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World Swimming Champs: Mankoc Bags Gold

Manchester, 10 April

Slovenian swimmer Peter Mankoc won gold in the 100-metre butterfly at the World Swimming Championships (25m) in Manchester on Thursday.

The 29-old Slovenian swimmer set a new Championships record of 50.04 seconds, finishing half a second ahead of Australia's Adam Pine (50.54). Russian Nikolai Skworzow won bronze.

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Foreign Policy
Ban Ki-moon, Rupel Stress Need for Cooperation on Kosovo
New York, 13 April
Rupel and Rice Wanting Progress over the Situation in the Western Balkans
Washington, 15 April
Bilateral Cooperation
Agriculture Minister Talks Cooperation in Romania
Bucharest, 11 April
Bilateral Relations
Tuerk and King Abdallah II Discuss Cooperation, Middle East
Brdo pri Kranju, 8 April
Vizjak and Vietnamese Trade Minister Discuss GSP
Ljubljana, 14 April
Economy
Bajuk Calls for Measures in Prevention of Financial Crisis
New York, 15 April
Jansa, Gazprom Boss Discuss Energy Safety in Europe
Ljubljana, 11 April
Telekom Slovenije and Bosnian Telecom Confirm Cooperation
Ljubljana, 10 April
Petrol Eyeing Single Tier Management
Ljubljana, 9 April
EU Topics
EU Working on Sustainability Criteria for Biofuels
Brdo pri Kranju, 12 April
Minister Rupel heads Central Asia-EU Troika plenary session
Ashgabat, 10 April 2008
Jarc: There Is Room for Progress in Tackling Illegal Fishing
Brussels/Luxembourg, 14 April
Linden Trees Create New "Avenue of Europe" at Brdo
Brdo pri Kranju, 12 April
International Organisation
Slovenian-Run ITF Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Ljubljana, 11 April
Culture
Heads of Committees Hold Meeting on Intercultural Dialogue
Ljubljana, 14 April
Philosophers Move On to Ponder Media
Ljubljana, 12 April
Education Minister Calls for More Creativity
Brdo pri Kranju, 10 April
Sport
Jesenice Beat Olimpija to Become Slovenian Ice-Hockey Champs
Ljubljana, 9 April
Slovenia's Nareks Wins Bronze at Judo Champs
Lisbon, 11 April
World Swimming Champs: Mankoc Bags Gold
Manchester, 10 April
Tourism
Slovenia Improves Global Tourism Competitiveness Ranking
Ljubljana/Geneva, 9 April
Calendar of Events
Calendar of Events for 15 - 20 April

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