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Friday, May 1, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comProtesters from New York to Los Angeles combine calls for higher wages and better working conditions with fight against racism and police abuses Continue reading...
Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Independent - UK RSS FeedA minority Labour government would force the SNP to choose whether it backs a Labour Queen’s Speech or votes with the Conservatives, the party’s Scottish leader has warned the Nationalists.-
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Daily Express :: UK FeedA MOTHER hanged herself after being “verbally abused” by her boyfriend about enjoying a girls’ night out, an inquest heard.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from mirror - UK NewsJohn Smith, 30, was said to have been an exciting young player with the Anfield club before his life went off the rails
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from International Business TimesThe Mediterranean Sea is 9,000 miles, or 15,000 kilometers, away from China, in an area where China has no stated strategic goals. Yet this month, for the first time, the Chinese navy will conduct an exercise there. China and Russia are ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from mirror - UK NewsSir Paul Beresford's campaign in Mole Valley, Surrey is "invisible" as he spends 47% of the working days in a different surgery to his political one
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Metro » UK | Metro UK
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsPolice in Burundi said Friday they have arrested close to 600 people during protests and clashes sparked by the president's bid to stay in power. Protesters announced a two-day truce, but warned they would return to the streets on Monday...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - UKCeltic are one game away from being crowned league champions after an emphatic victory at home to Dundee.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - WorldPolice say a device found in the Brompton Park area of north Belfast was a 'substantial viable bomb'.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - UKTwo circus performers tie the knot while balanced on a high-wire 25m (80ft) in the air.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from mirror - UK NewsSergeant Andy Stewart of Devon and Cornwall Police told a town council meeting the traditional smiling bobbies on patrol could soon be consigned to history
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Daily Express :: UK FeedA POLICE chief yesterday denied trying to blame “drunk” Liverpool fans for the Hillsborough tragedy.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from mirror - UK NewsThai police today found the remains, believed to belong to migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, at what authorities say is an abandoned trafficking camp in the jungle in Thailand's south.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - WorldCriminal charges are brought against six police officers over the death of Freddie Gray, sparking celebrations on the streets of Baltimore.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from World news | Mail OnlineCars set on fire by protesters in Milan burned during a rally against Expo 2015. May Day violence engulfed the Italian city, while protesters also took the streets in other countries across the world.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from mirror - UK NewsJack Sen wrote: "You’re about authentic Labour as Ed Miliband. Protect child benefits? If you had it your way you’d send the £ to Poland/Israel"
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - WorldThe Chinese government publishes 21 pictures of scenic tourist spots where civil servants are banned from meeting.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - WorldEd Miliband urges voters not to "gamble" with the SNP, saying his opposition to the nationalist party is "principled" not "tactical".
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Daily Express :: UK FeedA SENIOR doctor and a hospital chief executive appeared in court today accused of causing the death of a woman as she gave birth by emergency caesarean section.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from mirror - UK NewsBritish Transport Police released a CCTV image of the man following the disturbing incident
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comRuling related to decade-old lawsuit filed by parish near New Orleans Plaintiffs must be compensated but damages are still unclear Continue reading...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsManny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather step on the scale Friday for their "Fight of the Century" weigh-in as global anticipation for the long-awaited boxing showdown reaches fever pitch. The key pre-fight ritual, scheduled for 3:00 pm (2200...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsClassic 1970s TV series "Roots", about one African family's struggle to survive slavery over generations, is to be remade for US television next year, the companies behind it said Friday. Emmy-award winning actor LeVar Burton, who played...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from World news | Mail OnlineGrieving Anita, 14, is just one of thousands left devastated by the the rising death toll, which now stands at 6,204, six days after the 7.8-magnitude quake struck Nepal.