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Day: August 29, 2013

World 

Opposition blocks British plan for Syria attack

August 29, 2013 Al Pessin of VOANews

Concern over whether chemical weapons were actually used in Syria, and by whom, has moved the British opposition Labor Party

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World 

Emergency meeting in Ankara on Syria

August 29, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

The developments in Syria and the possibility of military intervention have caused concern in Ankara about the prospect of some

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Perspectives 

Russia seethes on sidelines as West prepares Syria actions

August 29, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

Russia’s navy announced Thursday it is sending two warships into the Eastern Mediterranean near the shores of Syria. At the

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Bulgaria Leisure 

From rock to Strauss, upcoming performances in Bulgaria September to December 2013

August 29, 2013May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Whatever else may happen in Bulgaria in the last four months of 2013, there is at least the consolation of

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Leisure 

Film review: Elysium

August 29, 2013August 29, 2013 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post

Science fiction works best not when it is about the problems that people will face in the future, but when

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Leisure 

Film review: Kick-Ass 2

August 29, 2013August 29, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

There is nothing wrong with putting some hardcore violence onscreen from time to time. Quentin Tarantino, the most infamous Hollywood

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Bulgaria 

No-confidence vs ‘national consensus’ as Bulgaria heads for new parliamentary session

August 29, 2013February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party, simultaneously the largest single party in Parliament and also the opposition, is gearing up to table

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria urges citizens not to travel to Middle East and North Africa

August 29, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Cyprus, Greece, Romania

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry, in a statement on August 29 2013, called on citizens not to travel to the countries of

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Business 

Romanian company buys Croatian railway cargo

August 29, 2013August 29, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Romania

Croatian railway company HZ Cargo is to be sold to Romanian investor Grup Feroviar Roman. The initial agreements have now

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