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Passenger from Doha caught at Athens Airport with 18 kg of heroin
Customs officials at Athens International Airport confiscated more than 18 kilograms of heroin on Friday from the luggage of a passenger who flew in from the Qatari capital of Doha.
At Least 30 Children Die After Bus Catches Fire in Colombia
At least 32 people, most of them children under 14, died after a bus in northern Colombia caught fire, Sunday.
They were returning from an event at an evangelical Christian church near the city of Fundacion, about 750 kilometres north of Bogota, the BBC reports.
Authorities are investigating what caused the fire.
Santos seeks World Cup farewell gift for Greeks
Greece will create a little bit of history in Brazil in June and reach the World Cup knockout stages for the first time coach Fernando Santos has confidently predicted.
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Nearly 17 kg of cocaine found hidden in banana shipment in Athens
Almost 17 kilos of cocaine was found in a shipment of bananas from Colombia that ended up at a fruit and vegetable wholesaler in Rendi, southwestern Athens.
Police confirmed on Thursday that the bananas were first shipped to Italy and then brought to Greece by truck.
The shipment was unloaded at the warehouse on May 2.
Balkan Women Among World Top Beauties
The most beautiful women in the world live in Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Russia, and Colombia, according to a recent survey.
Bulgarian women are among the leaders in the Targetmap.com rating divided into five categories according to female attractiveness with 15 out of 17 points. Central and Western Europeans as well as Americans have been voted less attractive.
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Serbian Davis Cup team to go to India for play-off tie
LONDON - The Serbian tennis team will take on India in a play-off tie, trying to keep its spot in the Davis Cup World Group, the London draw decided on Tuesday.
The matches will take place from September 12-14, and India will play a host.
Venezuela's Maduro Agrees to Meet Opposition
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro agreed to meet opposition leaders, after weeks of violent street protests.
The talks, which are expected to put an end to the wave of unrest which has left 39 people dead, will be held Tuesday in Venezuela's capital Caracas.
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Zimonjic, Nestor beaten in Miami doubles quarter-finals
MIAMI - Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Daniel Nestor of Canada failed to reach the doubles semi-finals of the Miami Masters Series 1000 tennis tournament after losing to Ryan Harrison and Jack Sock of the United States 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) early Thursday.
Obama's secret service agent "passed out drunk"
Obama's secret service agent "passed out drunk"
WASHINGTON -- Three members of U.S secret services tasked with protecting U.S. President Barack Obama have been sent home for "disciplinary reasons," the BBC is reporting.
The incident happened in the Netherlands, before Obama arrived there on Monday.
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Djokovic breezes into Indian Wells fourth round
INDIAN WELLS - Serbia's highest-ranking male tennis player Novak Djokovic reached the fourth round of the Indian Wells Masters Series tennis tournament late Tuesday by beating Alejandro Gonzalez of Colombia 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.
In a bid to reach the quarter-finals, Djokovic will play Marin Cilic of Croatia, who beat Tommy Robredo of Spain 6-4, 6-3.
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