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AGERPRES special correspondent Oana Ghita reports: The President of Hungary's team in the Bocuse d'Or cooking competition told AGERPRES that it takes more than just being a dab hand in the kitchen to participate in the famous gastronomy event.

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Turkish Industry Minister Fikri I??k has called on his counterparts from the D-8 group of developing countries to participate in creating a joint venture car brand.

AGERPRES special correspondent Oana Ghita reports: The President of Hungary's team participating in Bocuse d'Or, Zoltan Hamvas, told AGERPRES that organising Bocuse d'Or Europe competition in Budapest - an event taking place next year - is very much like organising a Formula 1 event.

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AGERPRES special correspondent Oana Ghita reports: Bocuse d'Or International Organisation Committee President Regis Marcon told AGERPRES that this competition, taking place over January 27 - 28, in Lyon, has the purpose of promoting the countries with a powerful culinary identity.

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Dignitaries and leaders from around the world were to arrive in Saudi Arabia Jan. 24 to offer their condolences to its new King Salman, a day after the death of his half-brother King Abdullah.

Formula One organisers the FIA on Jan. 20 announced earlier starts for five grand prix this season, the move introduced as one of the recommendations after Jules Bianchi's near-fatal crash.
      
The 25-year-old Frenchman was left fighting for his life when his Marussia car ploughed into a recovery vehicle at the Japanese Grand Prix last October.
      

Short films will be screened simultaneously in more than 200 cities and more than 20 countries around the world, including Turkey, during the Art By Chance Ultra Short Film Festival Packing a punch into just half a minute, ultra-short films aren't coming to a theater near you, but somewhere even closer: Everywhere in the urban space.

Turkey has a severe current account gap problem. The gap has recently decreased to 6 percent of the country's GDP, but this has mainly been caused by the plunge in oil prices. As Turkey is dependent on foreign sources in energy, its energy bill is now decreasing. But this is not the cure to the problem.

Indonesian search officials sent divers down to the bed of the Java Sea during a break in bad weather Jan. 6 in hopes of recovering more bodies from the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501.
      
Recovery teams, hampered by rough seas, have found fewer than 40 bodies since the plane crashed on December 28, carrying 162 people from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore.

BELGRADE - Students of the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade, Helena Ivanov and Stefan Siridzanski have been named the world's third and fourth top speakers in the English as the second language category at the World Universities Debating Championship in Malaysia.