highlights and more embassy news http://bulgaria2.postcms4.iip/more-news-from-embassy.html Clinton Sees Copenhagen Climate Conference as Steppingstone http://bulgaria2.postcms4.iip/more-news-from-embassy/clinton-sees-copenhagen-climate-conference-as-steppingstone.html The U.N.-sponsored climate conference in December in Copenhagen can become the steppingstone to a full and binding legal climate agreement if it focuses on the right blend of practical approaches and principles, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says. http://bulgaria2.postcms4.iip/more-news-from-embassy/clinton-sees-copenhagen-climate-conference-as-steppingstone.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:13:23 -0600 The Berlin Wall - 20 Years Later http://bulgaria2.postcms4.iip/more-news-from-embassy/the-berlin-wall---20-years-later.html Twenty years after the fall of communism, countries of the former Eastern Bloc face new challenges with independence and democracy building. http://bulgaria2.postcms4.iip/more-news-from-embassy/the-berlin-wall---20-years-later.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:53:05 -0600 Helping Girls Stay in School http://bulgaria2.postcms4.iip/more-news-from-embassy/helping-girls-stay-in-school When puberty hits adolescents in poor countries, girls start disappearing from classrooms. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always bother adults as much as it should. http://bulgaria2.postcms4.iip/more-news-from-embassy/helping-girls-stay-in-school Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:01:10 -0500 President Obama Nominates James B. Warlick, Jr., for Ambassador to Bulgaria http://bulgaria2.postcms4.iip/more-news-from-embassy/president-obama-nominates-james-b.-warlick-jr.-for-ambassador-to-bulgaria The White House has nominated James B. Warlick, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, as their choice for next U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria. http://bulgaria2.postcms4.iip/more-news-from-embassy/president-obama-nominates-james-b.-warlick-jr.-for-ambassador-to-bulgaria Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:54:12 -0500 Urban Search and Rescue Techniques Cut Time, Save Lives http://bulgaria2.postcms4.iip/more-news-from-embassy/urban-search-and-rescue-techniques-cut-time-save-lives When a 1985 earthquake leveled much of Mexico City, 130 enthusiastic but unskilled rescue workers died trying to save people buried in rubble. Ten years later, at the site of the Oklahoma City bombing, one rescue worker died in the rescue effort. http://bulgaria2.postcms4.iip/more-news-from-embassy/urban-search-and-rescue-techniques-cut-time-save-lives Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:32:25 -0500