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Day: April 17, 2013

News World 

Conflicting reports on possible arrest in deadly Boston bombings

April 17, 2013 VOANews

There are conflicting reports about whether authorities have arrested a suspect in Monday’s deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon. Investigators

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian prosecutors subpoena former MP in vote-buying investigation

April 17, 2013April 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian prosecutors have subpoenaed Emil Dimitrov, an MP for Boiko Borissov’s party GERB in the previous legislature, as part of

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Bulgaria News 

Dossier Commission announces first round of credit millionaires linked to State Security

April 17, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

The Dossier Commission, the body charged with identifying and announcing the identities of people in certain categories who worked for

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s food safety agency chief resigns

April 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The head of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, Yordan Voynov, said he submitted his resignation on April 17, only hours

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: GERB and BSP ‘neck and neck’, poll says

April 17, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

Boiko Borissov’s GERB and the Bulgarian Socialist Party are neck and neck in support in opinion polls, local agency BBSS

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Bulgaria News 

Eavesdropping: PM expresses concern, prosecutors call Interior Ministry chief secretary for further questioning

April 17, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Marin Raykov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Marin Raykov has said that if there was confirmation that there was illegal eavesdropping, it would be

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News World 

Britain, world dignitaries say goodbye to ‘Iron Lady’

April 17, 2013April 17, 2013 VOANews

Thousands of people lined the streets of central London on Wednesday to witness the elaborate funeral procession of former British

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Bulgaria Business News 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-February was 40.3M euro

April 17, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first two months of the year stood at 40.3 million euro, the equivalent

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News Perspectives World 

Russia Watch: Russia searches for ‘foreign agents’ at home, disguises its information war abroad

April 17, 2013May 27, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

Russia’s government is busy rooting out “foreign agents.” So far police agents have “inspected” 700 non-governmental organizations, or NGOs, looking

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