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BELGRADE - A memorial plate to Dr Elizabeth Ross and other women of a British mission who aided typhus-stricken Serbian soldiers and then lost their lives to the disease themselves during the First World War in Serbia 100 years ago, was unveiled in the center of the city of Kragujevac in central Serbia on Friday.

KAZAN - Serbia's water polo team will compete in Group D with Montenegro, Australia and Japan at the World Championship this year, the draw decided on Thursday.

The remaining groups will gather:

Group A: Croatia, Brazil, Canada and China,

Group B: Greece, the U.S., Italy and Russia,

Group C: South Africa, Hungary, Argentina and Kazakhstan.

For more than 14 years, the brand Varna has been holding the world record on the fastest human-propelled vehicles.

The company name is derived from the founder's hometown in Bulgaria, as reported by Darik news. Additionally, it has accumulated an impressive list of achievements, including the European Innovative Award and a feature on Discovery Channel.

Romania's women's tennis team will compete with Canada's team on April 18 - 19, away, in the playoff for the Fed Cup World Cup, according to the draw carried out in London, on Tuesday.

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Regulatory and financial reforms have helped diminish the risk Greece may pose to the eurozone, Canada's finance minister said on Tuesday, amidst growing concern about Athens's determination to ease austerity measures.

The European Union?s chief executive warned Greeks yesterday not to expect the eurozone to bow to leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras? demands in a growing confrontation over Athens? debt crisis.

Irina Begu and pair Monica Niculescu earned the win of the Romanian women's tennis team over Spain 3-2 on Sunday in Galati (eastern Romania), in the first round of Fed Cup's World Group 2, after winning the decisive game with Garbine Muguruza/Anabel Medina-Garrigues 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. Muguruza/Anabel Medina-Garrigues, în meciul decisiv.

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An Egyptian court will retry Al-Jazeera journalists from February 12, a judicial official said Feb. 8, after an Australian reporter was deported and a Canadian awaits his own deportation.
      

Argentine-led forensic experts strongly criticized Mexico's investigation into the presumed massacre of 43 missing students on Feb. 7, insisting the probe must remain open as they listed a series of mishaps.
      

Finance ministers and central bankers face a tough task coordinating action to spur global growth at G-20 meetings this week, with major economies running at different speeds and monetary policies diverging.