Who are the Hostage-Takers in Beslan?
BBC By Stephen Mulvey
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At least 76 people died as a result of torrential rain in south-western China. About 70 more are missing in the most destructive storms of the year in Sichuan province and nearby Chongqing.
Doctors in New York have begun a heart bypass operation on former US President Bill Clinton. Clinton, 58, was moved to a theatre for surgery on Monday morning, three days after being hospitalised suffering chest pains and shortness of breath.
At least six US marines have been killed in an ambush on a military convoy on the outskirts of Falluja in Iraq. Several more were wounded in the attack, which was said to have involved a massive car bomb.
Hundreds of Bulgarians have expressed their condolences over the hostage tragedy in Beslan, North Ossetia, which claimed the lives of hundreds of victims, mostly children. Within an hour on Monday about 200 people signed in the book of condolences opened
Three days after the bloody end of the school siege in North Ossetia controversial versions for the drama emerged and shocked the world. According to some reports the terrorists had their sources within the local police.
The Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL), a potential bidder for the supply of Belene's nuclear units, has declared it quits plans to take part in the upcoming tender. The Vice-President of AECL for South Eastern Europe Ala Alizade announced Monday that th
A Greek national was identified among the victims of the hostage drama in Northern Ossetia. Yanis Kanidis, 74, taught sports to the children of the School Number 1 in Beslan.
Two women and a man from Bulgaria have drowned in a dam near the Spanish town of Mekinenanza, the province of Zaragoza, when their boat toppled over and cast all 13 people on board to the river waters. Both husband and wife from Bulgaria found their deat
The prestigious international financial magazine The Banker topped DSK Bank for 2004 Bank of the Year of Bulgaria. The formerly state bank, now owned by Hungarian OTP, received the award for its overall strategy and development, and for its excellent eco
A Norwegian woman was killed near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk at the end of last week, DPA news agency informed. The 38-year-old lady and her two children were on a visit to the family of her husband, who is a Kurd, when unknown assailants shot at t
Famous Bulgarian rapper will stage in the star-rated London bar The Collection on September 19, the avtora.com online edition announced.
The connections between the group of Croatians declared for nationwide police search and their Bulgarian supporters are cut off, Bulgarian police said. All twelve Croatians, five of which are believed to be still on the territory of the country, were dec
Pope John Paul II cancelled his trip to Turkey scheduled for November due to the increased risk of terrorist attacks, according to Italian daily La Stampa. The newspaper points out that the recent hostage tragedy in Russia with hundreds of children killed
The Japanese Embassy in Athens was evacuated over a bomb threat received by a telephone calling, Japan's Kyodo news agency informed. An anonymous call said that the building where the embassy is located would be blown off at 4 pm on Monday, DPA informed c
Bulgaria's Interior Ministry has achieved complete integration with the European and NATO services thus becoming the most reliable partner on the Balkans, the ministry's Chief Secretary General Lieutenant Boyko Borissov said. The national Border Police i
After the nightmarish hostage drama which ended Friday in Russia and the first bodies of dead children and adults buried by their relatives in Beslan, the vast country starts the new week with two days of nationwide mourning.
Bulgarian journalists from printed and electronic media have called on their colleagues nationwide to help the children of Beslan who suffered one of ugliest terror acts in the history of Russia. We are ready to welcome them in our resorts and provide fo
The prices of Bulgaria-made medicines have increased four times over the last three years due to the higher production costs. For the same period Bulgarian health services have recorded a leap of 65.
People across Bulgaria celebrated 119 years since the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia united. More than a century ago the young and reborn Bulgarian state sought for its national unification and achieved it just six years after enjoying the
In April 1879, the First Grand National Assembly (the Bulgarian Parliament) elected the German prince Alexander of Battenberg as prince of Bulgaria. As a Russian army officer he had participated in the Liberation War, which earned him fairly good reputati
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