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Year: 2013

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Meteor causes hundreds of injuries, panic in Russia’s Urals region

February 15, 2013February 15, 2013 VOANews

Russian officials say a meteor streaked across the sky above Russia’s Ural Mountains Friday morning, causing explosions and shattering windows.

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian police arrest Bourgas prosecutor, allegedly for accepting bribe

February 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Police in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Bourgas arrested deputy district prosecutor Angel Georgiev, allegedly for accepting a bribe, Bulgarian

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia court jails ‘Brendo’, orders him to pay 21M leva in compensation, for laundering money from illegal drug deals

February 15, 2013February 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia City Court, in a ruling on February 15 2013, sentenced Evelin “Brendo” Banev to seven and a half years

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Current affairs: Bulgaria and the politics of electricity

February 15, 2013May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer energy

Bulgaria’s centre-right government, facing national parliamentary elections at the beginning of July 2013, has little time at its disposal to

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February 15 flyby: Asteroid’s spin intrigues astronomers

February 15, 2013February 15, 2013 Suzanne Presto of VOANews

Astronomers hope to learn more about Asteroid 2012 DA14’s features and composition as it flies past Earth at about 7.8

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Bulgaria Business News 

More than 210 000 of Bulgaria’s unemployed have given up looking for work – official

February 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Unemployment in Bulgaria in the fourth quarter of 2012 was 12.4 per cent, representing an increase of 8.6 per cent

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s Patriarchal elections: The metropolitan route on the election trail

February 15, 2013June 2, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Orthodox Church

There is something American about the undeclared race to be the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s next Patriarch: populist messages, playing to

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News Perspectives World 

North Korean nuclear test turns spotlight on Iran

February 15, 2013May 22, 2013 Guita Aryan and Jeff Seldin of VOANews

North Korea’s nuclear test this week is also putting the spotlight on Iran, which has been moving forward on its

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Business Europe News 

IMF sees modest economic recovery possible for Montenegro, calls for spending cuts

February 15, 2013February 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The International Monetary Fund has expressed a reserved view on Montenegro, saying that a modest economic recovery is expected in

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