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Rescuers in the Russian Far East have confirmed the death of the governor of Sakhalin in a helicopter crash. The body of Igor Farkhutdinov was found along with those of 19 others strewn among the remains of the Mi-8 which went missing on Wednesday and the
World | August 23, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
About 20 people have been killed in an explosion which destroyed a Brazilian space rocket just days before its scheduled launch, military officials have said. A spokesman for the Alcantara base in the north-eastern state of Maranhao said no wounded had be
World | August 23, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
The first privately run Internet caf? opened doors in postwar Tikrit, Iraq. During Saddam Hussein's reign, access to the Internet was restricted and monitored, but Iraqis with the help of the US military can now freely browse without fear of being control
World | August 23, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Five Romanian pickpockets were arrested in Sofia on Saturday. A woman and two men from Bucharest were nabbed as they stole 120 euros and the same ammount in levs from at a tram station.
Politics | August 23, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
A church was inaugurated at the beginning of the centennial commemoration service of the Ilinden-Preobarzhenie uprising at historic site Petrova Niva in southwest Bulgaria. The country's President Georgi Parvanov headed the service, which commemorated the
Politics | August 23, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Bulgaria's Privatization Agency offers the majority package of state-owned company Research and Extraction of Petroleum and Gas-Pleven as well as part of the capital in the two pools Zlatni Pyasatsi (Golden Sands) and Energetika II.
Business | August 23, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Bulgaria's army chief Gen. Nikola Kolev denied media reports that a Molotov cocktail bomb was thrown at Bulgarian peacekeepers in Iraq.
Politics | August 23, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Gardeners in Bulgarian coastal resort Albena decided to plant herbs in some of the flowerbeds across the holiday heaven. Over 10 species of typical Bulgarian spice plants and medicinal herbs will be used together with flowers.
Politics | August 23, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov voiced opposition to a proposal of the Economy Ministry to turn big resorts into independent municipalities. According to him, this plan is difficult to defend with proper arguments.
Politics | August 23, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
A traditional swim set the start of the Danube celebrations in the town of Silistra on the Bulgarian bank of the international river. A boy aged 16 proved the fastest of thirty contesters who crossed to the Romanian bank and then swam back.
Politics | August 23, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Opinion poll high scorer, Gen. Boyko Borissov, currently chief secretary of Bulgaria's Interior Ministry, denied talk that he had aspirations to become interior minister and then ascend to the post of prime minister.
Politics | August 23, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Police captured the suspected murderer of the mayor of western Bulgarian town Slivnitsa at 02:15 am local time on Saturday. The 74-year-old fugitive was caught by a police patrol near an inn at the highway connecting capital city Sofia with checkpoint Kal
Politics | August 23, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Three British soldiers were killed and one was seriously wounded Saturday morning in the southern city of Basra, the British military reported. Capt.
World | August 23, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Czech Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla welcomes the companion of his high profile guest Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Asimo, a 1.
World | August 23, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
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World | August 22, 2003, Friday // 00:00
France and Libya moved closer to reaching a deal on boosting compensation paid to the families of victims of the 1989 bombing of the French UTA airliner in line with the pay-out made for the Lockerbie tragedy, officials said. Libya's ambassador to Britain
World | August 22, 2003, Friday // 00:00
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"Over 200 Bulgarian companies have been approved to participate in the post war Iraq reconstruction and I hope that the major part of these companies would really take part in the rebuilding", Bulgaria's Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov said for radio Fr
Business | August 22, 2003, Friday // 00:00
Bulgaria's Maleeva teamed with her partner Liezel Huber from South Africa was defeated 3-6, 5-7 by the team of Spain's Magui Serna and Australia's Alicia Molik in the 1/4 finals of the USD 625,000 Pilot Pen tournament in New Haven, US.
Earlier in the wee
Sports | August 22, 2003, Friday // 00:00
France says that if the United States wants other countries to send troops to Iraq, it needs to share sensitive information and the military command. "Sharing the burden and the responsibilities in a world of equal and sovereign nations means also sharing
World | August 22, 2003, Friday // 00:00
Tens of thousands of Palestinians have turned out in Gaza for the funeral of the Hamas leader killed in an Israeli air strike on Thursday.
World | August 22, 2003, Friday // 00:00
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