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Independent - UK RSS FeedNatalie Bennett has said her party is “open to consultation” on the possibility of legalising polygamy and civil partnerships involving three or more people.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - WorldJustin Rowlatt travels with an Indian Air force rescue mission taking aid supplies to one of the most remote areas of Nepal cut off by the earthquake.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsA US judge Friday ordered BNP Paribas to pay a record $8.9 billion fine to settle violations of US sanctions linked to Iran and other countries. Judge Lorna Schofield finalized a sentence that also included a five-year probation and the ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - WorldAlastair Cook scores his first Test century since May 2013 on the opening day of the third Test against West Indies in Barbados.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - WorldThe UN Security Council is holding closed-door meetings on the conflict in Yemen, where fuel shortages are threatening aid efforts, six weeks into a Saudi bombing campaign against the country's Houthi rebels.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from euronewsTaking a stand in Berlin's Alexanderplatz are whistleblowers Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden. Activists and members of Germany's…
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from mirror - UK NewsWe are reprinting our full historic V-E Day newspaper, published on May 8, 1945, in tomorrow's Daily Mirror. It is a brilliant souvenir of one of the greatest days in our nation's history
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - WorldA popular narrow-gauge train service is relaunched in Damascus - in a reminder of better days in the war-torn Syrian capital.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comHelicopter made emergency landing after attack Twelve others were injured and three other soldiers were missing Continue reading...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Metro » World | Metro UK
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsAndre-Pierre Gignac's double fired Marseille to a 2-0 win over relegation-bound Metz on Friday to boost the south coast giants' prospects of competing in next season's Champions League. Gignac, out of contract at the end of the season, c...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Metro » UK | Metro UK
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Daily Express :: UK FeedA POLICE officer was jailed for three years yesterday after having sex with vulnerable women while on duty.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Spain's Latest NewsTilling garlic near Ronda - a good year and 2/3 days from market...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Daily Express :: UK FeedRESIDENTS on a swanky Central London street are furious after film crews from The Apprentice allegedly sparked noise and traffic complaints.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from mirror - UK NewsThomas Valliday, 27, was handed a life sentence for savagely beating dad-of-two Frank "Bap" McGreevy to death in 2008
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comThe former Florida governor Jeb Bush says the Baltimore mom who smacked her son around at the riots this week reminded him of his own mother, former first lady Barbara Bush. During an interview with the National Review's editor, Rich Low...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from International Business TimesNorway has taken over from Italy in leading NATO’s Baltic Air Policing Mission over Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. The mission, which has been expanded because of the increasing hostility from Russia over the last year, will involve the ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - UKPolice charge four men as part of an investigation into modern day slavery.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from National Updates
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from mirror - UK NewsThe German chain has announced it will stock a new selection after seeing its wine sales surge by 38 per cent in the last year
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandAIB has announced it is to cut mortgage interest rates on both occupier and buy-to-let mortgages.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by AFPCharity springs into life in ruined Kathmandu Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe A charity has sprung up at a hotel in Kathmandu comprising of local and foreign volunteeers who are doing... ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandGardaí and the Road Safety Authority are urging motorists to take care over the bank holiday weekend, and to keep a particular look out for motorcyclists.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandIrish Water has said a boil water notice for Boyle, Co Roscommon has been lifted.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsAmateur jockey James Nolan will once again ride to raise funds for kidney research
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by AFPViolent clashes overshadow start of Milan Expo Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe Police fire tear gas at stone-throwing, masked protesters who have smashed windows and torched several cars....
