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Athens, Skopje trade messages on Macedonia name dispute at UN

October 1, 2012October 1, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Greece’s foreign minister, Dimitris Avramapoulos, addressing the United Nations General Assembly on September 27 2012, said that his country would

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Syrian crisis makes UN reform ever more urgent, European ministers say

October 1, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The year and a half of deadly violence inSyriais clear testimony of the need to reform the United Nations to

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Appeal hearing set for jailed Russian rockers Pussy Riot

October 1, 2012October 1, 2012 Jessica Golloher of VOANews

A Moscow court will hear an appeal in the case of three female punk rockers sentenced to two years in

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Obama, Romney prepare for presidential election debates

October 1, 2012October 1, 2012 VOANews

U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, are preparing for the next critical phase of the 2012

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Polish hardware on Mars on Nasa’s Curiosity Rover

October 1, 2012October 1, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

Nasa’s Curiosity rover, which successfully landed on Mars on August 6 2012, is fitted with infrared detectors developed and manufactured

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US scientists: clear evidence Mars had flowing water

September 28, 2012September 28, 2012 VOANews

U.S. scientists say pictures sent back from the Curiosity probe on Mars show clear evidence that water — essential for

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Archaeology: Early Christian baptismal fonts found at ancient fortress site in Bulgaria’s Byala

September 27, 2012September 27, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Varna archaeologists working at a site of an ancient fortress near Cape Saint Atanas in Byala on Bulgaria’s Black Sea

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Bulgaria grants funds for humanitarian aid in Syria, Sahel and to Palestinians

September 27, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Mladenov, Syria

Bulgaria’s Cabinet, acting on a proposal by Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov, approved on September 26 2012 the granting of 100 000

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Pussy Riot among MEPs’ nominees for 2012 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought

September 26, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Five nominations for the 2012 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought were presented at a joint meeting of the European

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