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The official visit of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov to Qatar started with talks with his counterpart Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani and with plenary talks between the two delegations. The two premiers discussed the possibilities for increasing Qatari investments in Bulgaria. It is expected Premier Borissov to talk within the framework of the visit with Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.  

Greece has decided to be present with all its force in Russia's tourist exhibitions and activerly promote its decision to facilitate as much as possible the issuing of multiple entry and long duration visas for Russian citizens, according to Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos, who visited Moscow's MITT-2010 tourist exhibition on Friday. "More and more Russian tourists are deciding to combine their holidays with cultural events and visits to monuments and archaeological sites, a fact that serv

More and more Russian tourists are deciding to combine their holidays with cultural events and visits to monuments and archaeological sites, a fact that serves our strategy and the combination of our ministry's two directions, that must not only be achieved at leadership level, but in the entire pyramid of actions   -Pavlos Geroulanos

 

THE fifth session of the Zambia-Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) joint permanent commission (JPC) on defence and security held in Ndola has urged the Zambian and Congolese governments to source funds for the physical demarcation of the Zambia-DRC border. According to a communiqué released at the Savoy Hotel in Ndola on Friday, after the end of the session, the JPC urged the two governments to make every effort towards sourcing funds from co-operating partners for the physical demarcation of the border  

Students from Hollis, Hanover, Stratham and Canaan topped the field at the state MathCounts competition held at Plymouth State University on March 6. Anish Thilagar, from Hollis/Brookline Middle School, won first place in the individual competition, followed by Jeffrey Li, from Richmond Middle School in Hanover; Claudia Feng, from Cooperative Middle School in Stratham; and Mark Kim, from Cardigan Mountain School in Canaan. These four students will now represent New Hampshire as a team at the national  

All metal pipes which carry liquid petroleum gas underground will be replaced, the Government has said as it responded to a report on a factory explosion which killed nine people in Glasgow almost six years ago. The explosion at the ICL Plastics factory in May 2004 also left 33 people with serious injuries - it was an "avoidable disaster", according to Lord Gill, who presided over an inquiry into the blast. It was caused by a build-up of leaking gas from pipes buried under the ground which ignited.

All commercial buried metallic liquefied petroleum gas pipework will be replaced.   -Yvette Cooper

 

A class, "Growing Fruit at Home," will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Reisinger's Apple Country, 2750 Apple Lane, Watkins Glen. The class will include information on soil testing, fertilizing, irrigation, nutrition, pruning and pest control when growing berries and fruit trees. Attendees should bring their own lunch. The cost is $25 per person or $40 per couple.  

The governments of Angola and Cuba have signed two technical and scientific agreements that formalise cooperation between the countries in the telecoms sector, reports Angolan news agency ANGOP. The documents were signed by the Ministries of Telecommunication and Information Technology, and of Industry, Mines and Geology of Angola, and the Information and Communication Ministry of Cuba. According to the Computer Science and Communication vice minister of Cuba, Arufe Rodriguez, the agreements strengthen th  

Some of the world's leading animal conservation advocates say the world wide web has emerged as one of the biggest threats to endangered wildlife. From the relative anonymity of an office or lounge room, the modern day poacher can now buy anything from lion cubs to ivory, all with just the click of a mouse. Ernie Cooper, who works with Traffic in Vancouver, the wildlife trade monitoring agency, says the the black and brown salamander with white spots is just one example of a species that has been driv

They're very beautiful. They're very rare and they tend to command high prices   -Ernie Cooper

 

That's been the 2010 NCAA Tournament in a nutshell: a bevy of buzzer beaters, overtimes, and prayers answered. While some of the higher seeds escaped unscathed (that means you Syracuse, Kentucky, Duke, Kansas State, and West Virginia), a number of others did not. So who is responsible for this beautiful mess we like to call March Madness?