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Bulgarian torrent site named in report to US congress on internet piracy

September 21, 2012September 21, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian torrent tracker site Zamunda has been named in a report to the United States congress by the working group

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China to continue supporting Europe’s recovery

September 21, 2012May 22, 2013 Al Pessin of VOANews

China’s premier says his country will continue to help Europe resolve its debt crisis, indicating Beijing will not stop buying

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Russian democracy groups face tough times after USAID ouster

September 20, 2012September 20, 2012 Jessica Golloher of VOANews

Russia has given the United States Agency for International Development until October 1, 2012 to close its operations and leave the country. 

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Turkish polls show waning support for Ankara’s Syria policy

September 19, 2012 Dorian Jones of VOANews

A recent opinion poll in Turkey found that only 18 percent of Turks back their government’s support for the Syrian

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Moscow asks Washington to end USAID programmes in Russia

September 19, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

Russian President Vladimir Putin has enacted a series of restrictive laws since returning to office in May.  He and the

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Russia Watch: ‘Russia’s Tibet’ opens to the outside world

September 18, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

Word of the killings of four American diplomats in Libya took 24 hours to reach me last week. That was

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US publishing of Katyn crime files should encourage other governments to open their archives, US ambassador to Poland says

September 17, 2012September 16, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

US Ambassador in Warsaw Lee A. Feinstein said  that he hopes that the publication of documents, that has long been

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Pussy Riot sentence is deeply disappointing political intimidation, members of European Parliament say

September 14, 2012September 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The human rights situation in Russia has deteriorated drastically in the past few months, with the adoption of a series

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US central bank launches new economic stimulus

September 13, 2012 VOANews

The U.S. central bank launched new measures Thursday to try to stimulate the weak U.S. economy, even as it predicted

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