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Chief Mufti’s office does not believe Bulgarian Muslim would have been involved in Bourgas Airport terrorist attack

July 19, 2012July 19, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The office of the Chief Mufti, the principal Muslim leader in Bulgaria, has condemned the terrorist attack at Bourgas Airport

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There had been prior warnings of possible terrorist attack on Israelis in Bulgaria, head of Shalom says

July 19, 2012July 19, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

There had been prior warnings of the possibility of terrorist attacks against Israelis in Bulgaria and against Israeli community places

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Suicide bomber committed Bourgas Airport terrorist attack, Bulgaria’s Interior Minister says

July 19, 2012July 19, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The July 18 2012 terrorist attack on a group of Israeli tourists at Bulgaria’s Bourgas Airport that left seven people

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Nazi war crimes suspect arrested in Hungary

July 19, 2012July 19, 2012 The Budapest Times

The 97-year-old suspect László Csatáry has been arrested and charged with war crimes, prosecutors announced in Budapest on Wednesday. The

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IMF: Euro zone crisis at ‘critical stage’

July 19, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

The International Monetary Fund says the eurozone’s debt crisis has reached a “critical stage,” and that European leaders need to

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Israel sending experts to assist Bourgas bomb investigation, plane to take injured home

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Israel’s foreign ministry has formed a team of experts to fly to Bourgas and assist local authorities in the investigation

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Israeli PM Netanyahu: Iran behind terrorist bomb attack in Bulgaria’s Bourgas

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on July 18 2012 that “all signs” regarding the bomb explosion on a bus

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Six dead, more than 20 injured in explosion on bus carrying Israeli tourists at Bulgaria’s Bourgas airport: Updated

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Six people are dead and more than 20 injured after an explosion on a bus carrying Israeli tourists at  the

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Bulgaria Europe News 

EC report makes clear Bulgaria has a long way to go against organised crime, corruption

July 18, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

The message in the European Commission’s five-year report on Bulgaria’s progress towards European Union standards in justice and home affairs

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