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Russia Watch: Azeri wolves in Iranian sheep’s clothing?

March 15, 2013May 27, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

Iran faces political population bomb: a young, growing and urbanized population that wants food – cheap and traditional. Iran’s population

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CERN edges closer to declaring new particle as long-sought Higgs boson

March 14, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), the world’s largest particle physics laboratory, said on March 14 that the particle

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Bulgaria News 

Prosecutor-General: Borissov’s allegation Dogan ordered his murder based on unreliable report

March 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov said on March 14 that the allegation made by former prime minister Boiko Borissov – that

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s MPs close the book on 41st National Assembly

March 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament held its last session on March 14, a day before the presidential decree proroguing the current legislature is

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach steps up video surveillance ahead of 2013 summer season

March 14, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s popular summer seaside resort of Sunny Beach is installing more than 300 of the latest high-tech models of video

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News World 

Israel’s PM Netanyahu reaches agreement over government

March 14, 2013March 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 13 2013 reached an agreement over his new coalition government after resolving an

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Russia condemns talk of arming Syria rebels

March 14, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews Russia

Russia’s foreign minister has condemned talk of arming the Syrian opposition, saying it is illegal under international law.Russia’s Sergei Lavrov

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Europe News 

Global politics shaken by social media

March 14, 2013May 27, 2013 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews

Italian comedian-turned-politician Beppe Grillo drew the largest vote for a single party in Italy’s election last month – despite shunning

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Argentinian Cardinal Bergoglio becomes Pope Francis

March 13, 2013March 14, 2013 Zlatica Hoke of VOANews

The Roman Catholic church got its first Latin American pontiff Wednesday when a secret papal conclave elected Cardinal Jorge Mario

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