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Bulgaria Drops Out of Volleyball Men's World Championship after Losing to Germany

Bulgaria has lost to Germany 1:3 (16:25, 15:25, 25:23, 17:25) in a match of the Volleyball Men's World Championships Poland 2014.

After losing the Pool F match late on Wednesday, Bulgaria's national team lost the chance for making it among the top 6.

‘Castro betrayed Cuba,’ American actor Garcia says

Fidel Castro “betrayed” his country, Cuban-American actor Andy Garcia has said during an interview with Hürriyet.

Garcia, whose family fled Cuba when he was three-years-old and never stepped foot on the island except Guantanamo, will reprise his role in the Turkish drama, “Kurtlar Vadisi” (The Valley of the Wolves), after nine years. 

Serbia Ready to Plug Ambassadorial Holes

Serbia's Foreign Minister, Ivica Dacic, said that Serbia is about to appoint 20 new ambassadors, including to US and China, in the next four months.

The initial plan was to appoint ten new ambassadors to posts in July. However, Dacic told the daily newspaper Danas on August 8 that there had been a delay after the ministry realised the number needed to be doubled.

Russia could reopen Cuban spy base

Russia could reopen Cuban spy base

MOSCOW -- During last week's visit of President Vladimir Putin to Cuba, a preliminarily agreement was reached to reopen a Russian "intelligence base" in that country.

The facility was operational during the Cold War as the main location for spying on the United States, writes the Moscow-based daily Kommersant.

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