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Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov
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Three EU foreign ministers on joint visit to Lebanon, Iraq

June 21, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

From June 21 to 24, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov, his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt and Polish foreign minister Radoslaw

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Egypt’s Mubarak on life support as protests swell

June 20, 2012June 20, 2012 VOANews

Egyptian security sources say ousted President Hosni Mubarak is unconscious and on a respirator after he was rushed from prison

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Egypt’s Mubarak dead at 84

June 20, 2012June 20, 2012 VOANews

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the man long seen as the symbol of stability in the Middle East but who

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
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WikiLeaks founder Assange seeks asylum in Ecuador

June 20, 2012June 20, 2012 VOANews

Ecuador’s foreign minister says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has asked for political asylum in the South American nation. Ricardo Patino

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hand pointing over keyboard of laptop computer
Europe News World 

Flame malware: Hard-drive horror

June 19, 2012June 19, 2012 Niklas Jakobsson of The Budapest Times

The recent discovery of the Flame malware is the latest in a series of revelations about malicious software that suggest

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Barack Obama
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Obama, G20 press Europe on economic plan

June 19, 2012May 27, 2013 Kent Klein of VOANews euro zone

Europe’s financial crisis took center stage on Monday as the Group of 20 economic summit began in Mexico.  President Barack

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euro coins of various values
Business News World 

G20 leaders arrive in Mexico for summit

June 18, 2012June 18, 2012 VOANews

World leaders are gathering in Mexico for a two-day G20 summit which begins Monday in the Pacific coast resort of

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russian president vladimir putin
News Perspectives World 

Russia Watch: Putin fails to scare Moscow’s middle class

June 17, 2012June 20, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

The young protester handing out fake “Go Straight to Jail” tickets just didn’t get it. In advance of Tuesday’s protest

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Europe News Sport World 

First court sentences for Euro 2012 hooligans

June 15, 2012June 15, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

Fast-track courts in Warsaw have handed out 23 sentences so far to hooligans following clashes that broke out ahead of

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