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FILE - In this June 17, 2011 file photo, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov attends the official opening ceremony for the partially reconstructed building of the Modern Art Museum in Sofia. Borisov may be is facing nationwide labor protests against his reforms of the pension system, but his countrymen certainly appreciate his ball skills. Borisov is running second in Bulgaria's annual Footballer of the Year survey, just behind Manchester United forward Dimitar Berbatov. Fans can vote until Dec. 4, 2011.
Photos   Politics   Sofia   Voting  
 Baltimore Sun 
Bulgaria's ousted center-right GERB extends lead before May vote
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's center-right GERB party, which resigned from power after protests in February, is extending its lead over rival parties before an election due in May, a poll showed on Thu... (photo: AP / Valentina Petrova)
Vettel driving for Red Bull Racing at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix, where he took the first pole position of the season.
Bahrain   Photos   Race   Sports   Wikipedia: Bahrain Grand Prix  
 Al Jazeera 
Webber reaches 200 GPs in Bahrain
Formula One's most controversial race, the Bahrain Grand Prix with its simmering backdrop of teargas and petrol bombs, might just give Mark Webber something to celebrate on Sunday. | Re... (photo: Creative Commons / Andrew Griffith)
Thailand pepsi, sunkist, 7up signs.jpg  Thai signs  Al Jazeera 
Thailand's home-grown drink beats Pepsi
Thailand has got a thirst for soft drinks, with its $1.5bn industry, the biggest in South East Asia. | But a brand war has erupted and a local newcomer to the market has taken the fizz out its in... (photo: Public Domain / Redlands597198)
Drinks   Industry   Photos   Thailand   Wikipedia: Soft drink  
Investigators in haz-mat suits examine the scene of the second bombing on Boylston Street in Boston Tuesday, April 16, 2013 near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, a day after two blasts killed three and injured over 170 people.  Al Jazeera 
Boston Marathon bombings: Breaking the pattern
No matter who is eventually found and brought to justice for the odious attack in Boston, the rush to blame "the Muslims" fits a longstanding and disturbing pattern after attacks like this one. Althou... (photo: AP / Elise Amendola)
Bombings   Boston   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Boston Marathon bombings  
Top Stories
Secretary-General Ban Ki moon visits a Drug Alternative Development Project (UNODC and Government) in Kyauk Ka Char (Hopong township, Shan State) , Myanmar.  April 30  2012  -Upon landing, the Secretary-General and Mrs. Ban will be greeted by local ethnic/village leaders, and by other officials from Naypyitaw who will be part of an advance team.   -The delegation will travel by car for 3-4 mins to a constructed meeting location outdoor.  -Pol. Col. Tin Maung Maung, Joint Secretary of the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC), will deliver on behalf of the government a 10 min presentation on the area, with specific reference to the issues of opium poppy cultivation, eradication, poverty, food insecurity and the link between these and the current cease-fire agreements in Shan.  -Mr. Gary Lewis, UNODC Regional Representative Regional Centre for East Asia and the Pacific, and Mr. Jason Eligh, UNODC Country Manager will make a 10 min presentation on what the UN, as represented by UNODC and WFP 'delivering as one' on the ground, do to address these problems and support Myanmar in contributing to the peace-building process in this region.  -The Secretary-General will be invited to deliver brief remarks   -Local villagers come forward to meet the Secretary-General and Mrs. Ban and interact with them for approx. 10 min. Al Jazeera
Organised crime worth $90bn year in East Asia
Organised crime gangs dealing in fake goods, drugs, human trafficking, and the illicit wildlife trade earn nearly $90bn annually in East Asia and the Pacific, a UN report... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)
Asia   Crime   Drugs   Photos   Wikipedia: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime  
File - President Barack Obama talks on the phone with President Vladimir Putin of Russia in the Oval Office, March 1, 2013. Al Jazeera
Obama to meet with S Korean president
Barack Obama, the US president, will welcome his counterpart from South Korea for talks next month, the White House has announced. | Park Geun-hye, South Korea's new... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
Photos   Politics   S Korea   US   Wikipedia: Republic of KoreaUnited States relations  
Selena Gomez performs during her 'We Own The Night' tour at the Mizner Park Amphitheater in Boca Raton Florida, USA - July 28, 2011 Music News
Selena Gomez world tour dates
World-wide, multi-platinum-selling singer and actress Selena Gomez will embark on a 56-city world tour in support of her highly anticipated summer album. | She will be je... (photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert)
Actress   Artists   Photos   Singer   Wikipedia: Selena Gomez  
Afghan security forces pose for a photo with a local man and bags of confiscated opium during a mission in Laghman province, Afghanistan, July 30, 2011. Huffington Post
Afghanistan's Opium Cultivation Increases For Third Year In A Row, Reports UN
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has been increasing for a third year in a row and is heading for a record high, the U.N. said in a report rel... (photo: US Army / Cpl. Natasha Mackenzie)
Afghanistan   Photos   UN   War   Wikipedia: Opium production in Afghanistan  
Venezuela's newly elected President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Attorney General Cilia Flores celebrate after the official results of the presidential elections were announced, at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, April 14, 2013. Al Jazeera
Chavismo outlives Chavez in Venezuela
Nicolas Maduro has cemented his position as Venezuela's president, winning a razor-thin mandate on Sunday, but the former bus driver seems unwilling to step out from the ... (photo: AP / Ramon Espinosa)
Photos   Politics   S America   Venezuela   Wikipedia: Venezuelan presidential election, 2013  
File - Former Italian Premier and leader of the center-right coalition Silvio Berlusconi addresses a rally in Rome, Saturday, March 23, 2013. Al Jazeera
