7/8/07

New list of [sweet] old stuff.

(You knew the Great Wall was a lock)


Backgrounder: New Seven Wonders of World

LISBON, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The Great Wall of China was named as one of the new seven wonders of the world on Saturday in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon.

Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, Peru's Machu Picchu, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, Jordan's Petra, the Colosseum in Rome and India's Taj Mahal were also chosen as the modern-day seven wonders of the world, according to a global vote by about 100 million Internet and telephone voters.

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