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NYT > EuropeRiot police in Istanbul on Friday fired tear gas and water cannons into crowds of May Day protesters, who had attempted to defy a ban to gather in the city’s Taksim Square.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from RTÉ News - WorldUp to 1,000 people from the European Union are missing in Nepal and 12 are confirmed dead, nearly a week after a devastating earthquake.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandThe Health Service Executive has said it has extended a review of colonoscopies carried out at Wexford General Hospital, which was originally announced in February, as a precautionary measure.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandUniversity College Cork has said it will apply to the High Court for an injunction to prevent staff members from the Tyndall National Institute who are members of SIPTU and IFUT from picketing the entrances to the university's main campu...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandBusinessman Denis O'Brien's application for an injunction against RTÉ, preventing a report about what he says are his private banking affairs from being broadcast, has been adjourned until 12 May.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandA 35-year-old Dublin man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of veteran criminal Eamon Kelly in Killester, Dublin two-and-a-half years ago.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsMay Day marchers numbered at 6,000 by gardaí make way through Dublin city centre
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsA primary school student wrote her expecting teacher a letter wishing her luck with the birth of her child. The girl then felt she needed to warn her teacher that giving birth feels like "pooping out a bowling ball". The post Student war...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsMichael Murphy (33) gets two years and Garrett Hill (34) one year for separate assaults
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Reuters: Top News(Reuters) - Manufacturing activity growth remained sluggish in some of the world's major economies in April, suggesting that global economic growth remains "moderate and uneven," as the International Monetary Fund described it in its Wor...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsKarl Morrison alleged Tallaght shop put picture of him on front door
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieA six-year-old boy has been seriously injured in a crash in Cork.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by AFPSurvivors feel abandoned at dark heart of Nepal quake Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe Desperate survivors living at ground zero of Nepal's earthquake complain they felt abandoned to t...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieUniversity College Cork is to take legal proceedings in a bid to prevent unions from placing pickets on its campus.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsIPU chief cites frustration at lack of Government action to support post offices
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieThree men have been arrested after a cannabis grow house was discovered in Tipperary this morning.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from DutchNews.nlTroubled construction company Ballast Nedam posted a loss of €103m in 2014, more than double its 2013 loss of €41m....
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Reuters: Top NewsLONDON, May 1 (Reuters) - - Lending to British consumers jumped in March by its biggest amount since before the financial crisis and business borrowing showed its strongest rise in at least four years, the Bank of England said on Friday.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandThree men have been arrested after cannabis with an estimated street value of €700,000 and a single barrel shotgun were seized in Co Tipperary.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsTrade union FNV organized a march and demonstration in Amsterdam on May 1st, Labor Day, calling for more "real jobs" instead of temporary contracts. The post Unions, employers fight over permanent contracts appeared first on NL Times .
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieBus drivers are being urged to call off days of strike action planned for later this month.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by AFPDescendants of slaves protest in Mauritania Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe Several thousand descendants of black Moors who were taken as slaves in Mauritania demonstrate in Nouakchott......
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by AFPObama says 'vital' that truth come out on Gray death Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe US President Barack Obama said Friday it was "absolutely vital" that the truth come ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsWork to turn former Irish Steel plant into green amenity due to start this later year
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NYT > EuropeIn advance of its opening, the Museum of Royal Collections is insisting that the Prado surrender four paintings, including its top two attractions.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsEstimates put number of hares on island between six and 15
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from RTÉ News - WorldA "full file" of evidence against disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris has been presented to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), sources said tonight.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from World: BreakingNews.ieA baby girl has been born to a young Nepalese couple in one of the field hospitals set up following last weekend’s earthquake.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Reuters: Top NewsNEW YORK (Reuters) - BNP Paribas SA was sentenced to five years probation by a U.S. judge on Friday in connection with a record $8.9 billion (5.88 billion pounds) settlement resolving claims that it violated sanctions against Sudan, Cuba...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from World: BreakingNews.ieDozens of people are protesting the opening of Milan’s Expo 2015, torching parked cars, smashing bank and shop windows and clashing with riot police.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsA total of more than 8.5 million people submitted their tax returns before May 1st. According to the Rijksoverheid, this is more than the previous year. The post About 8.5 million filed income tax so far appeared first on NL Times .