Italy's Berlusconi 'ready to run for PM'
Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former prime minister and leader of the centre-right People of Liberty party, has said he would run for premier again if a snap vote is ca... (photo: AP / Andrew Medichini)
Europe   Italy   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Silvio Berlusconi  
Children hold anti government posters during a protest in a town in north Syria, Friday, March 2, 2012. Syria has faced mounting international criticism over its bloody crackdown on the uprising, which started with peaceful protests but has become increasingly militarized. Al Jazeera
'Children killed' in Syria air raids
Syrian government warplanes have carried out airstrikes on a rebel-aligned neighbourhood of the capital, Damascus, as well as a village in the country's northeast, k... (photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd)
Children   Photos   Politics   Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks during an annual rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, which toppled the late pro-U.S. Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. In his statements to the rally, Ahmadinejad said he is ready to have direct talks with United States if the West stops pressuring his country. Al Jazeera
Ahmadinejad to visit uranium-rich Niger
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, is beginning a visit to West Africa that will take him to Benin, Ghana and Niger, the world's fourth-largest uranium producer,... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Iran   Niger   Photos   Uranium   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran  
	Unemployment fuels Afghanistan insecurity Al Jazeera
Unemployment fuels Afghanistan insecurity
The Afghan government says it needs to create half a million jobs a year to combat growing unemployment. | As international aid money declines and foreign troops leave, A... (photo: US Army / Shane Hamann)
Afghanistan   Insecurity   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
Politics Business
- MEP Will Monitor the Bulgarian Bugging Row
- Politics and Nation
- Rising Tensions With Russia
- IBM Reports 2013 First-Quarter Results
FILE - In this June 17, 2011 file photo, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov attends the official opening ceremony for the partially reconstructed building of the Modern Art Museum in Sofia. Borisov may be is facing nationwide labor protests against his reforms of the pension system, but his countrymen certainly appreciate his ball skills. Borisov is running second in Bulgaria's annual Footballer of the Year survey, just behind Manchester United forward Dimitar Berbatov. Fans can vote until Dec. 4, 2011.
Bulgaria's ousted center-right GERB extends lead before May vote
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- Politics and Nation
- IBM Reports 2013 First-Quarter Results
- House passes pro-business cybersecurity bill
- Belarus court says book of news photos `extremist'
Venezuela's newly elected President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Attorney General Cilia Flores celebrate after the official results of the presidential elections were announced, at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, April 14, 2013.
Chavismo outlives Chavez in Venezuela
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Education Technology
- Holocaust survivor, U.S. Army veteran, talks to students
- Warsaw Sports Marketing Center: Two Decades of Educating Spo
- Bangladeshi farm workers in Greece shot at for demanding wag
- Cannes 2013: Competition celebrates Soderbergh's last fi
EU officials seek more private investment in jobs
EU officials seek more private investment in jobs
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- IBM Reports 2013 First-Quarter Results
- IBM earnings fall short as mainframe deals slip
- IBM Results Fall Short of Expectations
- Bay: Terrorists take advantage of technology’s wicked syne
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks during an annual rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, which toppled the late pro-U.S. Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. In his statements to the rally, Ahmadinejad said he is ready to have direct talks with United States if the West stops pressuring his country.
Ahmadinejad to visit uranium-rich Niger
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Trade Health
- FOREX-Euro gains vs U.S. dollar; yen drops as G20 meets
- FOREX-Euro rebounds versus dollar; yen weaker as G20 meets
- France's L'Oreal posts 5.1 percent sales growth
- Spain approves new eviction law
Sharp and LG Electronics at Sm Molino Branch, Philippines
Nikkei set to fall on weak global markets; Apple-linked shares may falter
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- Jakub Gutenbaum, Warsaw Ghetto Survivor, Recalls Hell
- New app helps Icelanders avoid accidental incest
- Britain, France claim Syria used chemical weapons
- Study reveals austerity's harmful impact on health in Gr
Secretary-General Ban Ki moon visits a Drug Alternative Development Project (UNODC and Government) in Kyauk Ka Char (Hopong township, Shan State) , Myanmar.  April 30  2012  -Upon landing, the Secretary-General and Mrs. Ban will be greeted by local ethnic/village leaders, and by other officials from Naypyitaw who will be part of an advance team.   -The delegation will travel by car for 3-4 mins to a constructed meeting location outdoor.  -Pol. Col. Tin Maung Maung, Joint Secretary of the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC), will deliver on behalf of the government a 10 min presentation on the area, with specific reference to the issues of opium poppy cultivation, eradication, poverty, food insecurity and the link between these and the current cease-fire agreements in Shan.  -Mr. Gary Lewis, UNODC Regional Representative Regional Centre for East Asia and the Pacific, and Mr. Jason Eligh, UNODC Country Manager will make a 10 min presentation on what the UN, as represented by UNODC and WFP 'delivering as one' on the ground, do to address these problems and support Myanmar in contributing to the peace-building process in this region.  -The Secretary-General will be invited to deliver brief remarks   -Local villagers come forward to meet the Secretary-General and Mrs. Ban and interact with them for approx. 10 min.
Organised crime worth $90bn year in East Asia
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