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Unesco names new heritage sites

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A coral reef in the South Pacific and an Alpine railway are among the sites awarded world heritage status by Unesco.

The UN cultural body also gave special status to a temple in a controversial location on the Thai-Cambodian border.

Alix Kroeger reports.

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