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NYT > EuropeMelih Gokcek’s Twitter posts were an effort to highlight what he saw as hypocrisy shown by the United States government and media in taking other countries to task for their human rights lapses.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieGardaí in Dublin have arrested a man after €100,000 worth of cannabis was found in the Santry area.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsFirst Families First member John Waters says marriage amendment is ‘insanity’
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by AFPExtreme surfers chill with Arctic waves in Norway Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe Die-hard surfers flock to the Lofoten Islands in Norway year-round to catch the Arctic's cool waves. ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NYT > EuropeNigel Farage, the leader of the U.K. Independence Party, visited Ramsgate, England, last week during his campaign for a seat in Parliament. He faces both strong support and opposition there.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandThe Fine Gael executive council has added Richard Bruton to the party's general election ticket for the Dublin Bay North constituency.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Reuters: Top NewsBALTIMORE (Reuters) - A Baltimore police officer was charged with murder and five others with lesser charges in the death of a black man who suffered a critical neck injury while riding inside a police van, the city's chief prosecutor sa...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by AFPIstanbul in security shutdown on tense May Day Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe Turkish police on Friday put Istanbul under a security shutdown to thwart unauthorised demonstrations on a.....
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by AFPSouth Africa celebrates labourers on International Workers' Day Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe On International Workers' Day, 18 different rallies took place in South Africa to c...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsRoad Safety Authority reaches agreement with Manitoba on exchange of permits
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsDentist testifies in case of three men who claim they were attacked at Shell protests
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieMet Éireann has issued a rain warning for the start of the May bank holiday weekend.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsEnda Kenny says there are no winners from bus workers’ industrial action
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalThe riots in Baltimore have caused mixed reactions. On one level, it’s inarguable that a principal cause was outrage over the death of Freddie Gray in police custody. But former presidential candidate Ron Paul points out that the roots g...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from TASS: WorldMOSCOW, May 1. /TASS/. Interior Ministry officers of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) have seized some 200 units of weapons and over 70 boxes with various ammunition during a special operation in the city of Krasnodon,...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from News Agency UNIANAbout 1,000 European citizens are still reported missing after a powerful earthquake in Nepal last Saturday.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from ZIK.ua - PoliticsIf we retreat from Shyrokine, enemy will move Grads to shell Mariupol – Ukraine serviceman told our correspondent May 1.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by RTMilan Expo protest escalates: tear gas, cars burned Clashes have broken out between police and Expo 2015 protesters in Milan, with officers firing tear gas at marchers. It came after protesters torched two cars, threw firecrackers, and d...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from TASS: RussiaMOSCOW, May 1. /TASS/. More than 3 million people have taken part in events dedicated to May 1, when Russia marks Spring and Labor Day, in the country, the Russian Interior Ministry said Friday. "According to the Interior Ministry data, ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalThe decision by the State's Attorney for the city of Baltimore to file criminal charges against the police officers involved in the illegal arrest of Freddie Gray represents a critical moment in holding law enforcement accountable for th...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from News RSSAmazonian tribes are uniting against the Brazilian government’s plans to build hydroelectric dams right on their doorstep. As the projects accelerate, people have not been consulted, nor have proper environmental studies been carried out...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalThe second man transported in the same police van as Freddie Gray on the day of his arrest has come forward to set the record straight about what he witnessed, asserting that a news story relying on police documents got it wrong.
- MARRAKECH, Morocco - Fourth-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine will face unseeded Timea Babos of Hungary in the Grand Prix SAR final after both players won their semifinals in straight sets on April 1.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from EUROMAIDAN PRESSTwo weeks ago I explained why Romania will fight Russia if Putin expands his war from Donbas further into Ukraine. A few commented that Romania wouldn’t fight – they are mistaken. Romania will fight, as abandoning Moldavia to Russia’s im...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalMarine Le Pen, the leader of the French right-wing National Front party, is going to file a lawsuit against the Femen movement activists, who twice disrupted her May Day speech, a press release on the party's website said Friday.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from TASS: RussiaMOSCOW, May 1. /TASS/. Russia’s Emergencies Ministry has dispatched an aircraft to the Nepalese capital Kathmandu to evacuate over 40 Russians wishing to leave the country, the ministry told TASS Friday. "An An-148 plane took off from th...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from News Agency UNIANFor more than an hour, Donbas militants have been standing on the offensive against the Ukrainian Azov regiment near the village of Shyrokyne, which is located not far from the Ukrainian-held city of Mariupol in Donetsk region.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from News RSSThree raccoons broke out of their cages and caused havoc at a mobile company’s office in Moscow. The crimes of the striped perpetrators, who overturned boxes and destroyed equipment, were caught on a CCTV cam. Read Full Article at RT.com
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by RTBaltimore residents celebrate charges against 6 police officers Residents of Baltimore celebrated in the streets on Friday after the city's top prosecutor announced that criminal charges would be brought against six police officers i...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by RTMassive crowd in Sanaa protest Saudi strikes in Yemen Thousands of people took to the streets of Sanaa, Friday, to protest against Saudi intervention in Yemen and the Saudi-led airstrikes that have seen hundreds killed and thousands left...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Baltic TimesDuring the third ASEM transport ministers' meeting in Riga today, European Transportation Commissioner Violeta Bulc said that the Rail Balti......
