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Year: 2013

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Film review: Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters

March 8, 2013March 7, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

You’re not likely to see many things this year that could be worse or more ridiculous than Hansel and Gretel:

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News World 

Galactic neighbour Large Magellanic Cloud closer than previously thought

March 8, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews final frontier

An international team of astronomers has discovered that one of our closest galactic neighbors is about 40,000 light years closer

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Leisure 

Film review: Oz the Great and Powerful

March 8, 2013March 7, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Just like the colon that is omitted from the title where one would expect it, this prequel to the classic

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Bulgaria News 

Tent village grows, US ambassador speaks, and other stories

March 7, 2013March 12, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

March 7 saw the demands coming from various groups of protesters grow longer and the tent village near Parliament in

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Europe News 

Berlusconi sentenced for publishing wiretap transcript

March 7, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews

An Italian court has sentenced former Italian prime minister and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi to one year in prison for

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Leisure 

Sofia International Film Fest begins on March 7

March 7, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgaria’s biggest annual cinema event, Sofia International Film Festival, opens on March 7 at the National Palace of Culture (NDK)

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Bulgaria News 

Google puts Bulgaria on Street View

March 7, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria became the 48th country mapped with Google’s Street View feature, which allows users to observe the surroundings of a

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Decision on Bulgaria and Romania joining Schengen visa zone unlikely before autumn

March 7, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

European Union interior ministers were scheduled to meet in Brussels on March 7 2013 for a state-of-play discussion on Bulgaria

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Europe News 

Visegrád common battle group to be formed by 2016

March 7, 2013May 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice

Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia will jointly deploy troops by 2016, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in

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