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15 Jul 2008
Source: Reuters
 
A laboratory technician is reflected in a mirror as she extracts rose oil from rose petals in the Rose Institute in the town of Kazanlak, some 200km (124 miles) east of the capital Sofia June 9, 2008. A tranquil valley in central Bulgaria has blossomed in recent years as European Union cash and a global boom in organic beauty products containing rose oil helped revive their centuries' old industry. Picture taken June 9, 2008. To match feature BULGARIA-ROSES/ REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (BULGARIA)
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Bulgaria's ex-king and former prime minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg (2nd R) poses with his son, Prince Kardam (2nd L), his wife Miriam Ungria and their sons during an official photo session in ...




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