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from RT - UKWith less than a week to go before the UK general election, RT visits Nigel Farage’s target constituency in Kent to ask what locals think of the insurgent UKIP leader. Read Full Article at RT.com
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from News Agency UNIANCommunist Party supporters in Russia celebrated International Workers' Day, or May Day, on May 1, carrying imperial slogans and portraits of Stalin.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from News Agency UNIANNATO says the pace of reform at the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Defense Ministry is insufficient.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalThe recent forest fires in Chernobyl highlight the urgency to invest in research and remediation related to the contaminated lands surrounding the reactor and need for finalizing the details a new Safe Confinement Facility, according to ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Censor.NET - NewsThe total amount of claims of Naftohaz to Gazprom under the contract on gas purchase and transit contract has already exceeded $16 billion.
- MOSCOW - A Finnish media company on April 30 said it would sell its one-third stake in Vedomosti, Russia' s most influential business newspaper, as well as ownership of The Moscow Times, the country's only English-language daily, to a Ru...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from News RSSNo one assumed traveling to Mars would be a particularly safe task, with space debris and supply shortages weighing on the minds of those brave enough to leave Earth. But another danger has now been revealed – cosmic rays which threaten ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from New Poland Express - Polish News, Sport and Current AffairsJustice Minister Cezary Grabarczyk resigned from his position this week following on from allegations that he had received a licence for firearms despite not going through the correct channels or taking the appropriate tests.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorOn May 1, celebrations of the "holiday of work" are held across Slovakia but, unlike during communist times, people could choose what kind of celebration they want to take part in and whether they want to take part at all.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Czech HappeningsPrague - New Chief of Staff Josef Becvar wants to lay a greater emphasis on personnel questions of the Czech military, also focusing on the building of active reserves, Becvar told CTK today. ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Daily News HungaryBudapest (MTI) – The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee will next week hold a debate on Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s proposals on migration and capital punishment, Hungarian Socialist MEP Istvan Ujhelyi to...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from New Poland Express - Polish News, Sport and Current AffairsAuthorities are currently investigating the death of a 46-year-old man after he was twice refused an ambulance.
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NationalThe head of the European Commission, Donald Tusk, might have suggested that Cezary Grabarczyk resign from the position of Justice Minister.
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Czech HappeningsBrandy nad Labem - Czech President Milos Zeman will veto an amendment raising the speed limit on selected sections of motorways to 150km/h under suitable technical and construction conditions because...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Daily News Hungary
According to divany.hu, World Press Photo announced the 12 young photographers who can participate in this year’s Joop Swart master course. Among the best there also was the Hungarian Istvan Bielik. The Joop Swart master course of the wo... -
Friday, May 1, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesWWII veteran and war hero Antonin Bukový, decorated for bravery at the Battle of Sokolovo, has died at the age of 98, the ctk news agency reported. He was one of the founders of the First Czechoslovak Independent Field Battalion, which f...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Daily News HungaryBudapest (MTI) – Hungary’s government has raised its forecast for 2015 GDP growth from 2.5 percent to 3.1 percent, economy ministry state secretary Peter Beno Banai told public news channel M1 on Thursday. The state secretary...
