea, sugar and chocolate. Large panels promoted each participating producer. In my case, there was a story of Jamuni Gurungini, our woman factory supervisor, a position usually reserved for a man.“
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