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Macedonia charges 30 suspects in day-long shootout

May 12, 2015May 12, 2015 VOANews Macedonia

Macedonian authorities say 30 people captured in a northern town after a deadly, day-long gunbattle that left 22 police and

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Macedonian president: Police prevented widespread terrorist attack

May 11, 2015May 11, 2015 VOANews Macedonia

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov said police prevented what he calls a “coordinated terror attack” after an armed group battled officers

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Polish presidential exit poll signals May 24 runoff vote

May 10, 2015 VOANews Poland

A key exit poll shows Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski finishing second in Sunday’s presidential elections, behind conservative challenger Andrzej Duda.

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Death toll rises in Macedonia clashes, EU ‘deeply concerned’

May 10, 2015 VOANews

European Union officials expressed “deep concern” after a day-long gun battle in northern Macedonia killed eight police officers and 14

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Police injured in clashes with armed group in Macedonia

May 10, 2015May 10, 2015 VOANews Macedonia

Police clashed with an unidentified armed group Saturday in the town of Kumanovo in northern Macedonia, authorities said. Macedonian media

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Massive Russian parade marks end of World War 2 in Europe

May 9, 2015 VOANews

Thousands of soldiers and scores of tanks rumbled across Red Square and dozens of aircraft new and old roared overhead

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Failed Russian spacecraft burns up

May 9, 2015May 9, 2015 VOANews final frontier, Russia

An unmanned Russian supply ship has burned up over the Pacific Ocean after a failed cargo run to the International

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Greece makes $222 million interest payment to IMF

May 6, 2015May 6, 2015 VOANews euro zone, Greece, IMF

Greece made a $222 million interest payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday. But another, much larger payment looms,

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EU: Turkmenistan could supply Europe with natural gas by 2019

May 4, 2015 VOANews energy

A top European official says the 28-nation European Union could begin receiving natural gas supplies from Turkmenistan by 2019, as

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