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Year: 2012

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Israel threatens to expand Gaza offensive

November 19, 2012 Robert Berger of VOANews

Israel’s military offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip is continuing for a fifth day, and there has been no let

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News World 

Obama: Resolving Gaza conflict begins with no missiles fired at Israel

November 19, 2012 VOANews

U.S. President Barack Obama says efforts to resolve the latest fighting between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas must begin

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Close to 200 felines on show at International Exhibition of Cats in Sofia

November 19, 2012November 19, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Cats from as far afield as Sweden and Russia were on display at the 2012 International Exhibition of Cats on

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Charity Aid Foundation to host concert for campaign against breast cancer

November 19, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Charity Aid Foundation is hosting a concert in aid of fighting breast cancer at the Military Club in

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Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s constitutional quandary shows no sign of resolution

November 16, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol judiciary

A day after Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev cut short the swearing-in ceremony of four new Constitutional Court judges – “to

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Leisure 

Tickets for The Wall Live in Sofia concert go on sale

November 16, 2012August 8, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Concert promoter Sofia Music Enterprises said that tickets for Roger Waters’ visual masterpiece, The Wall Live, went on sale on

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Bulgaria News 

Gambling fever grips Bulgaria as record jackpot rolls over

November 16, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

More than 1.5 million lottery tickets were played ahead of the November 15 Bulgarian state lottery draw as people queued

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Perspectives 

Can the BBC pass its next test?

November 16, 2012November 16, 2012 Hector Poole

The BBC, once seen as a bastion of excellence worldwide, especially in its news department, is now engulfed by crisis.

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Bulgaria Business Europe News Perspectives 

Which group of ‘friends’ can win the EU budget battle?

November 16, 2012May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

If the topic of the European Union’s future budget does not interest you that much, the answer to the question

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