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France’s Hollande says end to euro zone crisis ‘very near’

October 17, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

French President Francois Hollande says the end of the euro zone’s debt crisis is “very close,” but deep financial concerns

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Bulgaria News 

Silver lining found – in underwear at Bulgarian border

October 17, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The expression that there is always a silver lining is well-worn, but in one case it has proved to be

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Citizen astronomers discover planet with four suns

October 17, 2012October 17, 2012 VOANews

Imagine if four suns rose and set every day. That could be the reality on the newly discovered planet, PH1

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria checks electricity transformers in buildings after mystery explosion in Bourgas

October 17, 2012October 17, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Power distribution companies and municipalities are to check the safety of electricity transformer substations in residential buildings after an explosion

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US presidential debate: Obama fast and furious as Romney fluffs and flubs facts

October 17, 2012October 17, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

In the swordplay in the second US presidential debate, it was Democratic candidate president Barack Obama  who had the real

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Russian PM Medvedev wants smoking in public places banned

October 17, 2012October 17, 2012 Jessica Golloher of VOANews

Russia has one of the highest smoking rates in the world, with an estimated 40 percent of the country’s adults

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Europe News 

European Commissioner John Dalli resigns

October 17, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

John Dalli has resigned as European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, the European Commission said on October 16 2012.

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Citigroup’s chief executive resigns

October 17, 2012October 17, 2012 VOANews

The chief executive of Citigroup, one of the world’s largest financial institutions, has unexpectedly resigned. Vikram Pandit, who led the

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Europe News 

Ukrainian voters punished for candidates’ fraud

October 17, 2012October 17, 2012 Oksana Grytsenko of The Kyiv Post

Asked by sociologists about how they plan to vote, millions of Ukrainians could simply respond: “I can’t travel that far.”

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