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    Drone loaded with explosives explodes near Trans-Balkan gas pipeline in Bulgaria

    A drone carrying a significant quantity of explosives entered Bulgaria from Romania on August 8 and exploded 1,000 metres from the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline's compressor station, with no casualties reported.

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