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Day: July 31, 2012

Perspectives 

Is email at death’s door?

July 31, 2012July 31, 2012 Ted Landphair of VOANews

A lot of Internet tech talkers are preparing a coffin for electronic mail. Some are even shoveling dirt on it.

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Bulgarian unemployment stays above EU average in June

July 31, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Unemployment in Bulgaria was 12.4 per cent in June, the European Union’s statistics bureau Eurostat said on July 31, rising

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Fighting continues in Syria

July 31, 2012July 31, 2012 VOANews

Syrian opposition activists have reported widespread clashes Tuesday, including continued fighting in the country’s largest city, Aleppo. The Britain-based Syrian

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China: Doping allegations against Olympic swimmer ‘biased’

July 31, 2012July 31, 2012 VOANews

A Chinese official has blasted what he says are “biased” doping allegations against one of his country’s young swimming stars

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