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Exit polls: No party wins majority in Bulgaria's parliamentary election
Associated PressSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria's center-right party and its main challenger, the Socialists, finished first and second in Sunday's parliamentary election, with neither one winning a majority needed to form a government, two exit polls indicated....Tags: Riots, Politics, National Government, Elections, Parliament
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Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov resigns
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov offered to step down after anti-government protests sparked street violence four months before parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place. The premier, who has been in office since 2009, told the Sofia-...
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Cities around Europe see protests backing jailed Russian band
PARIS (AP) — They asked for undies on heads, masks, and as much color as possible on Friday. They got a topless activist hacking down a cross in Ukraine, balaclavas on Soviet-era statues of soldiers in Bulgaria, and signs for "Justice" in Spain....Tags: Ukraine, Russia, Politics, Germany, Bulgaria
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Bulgarian Bus Bombing Suspect Had Fake U.S. License
CNNBURGAS, Bulgaria -- A bus bombing that killed five Israeli tourists, the bus driver and the suspected bomber in Bulgaria was probably carried out by a male suicide attacker who had a fake Michigan driver's license, Bulgaria's interior minister said...Tags: U.S. Embassy, Human Interest, Politics, Tehran (Iran), Prosecution
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Move over Dracula, tourists flock to see Bulgarian 'vampire'
World NowThe discovery last week of a 700-year-old skeleton with metal stakes where his heart had been has stirred a bout of vampire-mania in Europe and attracted flocks of tourists to the churchyard grave site in Bulgaria's Black Sea port of Sozopol. So keen is... -
Woman arrested in theft of Axl Rose's jewelry in Paris
Pop & HissPolice have recovered $200,000 worth of jewelry stolen from Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose after a concert in Paris.... -
Shared spaces, shared shame
Green Square in Tripoli. Tahrir Square in Cairo. The new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on Washington's National Mall. We humans know, deep inside, that public places — squares and greens and plazas that are open to all — are more than just...Tags: Travel, New York City, Johns Hopkins University, Politics, Egypt
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Classically Trained: Maestro has strong musical roots
SEAL BEACH — When your father plays violin, your brother plays violin, your cousins play violin and your aunt plays viola, clearly the sounds of strings run deep in the family.
So it was only natural that Maxim Eshkenazy take up the family trade...Tags: Armed Forces, University of Southern California, Education, Music, Europe
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Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra will tour this summer in Bulgaria, its conductor's homeland [Updated]
Culture MonsterConductor Maxim Eshkenazy will have a homecoming to Bulgaria, leading Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra on its first international tour... -
Mission: Sofia, Bulgaria
They have to wear a suit and tie practically everyday and are only permitted to use the phone to call their parents, but even then only on Christmas and Mother's Day. Interaction between sexes is limited, so dating is out and even flirting isn't...Tags: Travel, Mormonism, Trips and Vacations, Bulgaria, Christianity
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The EU's ugly little challenge
COLUM MCCANN's new novel, "Zoli," will be published Tuesday by Random House.ON NEW YEAR'S day, the European Union swelled by another 28 million people. The inclusion of Romania and Bulgaria in the European fold is cause for celebration in the streets of Bucharest and the courtyards of Sofia. For two of Europe's poorer countries,...Tags: Politics, Activism, Romania, Crime, Law and Justice, Theft
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Part 2: Journeys bring love home
Of The Morning CallAlan and Corinna Kline prayed every day, beseeching God for help. They prayed in quiet moments alone, with bowed heads and clasped hands before family dinners and at night as they climbed into bed. The Bethlehem couple begged God to watch over Lalka...Tags: Travel, Adoption, Vehicles, Judges, Prosecution
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