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Zhivkov delay

Thursday 03 February 1994 01:02 GMT
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Bulgarian judicial officials put off sending the ousted Communist dictator Todor Zhivkov to jail yesterday to serve a seven-year sentence for embezzlement, citing the 82-year-old former leader's poor health, Reuter reports from Sofia. Sentencing was delayed for two months.

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