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...beach in Mauritius and suddenly have the urge to surf - the Web that is, not the waves - you're in luck. The small (pop: 1.2 million) tropical paradise in the Indian Ocean was racing to become the first country in the world with complete wireless Internet coverage, but Macedonia laid claim to that title a few months ago. Mauritian officials say that Macedonia's wi-fi technology, which creates a number of hot-spot "clouds" to cover the country, could lead to connections dropping out. Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity...
...whose civilization remains a mystery. Kitov is slowly exploring the necropolis - and making some of the country's most incredible discoveries - in the hopes of adding to historians' limited knowledge of the Thracians, who flourished during the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. in Bulgaria and parts of modern Greece, Macedonia, Romania and Turkey before being conquered by the Romans. Last July, he was taking a break from the valley to explore an enormous ancient temple near the central village of Starosel. But when the 62-year-old archaeologist, a short, plump man known as Bulgaria's Indiana Jones, got word...
...denies the charges, saying he is the victim of leftist magistrates. Berlusconi's lawyer said he will seek a one-month suspension of the trial during the walk-up to June's European Parliament elections. Nosing Ahead MACEDONIA Social Democrat Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski took the lead in the first round of the presidential election, winning 42.5% of the vote. He faces a runoff on April 28 against opposition candidate Sasko Kedev, who placed second with 34.1%. The election was held following President Boris Trajkovski's death in a plane crash in February. Clampdown on Dissent ARMENIA Using batons...
DIED. BORIS TRAJKOVSKI, 47, President of Macedonia; in a plane crash; in southern Bosnia. A Methodist minister and respected moderate, he was elected in 1999 as the country's second President and won popular support for his inclusionary policies that welcomed ethnic Albanians into state government...
DIED. BORIS TRAJKOVSKI, 47, President of Macedonia, when the small, twin-engine plane carrying him crashed in a mountainous area; in southern Bosnia. Trajkovski, a Methodist minister and respected moderate who was elected President in 1999, is credited with preventing civil war during an uprising by ethnic Albanians. After nationalists protesting negotiations with the Albanians stormed the Macedonian parliament, Trajkovski exhorted citizens not to "allow hatred to control our lives...