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  • August 2008

    • Team Digs Up Ancient Chariot

      Associated Press  |  Aug 7, 08 8:51 PM CDT

      Team Digs Up Ancient Chariot

      (AP) - Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,900-year-old chariot in good condition at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria. The team found the four-wheel chariot during excavations near the village of Borisovo, around 180 miles east of the capital, Sofia. It's rare to find a chariot of this age in one piece, say archeologists, who often discover that looters have been there ahead of them. More »

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      Bulgaria  • archeology  • Macedonia

  • March 2008

    • Eastern Europe: Charm for Less

      Forbes  |  Mar 2, 08 2:00 PM CST

      Eastern Europe: Charm for Less

      (Newser) - The ever-pricier euro is sending determined travelers east, past the Eiffel Tower, to overlooked treasures like Prague's Old Town Square. Check out cheaper, Eastern European must-sees as recommended by Forbes : Peterhof State Museum-Reserve, St. Petersburg, Russia: These palaces and 18th-century gardens rival those of Versailles. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Plitvice Lakes, Croatia: Nature lovers can camp among 16 lakes, a dozen waterfalls, and 140 species of birds. More »

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      list  • Russia  • travel  • Europe  • Ukraine  • Poland  • Eastern Europe  • Czech Republic  • Albania  • Bulgaria  • Croatia  • cheap travel  • Hungary  • Slovenia

  • July 2007

    • Libya Reveals Source of $$$ to Free Medical Workers

      BBC  |  Jul 28, 07 1:35 PM CDT

      Libya Reveals Source of $$$ to Free Medical Workers

      (Newser) - Libya announced details today about the deal that freed six foreign medical workers, as it  officially protested the pardoning of the workers by the Bulgarian government,  BBC reports. The group had been imprisoned in Libya since 1999 for infecting 438 children with HIV/AIDS. But international experts say there was absolutely no basis for the charges. More »

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      European Union  • torture  • AIDS  • Libya  • extradition  • Bulgaria  • pardon

    • Sarko Cuts Nuke Deal With Gaddafi

      Der Spiegel  |  Jul 26, 07 12:06 PM CDT

      Sarko Cuts Nuke Deal With Gaddafi

      (Newser) - French president Nicolas Sarkozy met with reformed outcast Muammar al-Gaddafi today, just one day after Libya released five Bulgarian nurses and one doctor in an effort to shed the country's rogue image. Sarkozy clinched a number of ventures  with the newly open economy, including a deal to build a nuclear plant on Libyan soil, Der Spiegel reports. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Condoleezza Rice  • Libya  • Moammar Gadhafi  • Bulgaria

    • Negotiations With Libya Draw Fire

      New York Times  |  Jul 25, 07 12:02 PM CDT

      Negotiations With Libya Draw Fire

      (Newser) - The negotiations that led to the release of the medics imprisoned in Libya are under fire from human rights organizations, which say the payments to the families of children infected with HIV amount to ransom money, the Times reports. Libya ignored due process, took hostages, tortured and raped them, and was essentially rewarded, the rights groups contend. More »

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      Nicolas Sarkozy  • Libya  • Cecilia Sarkozy  • Bulgaria

    • Euro Heat Wave Kills Hundreds

      BBC  |  Jul 25, 07 5:55 AM CDT

      Euro Heat Wave Kills Hundreds

      (Newser) - More than 500 people have died in the last week in the heat wave gripping central Europe. Most of the victims lived in Hungary, with some casualties reported in nearby Romania, the BBC reports. The elderly have been hardest hit. Temperatures in some areas have reached 107 degrees; the intense heat has already destroyed almost a third of Serbia's harvest. More »

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      global warming  • Europe  • Serbia  • elderly  • heat wave  • Bulgaria  • Hungary  • Macedonia

    • Meddlesome Mme. Sarkozy Jeopardized Talks on Medics

      Der Spiegel  |  Jul 25, 07 5:25 AM CDT

      Meddlesome Mme. Sarkozy Jeopardized Talks on Medics

      (Newser) - The wife of the new French president gatecrashed delicate negotiations to free six foreign medical workers from a Libyan prison, then hogged the credit, Der Spiegel reports. After EU diplomats secured their release, Cecilia Sarkozy flew to Tripoli and escorted them to Bulgaria—making it appear she had won their freedom. But her meddling jeopardized the deal, insiders say. More »

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      Nicolas Sarkozy  • Cecilia Sarkozy  • Moammar Gadhafi  • Bulgaria

    • Jailed Medics Freed, Pardoned

      BBC  |  Jul 24, 07 7:15 AM CDT

      Jailed Medics Freed, Pardoned

      (Newser) - Six medics imprisoned by Libya on charges of infecting children with HIV are finally free today. EU officials struck a deal with Libya after years of negotiations, and the five nurses and one doctor were extradited to Bulgaria, where they were immediately pardoned by the Bulgarian president. In return, the EU will begin to normalize trade and political dealings with Libya. More »

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      Nicolas Sarkozy  • HIV  • Libya  • Bulgaria

    • Libya Spares Lives of Nurses, Doc in HIV Case

      Associated Press  |  Jul 17, 07 6:26 PM CDT

      Libya Spares Lives of Nurses, Doc in HIV Case

      (Newser) - The Libyan government today spared the lives of the foreign medical workers sentenced to die for infecting hundreds of children with HIV. Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor had their sentences commuted to life in prison after the families of the infected children each accepted $1 million and withdrew their demand for execution, the AP reports. More »

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      HIV  • Libya  • Bulgaria

  • June 2007

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