A team of senior Japanese officials is on its way to Iraq to investigate an ambush that killed two Japanese diplomats near Tikrit. There are differing accounts of Saturday's attack with initial reports indicated the diplomats and their driver were killed
Millions of Indians will vote on Monday to elect four new state assemblies in balloting seen as a litmus test of popularity for India's ruling Hindu nationalists ahead of general elections in 2004. Some 94 million adults are eligible to vote in the states
"For the first time in more than a hundred years of conflict a detailed and comprehensive solution was agreed upon which settles the most critical issues of this conflict," the Palestinian and Israeli negotiators said in a statement, meaning the unofficia
An international conference dedicated to the hospital reforms started December 1 in Sofia to end December 2. On the first day of the conference Josep Figueras, Head of the Secretariat and a Research Director of the European Observatory on Health Care Syst
Bulgaria's former dissident-turned-president Zhelyo Zhelev said that in his opinion the motives for the murder of former Bulgarian Prime Minister Andrei Lukanov could be both political and economic. In an interview for private national TV channel bTV Zhe
Bulgaria assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council for a month starting from December 1. Bulgaria is a nonpermanent member of the council and within its mandate this will be its second time in presidency over the Security Coun
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy was informed late on Sunday evening by his Portuguese counterpart that Portugal's Parliament has ratified Bulgaria's Accession Protocol.
A strong earthquake rumbled through a swath of western China's mountainous Xinjiang region Monday, killing at least 10 people and causing the collapse of hundreds of homes near the border with Kazakhstan, the government said. Thirty-four people were repor
Candlelight vigils, educational seminars and torchlight parades were held around the globe Monday to mark World AIDS Day. A total of 56 Bulgarian nationals were infected with the HIV in 2003, compared to 43 last year.
UK hit band Kosheen, which made it big with Hide U, came to Bulgaria to present their second album called with native American "mantra" Kokopelli.
American forces have captured three members of Osama bin Laden's terrorist network in northern Iraq, a US military commander told AP. If confirmed, it would be the first disclosed detention of Al-Qaeda militants in Iraq.
US military announced that 54 Iraqis were killed in the northern city of Samarra as US forces used tanks and cannons to fight their way out of simultaneous ambushes while delivering new Iraqi currency to banks. But residents said Monday that the casualty
Syria has handed over 22 suspects to Turkish authorities in connection to the four recent suicide bombings in Istanbul, the Anatolia news agency reported. All of those new suspects are Turks, who have reportedly left for Syria after the attacks.
A number of worldwide celebrated pop stars, including Beyonce Knowles and Bono, performed at a huge Nelson Mandela-organized concert in Cape Town to boost the fight against Aids. The five-hour show also featured Eurythmics, The Corrs, Anastacia, Zucchero
Bulgaria is set to score a record-high number of children adopted by foreigners, according to data of local Save The Children organization. About 90% of the kids adopted by foreign families come from minority groups, which are most severely struck by pove
Pakistan is set to lift its ban on Indian flights over its territory, as another sign of improving relations between the neighbouring rivals. The move should be confirmed on Monday, according to official information.
Turkish engineer Hasan Onal who was kidnapped by the Taleban in Afghanistan last month was released on Sunday morning. The man himself has told authorities he was well.
There are three main tasks for Bulgaria on its way to becoming a full European Union (EU) member, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy said Sunday. First, we have to insist on closing pre-accession negotiations in 2004, as previously agreed, Passy e
Bulgarian chocolate producer Stancho Kolev, who runs a factory in the town of Gabrovo, now moves to build a mill in Vietnam, the entrepreneur himself told Bulgarian Dnevnik daily.
Using plastic bottles for liquor drinks when the bottle has a capacity of more than one liter will be banned in Bulgaria from the beginning of next year, according to a fresh law amendment. Liquor producers will also have to face new requirements concern
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