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Archaeology: Plovdiv wants to expand Roman Forum dig after several finds

August 27, 2012August 26, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Archaeologists working on digs at the Roman Forum and Odeon sites in Bulgaria’s second city of Plovdiv have unearthed a

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News World 

Pussy Riot: Two wanted band members flee Russia to avoid arrest

August 26, 2012August 26, 2012 VOANews

The Russian punk band Pussy Riot says two members wanted by Russian authorities have fled the country to escape arrest. The feminist

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News World 

Shooting reported at New York’s Empire State Building

August 24, 2012August 24, 2012 VOANews

Several people have been wounded and one killed in a shooting incident outside New York City’s Empire State Building, in

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian prosecutors to investigate former Food Agency PR adviser

August 24, 2012August 24, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian prosecutors have decided to open an investigation into how the company owned by a former media adviser for the

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Bulgaria News 

Evidence mounts against Bulgarian crew in Spanish cocaine bust – official

August 24, 2012 Alex Bivol

At least some of the Bulgarian sailors arrested in a drug bust off the coast of Spain on August 13

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News World 

Update: Norwegian mass killer ruled sane, goes to prison

August 24, 2012August 24, 2012 VOANews

A Norwegian court has found confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik sane in the commission of twin attacks last July

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Bulgaria News 

Firefighters battle new high-altitude blaze in Bulgaria’s Rila Mountain

August 24, 2012August 24, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A team of about 150 people headed to Bulgaria’s Rila Mountain on August 24 to battle the wildfire that started

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Greek PM Samaras seeks more time to make reforms, cuts

August 24, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is expected to ask for more time to make key reforms and spending cuts to

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News Sport World 

Lance Armstrong to be stripped of titles, banned from cycling

August 24, 2012August 24, 2012 VOANews

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said late Thursday it will strip famed cyclist Lance Armstrong of his titles and ban him

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