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Whereas Turkey began accession negotiations with the European Union on October 3, 2005; (Introduced in House) HRES 999 IH 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 999Urging Turkey to respect the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarch. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 12, 2006 Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. WATSON, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. LOWEY, and Mr. BACA) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations RESOLUTIONUrging Turkey to respect the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarch. Whereas Turkey...

A whole underground city exists under Sofia streets. Hundreds of kilometers of tunnels spread under the capital. Some of them are so big that buses can pass through them. Nowadays the catacombs host thousands of clochards. Witnesses say, ten to twenty thousand people live there. "These figures are unrealistic," said Sofia Mayor Boyko Borissov but he could give the exact number of the homeless living in the tunnels Jordan Todorov says: "I was surprised to learn recently about the underground tunnel in Mexico. Exactly at the same time some Bulgarian newspapers published simmilar kind of stories. "According to Standart daily...

Slide Show >> They came from around the world, young men with handles like SnapDragon and Bladerunner attacking computing problems so complex that even experienced coders could only stare at the screen in bewilderment. Only one mastered the final algorithm problem: Eryk Kopczynski, a.k.a. Eryx, a reticent Warsaw University student who wears his long hair in a ponytail and says his life's ambition is to "discover some interesting notion." Kopczynski's triumph in this year's TopCoder Open, sponsored by Sun Microsystems, was no fluke. He was following in the footsteps of a slew of computing geniuses to emerge from the...

The Spanish Socialist prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, yesterday faced a barrage of derision over his government's anti-Americanism following a snub by President George W Bush. Mr Zapatero was one of the first premiers to send a congratulatory telegram to Mr Bush after his election victory last week. But, in what was a stinging confirmation of the poor state of relations between Washington and Madrid, he has yet to receive a reply. Mr Zapatero had also telephoned Mr Bush before the election result was made official but was not put through to the president. Spain's newspaper columnists, the opposition...

Bulgarian government officials say at least 40 people have been injured, some of them seriously, in a toxic gas attack on a police station in the capital, Sofia. The Bulgarian Interior Ministry says Sofia's central police office was packed with visitors Friday, when an unidentified man threw a bomb containing a toxic chloride gas into the crowd. Police immediately evacuated the building, and dozens of people were hospitalized. At least one person was said to be in very serious condition, and four others were listed as critically ill. The Health Ministry has identified the chemical as a chlorine-based pesticide that...

At least 40 people have been hurt, some seriously, in a poison gas attack in the Bulgarian capital. A bomb containing a toxic chloride gas was thrown into a visitors' area in a Sofia traffic police office, the Interior Ministry said. At least one person was said to be in a life-threatening condition and four others were critically ill. Police said a suspect was held two hours after the attack, but there was no word on possible motive. The attack occurred at 1000 (0700GMT) when the office was crowded with people. The health ministry identified the chemical as chloropicrin, a...

GOTTA SEE THIS - FIRES AROUND THE WORLD 7/29/02 - Izmit Turkey Gas Explosion, Surrender in France, Su-27 in Lviv, Packsadle Grove, Sheldon Ridge, more =Izmit, Turkey == In Izmit, Turkey, an explosion at the gas storage facility 7/28/02. ==Martigues, France == In Martigues, France, a fireman surrenders. ==Lviv, Ukraine== In Lviv, Ukraine, the Su-27 fighter plane just before 78 souls perished and >115 were hurt. ==Sofia, Bulgaria == In Sofia, Bulgaria, a man burns by the Presidential building , lit by his wife. They have been forced to wander homeless. Where has the EU and UN been? ==Giant Sequoia...