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seven wonders stories: 4 news summaries

 The World's 7 Most 
 Remote Destinations 

Now abandoned, these places were once home to humans

Sep 6, 09 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forget the Seven Wonders of the World. WebUrbanist takes a look at seven places that make you wonder why people ever settled there:
  • St. Kilda, Scotland: Although this archipelago is known for 16-foot waves and wind speeds up to 130mph, humans called it home for 2,000 years—
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(Newser) - Twenty-eight finalists made the cut today for the “New 7 Wonders of Nature” poll, including the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the AP reports. Organizers expect 1 billion people to vote online or by phone before the winners are announced in 2011. Other wonders up... More »

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seven wonders • Grand Canyon • Amazon rainforest • opinion polls • Great Barrier Reef • Galapagos Islands • New 7 Wonders of Nature • Mount Kilimanjaro • Black Forest • Bernard Weber

7 New Wonders Wear Crown

Online poll spreads the wealth to South America, Asia

Jul 7, 07 6:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The largest online poll ever conducted wrapped up yesterday, and today the results became official. The seven wonders of the modern world, which were announced in Portugal, include an Asian engineering triumph and a South American religious monument, but not the Great Pyramid of Giza—the Egyptian government refused to... More »

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Brazil • Italy • Taj Mahal • seven wonders • Chichen Itza • Machu Picchu • Christ the Redeemer • Petra, Jordan • Colosseum • Great Wall of China • statue

Seven Wonders of Canada

Yes, Pamela Anderson was nominated, but she didn't win

Jun 17, 07 3:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yes, Pamela Anderson (she's Canadian) was nominated (it was an open process) but, no - alas, she did not win.  The winners were:
  1. Sleeping Giant,  Thunder Bay
  2. Niagara Falls
  3. Rocky Mountains
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travel • Canada • list • seven wonders • Sleeping Giant • Niagra Falls • Rocky Mountains • Bay of Fundy • Cabot Trail • Nahanni • northern lights • national park

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