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In an exclusive interview for Dnevnik.bg, US ambassador to Bulgaria Marcie Ries said the US were concerned with the construction of the Bulgarian stretch of South Stream.

According to recent reports, the Bulgarian stretch of the pipeline will be built by the Russian Stroytransgaz consortium.

President Barack Obama vehemently refused to apologize Thursday for doing a prisoner trade with the Taliban to free a US soldier, despite a fierce political storm over the deal in Washington.        

President Barack Obama's plan to cut the carbon emissions of US power plants by up to 30 percent will leave America far short of its current pledges at UN climate talks, a study said Wednesday.
      
The United States promised in 2010 to reduce greenhouse gases by 17 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels.
      

Hollywood filmmaker Oliver Stone has announced he will direct a movie on fugitive whistleblower and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

The script will be an adaptation of a book by the Guardian's Luke Harding called The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the Most Wanted Man, according to the British daily's website.

The United States has announced new sanctions against Russia in relation to the events in Ukraine, Monday.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 on the Richter scale has shaken Southern California on Friday evening.

There are no reported major damages, though several residents suffered slight injuries from falling objects, according to the Los Angeles Times. The epicenter of the tremor was in Orange County, one mile east of La Habra, and in close proximity to Los Angeles.