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SOFIA, July 24 (KUNA) -- Up to 26 US soldiers arrived Friday at Graf
Ignatev military airbase, 130 kilometers from the capital, in order to join
the US peace corps in the country.
A statement by the Bulgarian Defense Ministry said that the new arrivals
were of the 25th US voluntary unit, part of the peace corps' 156 soldiers.
The US soldiers would serve for two years in the country volunteering to
help develop the country through various tasks that would include
administrative assistance and even teaching the English language in a number
of schools and colleges, concluded the statement. (end)
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