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Day: August 6, 2012

Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian PM Borissov to visit UK on August 7-8

August 6, 2012August 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov will visit UK on a two-day working visit at the invitation of his British counterpart

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News World 

Former US soldier identified as Sikh temple gunman

August 6, 2012August 6, 2012 VOANews

U.S. authorities have identified the gunman who shot six worshippers to death at a Sikh temple in the northern U.S.

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences president Dodounekov dies

August 6, 2012August 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Stefan Dodounekov, president of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), died after a brief illness on August 5, aged 67,

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia city hall to dismantle dangerous monument at NDK

August 6, 2012August 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia city hall announced on August 6 that the monument commemorating 1300 years since the foundation of the Bulgarian state,

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News World 

Syria’s prime minister flees to Jordan

August 6, 2012August 6, 2012 VOANews

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government suffered a significant blow Monday when Prime Minister Riyad Hijab fled with his family to

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News World 

NASA lands rover on Mars

August 6, 2012August 6, 2012 Suzanne Presto of VOANews

The U.S. space agency has landed a rover on Mars, completing the most harrowing step in a mission to investigate

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News World 

Seven killed in US Sikh temple shooting

August 6, 2012August 6, 2012 VOANews

Authorities in the northern U.S. state of Wisconsin say a shooting at a Sikh temple Sunday morning in the city

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News World 

Syrian forces continue Aleppo assault

August 6, 2012August 6, 2012 VOANews

Syrian opposition activists are reporting continued attacks by government forces in the northern city of Aleppo Monday, as prominent U.S.

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