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Foreign tour groups have not cancelled bookings after Bourgas terrorist bomb attack, Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister says

July 23, 2012July 25, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The July 18 terrorist suicide bomber attack on Israeli tourists at Bourgas Airport has not resulted in foreign tour groups

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Bulgaria News World 

After Bourgas bomb attack, memorial services and the hunt for accomplices

July 23, 2012July 23, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Israeli tourism minister Stas Misezhnikov was scheduled to visit Bulgaria on July 23 2012 at the invitation of his Bulgarian

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Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras
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Greek PM: Country’s plight like US Great Depression

July 23, 2012July 23, 2012 VOANews

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras says his country is facing economic upheaval like that of the devastating U.S. Great Depression

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Smoke and mirrors – tourism and the Olympics

July 23, 2012July 23, 2012 Mark Thomas

May 26 2012 was just another sporting Saturday in London; a football play off with 60 000 spectators in attendance

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Bulgaria News World 

Heightened security continues at Bulgarian airports, bus, rail stations after terrorist suicide bombing

July 22, 2012July 22, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Heightened security measures remain in place at Bulgaria’s airports, ports, bus and railway stations and post office, on the orders

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Bulgaria News World 

US ambassador-designate to Bulgaria Marcie Ries spells out priorities

July 21, 2012July 22, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Appearing in front of the US senate foreign relations committee on July 18 2012, US ambassador-designate in Sofia, Marcie B

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Bulgaria News World 

Investigation continues into identity of suicide bomber at Bulgaria’s Bourgas Airport : Latest update

July 20, 2012July 20, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Investigations are continuing into the identity of the suicide bomber whose July 18 terrorist attack on Israeli tourists at Bulgaria’s

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News Perspectives World 

Russia Watch: Why does the Kremlin defend the suspects in the Magnitsky case?

July 20, 2012July 21, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

Many countries have mafias. I’ve reported on gangsters in Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil. I’ve spent time mulling the human landscapes

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Bulgaria News World 

Interpol deploying team to assist Bulgarian investigation into suicide terrorist bomb attack on Israeli tour bus

July 20, 2012July 20, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Interpol is to deploy an Incident Response Team (IRT) to Bulgaria to assist national authorities in their investigation into the

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