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NationalPM Ewa Kopacz has nominated Civic Platform MP Borys Budka for the post of Justice Minister, following the resignation of Cezary Grabarczyk.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesCzech police say they have registered the presence of several members of the Russian Night Wolves bikers club in the Czech Republic. Several of them reportedly attended Thursday’s remembrance events in Ostrava marking the end of WWII. Ho...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesPolitical parties are marking Labour Day with a series of happening at different venues in Prague. The Communist Party traditionally invited its supporters to the Holešovice fair grounds, while the Civic Democratic Party is staging an ev...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from World News - PRAGUE POST | The Voice of PragueCzech plane returns from Nepal with Czechs and other Europeans
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Daily News HungaryBudapest (MTI) – Hungary has no plans to introduce the death penalty, “it is only a matter of debates,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban told European Parliament president Martin Schulz on Thursday. Related article: POLITICA...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThe Czech Republic is hosting the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship which runs from May 1st to May 17, 2015. The tournament, entering its 79th year, will feature 16 teams, including consistent contenders Russia, Canada, and the Uni...
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articles
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Politics.huVoter support stagnated in April with governing Fidesz still taking the lead and Jobbik coming in second in a poll published by Tárki. Fidesz had 23% support in April, compared to 24% in January among the whole population. Jobbik’s suppo...
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Politics.huThe co-governing Christian Democrats do not support the idea of restoring the death penalty in Hungary, Bence Rétvári, the party’s deputy leader, said.The Christian Democrats welcomed that the criminal code had been made stricter over th...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Daily News HungaryBudapest (MTI) – The government has extended the mandate of the Armed Forces’ mission in Somalia until the end of next year, Defence Minister Csaba Hende said in a report submitted to parliament on Thursday. The government ha...
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Daily News Hungary1st of May falls on a weekend this year, so you have a plenty of exciting programs to choose from during the weekend in Budapest. Here are four programs that have been expected to be the most exciting ones. Related article: RAIKKONEN WIL...
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesOn Friday, Expo 2015 gets underway in Italy’s Milan and the Czech pavilion is ready to open its door to the public. The main theme this year is “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life.” When I spoke to Expo’s Czech commissioner, Jiří Franti...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Budapest Times » Politics | The Budapest Times
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Politics.huThe government has allocated more than 1 billion forints (EUR 3.3million) to help Budapest in managing of hazardous waste in a depot at Illatos Road, the mayor of Budapest said on Thursday. The issue was discussed at the recent cabinet m...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThe ANO party of Finance Minister Andrej Babiš has established a platform for party members under 35 years-of-age, of whom there are presently 120. Mr. Babiš said he expected the party’s younger members to provide creative input and to t...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishThe Macedonian Prosecution for Organized Crime and Corruption has indicted a group of suspects in the so-called "Coup Case". Among them is leader of the opposition SDSM party Zoran Zaev.
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Independent Balkan News Agency
Nicosia, April 30, 2015/ Independent Balkan News Agency By Kyriacos Kyriacou The realisation of the 2nd Cyprus-Egypt-Greece Tripartite Summit Meeting, in Nicosia and the Declaration adopted at the level of the Heads of States, puts in pr... -
Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latest NewsGerman President Joachim Gauck expressed support on Friday for Athens's demands for reparations for the Nazi occupation of Greece in World War Two, even though the government in Berlin has repeatedly rejected the claims.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishInternational Workers Day, May 1, is known in Serbia as Labor Day and is a two-day non-working holiday in the country. It is traditionally marked with early morning picnics and barbecues known in Serbian as "uranak" - and with protests o...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Albeu.comHead of the EU Office and EU's Special Representative in Kosovo, Samuel Zbogar commented today the Stabilization and Association Agreement on Kosovo adopted by the European Commission. "Today's approval marks a significant step in relati...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishFrench Ambassador to Serbia Christine Moro presented the French National Order of the Legion of Honor, the rank of Knight, to journalist Olja Beckovic. It was given for her "exceptional career path and courage," the ambassador said, stre...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishCrvena Zvezda (Red Star) Telekom basketball club from Belgrade has won the Adriatic League. The Serbian team won the title after defeating home side Cedevita in Zagreb, Croatia, late on Thursday - 89-79 (30-25, 22-10, 17-23, 20-21) in Ga...
