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Day: October 28, 2012

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Ruling party leads in Ukraine exit polls

October 28, 2012October 28, 2012 VOANews

Early exit polls show that Ukraine’s ruling party, Regions Party of President Viktor Yanukovych, leading in Sunday’s elections for parliament

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Bulgaria News 

Code Red weather warning for Kurdjali in south-eastern Bulgaria

October 28, 2012October 29, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A Code Red dangerous weather warning has been declared for the south-eastern Bulgarian city of Kurdjali for October 29  –

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Bulgaria News 

Hospitalised Bulgarian Patriarch Maxim will not attend church celebrations of his 98th birthday

October 28, 2012October 28, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Maxim, who has been in hospital in Sofia for some weeks, has been advised by

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Europe News 

Poland will not scrap nuclear programme – PM Tusk

October 28, 2012October 28, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

The Polish government is sticking to its plans to develop nuclear power generation capacities in parallel with shale gas projects to

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Europe News 

Roma call for action as Jobbik rallies against ‘Gypsy crime’ in villages

October 28, 2012February 28, 2013 The Budapest Times

The heads of three Roma rights organisations have called on the government to act over the extreme-right party Jobbik’s continued

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Europe News 

European Parliament awards Sakharov rights prize to two Iranian dissidents

October 28, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

The European Parliament has awarded its prestigious Sakharov Prize for human rights and freedom of thought to two Iranian dissidents.

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