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Author: Cecily Hilleary of VOANews

World 

Russia: Silencing critics at Sochi

February 18, 2014 Cecily Hilleary of VOANews editors pick, Russia, Sochi Olympics

The arrests of several activists near Sochi have renewed attention on the ways in which dissent is suppressed in Russia. 

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Bulgaria 

The case of baby Maria: Understanding Europe’s Roma

October 26, 2013October 27, 2013 Cecily Hilleary of VOANews editors pick

For more than a week now much of the global media has been fixated on “baby Maria,” a young blond

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