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Tanjug agency....Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will visit Sarajevo at the beginning of June, Ivan Mrkic, foreign affairs adviser to the Serbian president, has said.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishThree persons were arrested and questioned by the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) of Bosnia-Herzegovina in connection with the Zvornik attack. The terrorist attack on a police station in this town in the Serb entity (RS)...
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Bulgarian power distributors and heating utilities are seeking double-digit hikes in prices for end consumers from July, Nova TV reported on Thursday. The heating utility supplying hot water to the city of Plovdiv is seeking the highest ...
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Albeu.comIn an interview for Blendi Fevziu, Ben Blushi, said that "Renaissance" has failed. According to him, the Albanian government for 18 months did not keep its promises in many areas and that is the reason why Albanians are fleeing the count...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latest NewsGreece’s hotel sector is presently witnessing plenty of action in terms of new acquisitions and the opening of luxury units, with the involvement of domestic firms as well as companies from the US, Russia, Germany and Cyprus.
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from InSerbia NewsBELGRADE – The Fiscal Council has noted on Thursday that conditions have not been met to consider rises in pensions and public
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Tanjug agency....Serbia’s foreign trade in the January-March 2015 period amounted to USD 7.48 billion, down 11.9 percent against a year earlier, while expressed in the Eurozone currency, it was EUR 6.64 billion, an increase of 7.1 percent, the Statistica...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishSerbia is a bright spot on the map of the Western Balkans, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Hoyt Brian Yee has said. Speaking in the U.S. Congress, he also stated that "what is most encouraging Serbia's c...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishThe Serbian Customs Administration has announced that an attempt to smuggle EUR 274,600 was prevented on Friday at the Horgos border crossing with Hungary. The money was found in a car with German plates, hidden in the spare tire space a...
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Tanjug agency....Three persons were arrested and questioned at the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) of Bosnia-Herzegovina in connection with the terrorist attack on a police station in Zvornik, Republika Srpska (RS).
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Keep Talking GreeceHuh!? We have a saying in Greek, I will reveal it to you at the end of the post… Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem warned the Greek government that Europe is prepared for any outcome to the standoff betw...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishHashim Thaci is "making noisy statements to chase away his fear caused by the anxiety over the foundation of a special (war crimes) court." This is what Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo said on Friday, reacting to Thaci's statement...
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from InSerbia NewsFor several years now, there has been talk of the strengthening of Radical Islam in the territory of the Western Balkans, but
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Bulgaria’s consolidated budget showed a surplus of BGN 257.1 M at the end of March, equivalent to 0.3 % of the GDP projected for 2015, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. This compared with a consolidated budget deficit of BGN 874 M a...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishFriday marks 20 years since the offensive of Croatian forces against Serb areas in western Slavonia, at the time a part of the Republic of Serb Krajina (RSK). During the two-day operation dubbed "Flash", which started on May 1, 1995 abou...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latest NewsAn agreement has been reached for Selonda Fish Farming to absorb Dias Aquaculture, with the former acquiring the latter’s assets while Dias’s obligations will be covered by banks, according the agreement signed on Thursday.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latest NewsThe government has submitted an amendment to immigration-related legislation currently being debated in Parliament that would allow it to bypass for the rest of this year the tender process for schemes aimed at providing housing and food...
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Sofia Globe
Russian state media are ramping up nationalism ahead of the 70th anniversary of “Victory Day” on May 9, preparing to air films and TV programs dedicated to the glory of […]
