European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Pages stars and stripes Mideast edition july 2007 i id Miami Herald the Washington Post from left the Taj mahal in the Mai statues on easter Island and the great Wall of China Are All part of the top contenders in a massive poll to determine the new seven wonders of the winners of poll of top architectural marvels to be announced saturday by Eliane Engeler and Alexander Higgins the associated press Switzerland the great Wall of the colosseum in Rome and Perus Machu Pitchu Are leading contenders to be among the new seven wonders of the As a massive poll draws to a close with votes Al ready cast by More than 90 Mil lion organizers As the Friday Midnight voting deadline the rankings can still also in the top 10 Are Greece Mexico chichen itza the Eiffel easter brazils statue of Christ the Taj mahal and Jordans the winners will be announced on saturday in the great pyramids of the Only surviving structures from the original seven wonders of the ancient Are assured of keep ing their status in addition to the new seven after indignant egyptian officials said it was a disgrace they had to compete for a in the final round of 20 Candi dates for the worlds top architectural people from every country in the world have voted by internet or says the non profit organization conducting the its so said Tia i spokeswoman for the new 7 wonders of the world Cam there Are not Many things that could bring the world together like global this is really something that every sin Gle person in the world can be interested the the great Machu India Taj mahal and Jordans Petra have been among the leaders since while the acropolis and the statue of Christ redeemer made their Way up from the Middle of the Field to the top Accord ing to latest the United states statue of Liberty and aus Oralias Sydney opera House have been sitting in the Bottom 10 since the the ancient City of Petra in southwestern Jordan popularized by Indiana Jones and the last crusade jumped from the Middle of the pack to the top seven in that was largely thanks to campaigning by the jordanian Royal family and thou Sands of jordanians voting by text message Over their Mobile Viering the Campaign was begun in 1999 by Swiss adventurer ber Nard with almost 200 nominations coming in from around the the list of candidates was Nar rowed Down to 21 by the Start of since organizers started a tour to each site last the Competition has heated there is no foolproof Way to prevent people from voting More than once for their favorite won but most of the votes Are cast by internet in a system that Regis ters each participants email address to discourage people from voting Viering the original list of wonders were concentrated in the Mediterranean and Middle pastas of sat there will be eight world wonders including the pyramids of she at least 14 bodies found buried in bus in Mexico landslide by Jose Maria Alvarez the associated press Mexico rescuers digging through mud and rocks have recovered at least 14 bodies from a bus buried on a Rural Road after a Mountainside gave officials said Rescue workers held out Little Hope of survivors among the 40 to 60 passengers thought to be on the hundreds of soldiers and Rescue workers have been Labouring since wednesday afternoon in an Effort to find said Mario governor of the Central state of where the landslide of heavy Rains triggered the slide wednesday morn ing on a Remote winding Road near the town of Elozo Marin said at least 14 bodies had been pulled out of the eight of which have been Ridenti and that officials were bringing coffins to the among those unidentified was a woman still holding her baby in her Marin Puebla chief of ambulance Salvador by told the televise television network in a live interview from the site that workers had recovered at least 15 bodies after searching Only a Small front Section of the the search is very he adding officials were concerned that a nearby Cliff with Loose rocks and Earth could come tumbling Down at any officials have declined to say whether they hoped Pablo mexican army officials work in a landslide area near san Miguel on to find but Bianchini indicated that they believed All of the passengers had he said the search would probably continue through thursday or local news Media reported that the bus was carry ing More than 50 people from an extremely poor town in Central president Felipe Calderon ordered the Interior and defense departments to help in the Rescue of heavy rainfall across Mexico this week has Trig gered flooding and landslides that killed several returns soviet papers stolen from archives by Jim Heintz the associated press Moscow the United states on thursday formally turned Over 80 czarist and soviet Era documents that had been stolen from russian archives and found at american antiquities the documents Range from a declaration signed by Empress Catherine the great in 1792 to or Ders signed by soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev none appears to reveal any secrets but some give a glimpse into the lives and styles of the country among the latter is a terse note written by Vladimir Lenin to an apparatchiks your request has been considered and i have recommended also included is a note scrawled by soviet dictator Josef stains daughter in which she imitates the format of an official including a five pointed Star i order you to take me to the the even though Many people in Russia and the United states Are always Quick to Point out the diff the differences Between today we Are witnessing one More important area of co opera said ambassador will Iam who made the presen tation at the american the documents were stolen Dur ing the when the collapse of the soviet Union undermined Security at James a department of Homeland Security said the investigation that led to the papers recovery began in 2003 when he was contacted by a scholar who had concerns about the provenance of a document being offered for agents found 80 suspicious documents at two Compa Nies that Deal in antiquities and historical he he declined to identify the but said they Are located in Connecticut and Las after working with russian archival officials to determine that the documents had been agents seized the he the swat team didst get All ramped but there was Resis Tance from the companies offi he no arrests in the United states have been made in the no estimate was Given of the documents total but Viktor Petrakova of the russian Agency that oversees cultural objects Protection said Czari Stera Docu ments typically sell for at least