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A Muslim cleric has for the first time in 85 years recited the Koran in the Hagia Sophia, the world famous landmark of Istanbul which is now a museum after serving as a church and a mosque, reports said Saturday.

Rescue teams have found a second victim of the collapse of a disused hotel building on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, which occurred during deconstruction works on Wednesday.

The explosion and collapse were reported at around 3:20 p.m. at 7th Street and Second Avenue Thursday afternoon at a residential and commercial building.

According to the Fire Department multiple injuries have been reported and two people were rushed to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition.

Each millionaire may have an apartment facing a city or a beautiful landscape, but someone must be a billionaire or just plain eccentric to want to have an apartment with space for his… Ferrari to look at the view.

German architect Frei Otto was named as winner of the prestigious Pritzker Prize on March 10, a day after his death at the age of 89, organizers of architecture's top honor said.
      
Otto, renowned for designs which incorporated lightweight tent-like structures, had been informed he had won the accolade shortly before his death, a statement said.
      

Greece's top administrative court prevented the sale of a luxury Athens seaside resort to an Arab-Turkish fund. The State Council judges decision ruled that the sale of the prime Astir Palace hotel complex and the development of the seaside site breached planning rules and woud harm the natural, cultural and urban environment.

The Council of State, the country?s highest administrative court, is due to rule on a 418-million-euro investment plan, which, if approved, will pave the way for the biggest-ever tourism-related development in Greece.

A decomposing body was found on Tuesday in the basement of an apartment block under construction in Thessaloniki.

A passer-by noticed the body and notified authorities, who had to pump water out of the basement in order to recover the corpse.

Police have ruled out the possibility of foul play.

BELGRADE - Serbian agriculture is dominated by mixed farms, since more than half of all the farms in the country (53.7 percent) belong to one of three groups of farms that both grow crops and breed animals, according to what has been said at the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce.

Athens Water Supply & Sewage Co. SA, Greece’s largest water provider, said 9-month net income fell 45 percent to 41 million euros ($51.1 million) from a year earlier as it charged less to those with lower income.