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Betelgeuse hurtles toward massive collision

January 25, 2013January 24, 2013 VOANews

A new photo of the star Betelgeuse reveals dramatic events unfolding a mere 643 light years away from Earth. The

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UN Security Council extends UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus until July 2013

January 25, 2013January 25, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The United Nations Security Council extended on January 24 2013 the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until July

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Iraq has need of Bulgaria’s experience, FM Mladenov told in Erbil

January 24, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Mladenov

If other citizens of Iraq had the same social benefits – stability, regular electricity supply, development – as those in

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IMF predicts modest global economic growth in 2013

January 24, 2013 VOANews

The International Monetary Fund says global economic growth will strengthen gradually this year. Wednesday’s report from the IMF says global

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Bulgaria reopens embassy in Baghdad during Foreign Minister’s visit to Iraq

January 23, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Mladenov

The Bulgarian embassy in Baghdad has reopened, after a hiatus of close to 10 years, during a visit to Iraq

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Israeli exit polls show surprisingly narrow Netanyahu victory

January 23, 2013January 23, 2013 VOANews

Exit polls in Israel show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party winning a narrow victory in Tuesday’s parliamentary elections, after

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Israel election: Exit polls show reverse for Netanyahu’s Likud, but with strong chance of victory in forming next governing coalition

January 22, 2013January 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud-Yisrael Beteinu has shed support, according to exit polls after the January 22 2013

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New evidence of ancient lake on Mars

January 22, 2013January 23, 2013 VOANews

A NASA orbiter flying around Mars is showing evidence of an ancient underground-fed lake at the bottom of a crater,

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Eastern Europe among regions to see worsening youth unemployment, ILO says

January 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Emerging economies in Eastern Europe, East and South-East Asia and the Middle East would continue to see rising youth unemployment

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