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SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accepted Bulgaria's highest honor on Wednesday for helping secure the release of six medics in Libya. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, is welcomed by Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev in the capital Sofia, Wednesday, July 9, 2008. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived on a one-day official visit to Bulgaria to receive Bulgaria's highest honor on Wednesday for her help in securing from Libya release of six medics nearly a year ago. Rice played less of a public role than several other international figu... "I'm glad and pleased to have played a role," she said after the ceremony, the silver and white medallion draped around her neck on a thick white ribbon. "It was indeed a terrible ordeal but one I'm glad has ended." The top U.S.... [read full story]
