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WASHINGTON - Serbian Ambassador to Washington Marko Djuric met with US Congressman Robert Aderholt on Capitol Hill on Thursday.

Aderholt is a member of the Helsinki Commission.

Alabama law enforcement officers Sunday were imploring people to come forward with information about a shooting that killed four people and injured 28 others during a teenager's birthday party.

The statues of chained men, women and children stick hauntingly out of sand as simulated waves crash overhead, a symbol to the estimated two million people for whom the slave trade ended in a watery grave in the Atlantic Ocean.

The exhibit is part on an expanded museum created by the Equal Justice Initiative that focuses on the legacy of slavery in America.

"It is unbelievable to see a factory in Priboj after 40 years," the president said during the tour.
As he added, spouses Selma and Samir Rustemovi are responsible for many things.
"I will especially thank Dirk and Jens who invested money and did this, our German friends. Selma pushes with energy like a bulldozer, and Samir plays his part," he said jokingly.

The only church leader who had the courage to walk hand-in-hand with Martin Luther King during that famous march in Selma

The "Space Adventure" travelling exhibition mounted by the United States Space & Rocket Center and the NASA Visitor Center, opened officially on Tuesday at Romexpo, C3 Pavilion, Bucharest. Covering almost 2,500 square meters, with over 100 unique exhibits, the exhibition presents the history of conquering space, giving visitors a chance to take a virtual trip in space.

A charter school commission in the U.S. state of Alabama approved on June 7 a 1-year extension to start operation of a charter school despite objections of the superintendent of education, experts and local Alabamians.

"The talks are stalled right now," Republican Senator Richard Shelby told "Fox News Sunday." He said the impasse was over Democrats' desire to cap the number of beds in detention facilities for people who enter the country illegally.

Alabama state and business leaders are visiting two eastern European nations this week on a five-day mission to open new markets.

Alabama Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield and representatives of seven companies are visiting Romania and Bulgaria this week, with meetings scheduled in Bucharest and Sofia.

The operating firm of the Athens metro, STASY, said Tuesday that Monday's 24-hour strike by the metro workers union SELMA, which saw the cancellation of services on lines 2 and 3, was unjustified.

STASY said that participation in the strike by SELMA - one of nine workers unions active in the rail sector - was limited.