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At Friends of Syrian People meeting, Bulgaria joins call for tougher sanctions against Assad regime

July 6, 2012July 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Full responsibility for the violence in Syria lies with the regime and the Syrian people are put into a position

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Computer virus could cut Internet access for 250 000 PCs worldwide – FBI

July 6, 2012July 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

About 250 000 computers worldwide still carried a computer virus that would cut their Internet access on July 9 if

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Bulgaria News World 

Ahead of Paris gathering of Friends of Syria, Bulgaria offers to host next meeting

July 5, 2012July 5, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Representatives of more than 90 countries and of the Syrian opposition are to gather in Paris on July 6 2012

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Europe News World 

Spanish bank fraud investigation targets ex-IMF chief Rato

July 4, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

A Spanish court has launched a fraud investigation against former executives of key lender Bankia, including the one-time chief of

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CERN finds new subatomic particle ‘consistent with Higgs boson’

July 4, 2012 Alex Bivol

The hunt for the most elusive subatomic particle of them all might finally caught its quarry, as the European Organisation

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IMF: Europe’s problems slow US economic recovery

July 4, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said the “tepid” U.S. economic recovery could be hurt by two

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Interview: Bulgarian FM Mladenov on Awakenings and transitions

July 3, 2012May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Nikolai Mladenov has a vision of the countries of the Western Balkans integrated into the European Union and Nato, and

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Europe News World 

Debunking 9/11’s ‘Prague connection’

July 3, 2012July 3, 2012 Andrew Greene of The Prague Post

The September 11 terrorist who was used to justify the invasion of Iraq did not come to Prague for meetings

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Russia Watch: Moscow – Turning Europe’s largest city into Eurasia’s world class city

July 3, 2012July 3, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

Moscow is easily at its best in the summer – lots of green, less traffic, stylish clothes, plenty of energy,

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