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FACTBOX-How Bulgaria's parliamentary election will work
ReutersSOFIA, May 8 (Reuters) - Bulgarians go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament, the European Union member state's eighth free general election since the fall of communism in 1989. The centre-right GERB party, which resigned from office in...Tags: Rosen Plevneliev, Politics, Bulgaria, Government, Elections
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Child's play over the budget
WASHINGTON -- The budget feud on Capitol Hill is looking like those Vietnam War peace talks when negotiators bickered over the shape of the table. House Republicans, after howling for years about Senate Democrats' failure to pass a budget, are...
Tags: Paul Ryan, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Government Health Care, Politics
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TAKE A LOOK-Bulgarians vote after protests fell government
ReutersBulgarians go to the polls to elect a new parliament on Sunday, after protests against low living standards forced the government to resign and raised questions over economic stability in the European Union's poorest country. TOP NEWS > Activists vow...Tags: Politics, National Government, Bulgaria, Government, Political Fundraising
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Libya crisis deepens as rebel groups expand demands
ReutersTRIPOLI, May 8 (Reuters) - Libya's political crisis deepened on Wednesday as armed groups surrounding two ministries in the capital said they had formed an alliance to present an expanded list of six demands that included the resignation of Prime Minister...Tags: Politics, National Government, Muammar Gaddafi, Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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FEATURE-Kuwait making tentative steps to connect with youth
Reuters* Ministers reach out to bloggers after protests * Young officials want economic reform in oil-rich Kuwait * Bureaucracy, corruption, politics stall development By Sylvia Westall KUWAIT, May 8 (Reuters) - On a January afternoon in Kuwait City, a group...Tags: Finance, Politics, Political Corruption, Economy, Business and Finance, Media Industry
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Spain's Rajoy balks at making deeper reforms
ReutersBy Fiona Ortiz MADRID, May 8 (Reuters) - After a year of radical reforms that made Spain more competitive but also exacerbated a deep recession, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has largely lost his appetite for aggressive and unpopular cuts to pensions or...Tags: Finance, Mariano Rajoy, Politics, Spain, European Central Bank
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U.S. congratulates Malaysia PM, notes concern about irregularities
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday congratulated Malaysia's prime minister on his coalition's election victory but urged the government to address concerns about election irregularities. "We note concerns regarding reported...Tags: Jay Carney, Najib Razak, Politics, Malaysia, National Government
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Pakistan bombing again targets Islamist party
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For the second day in a row, a bomb blast killed and maimed participants at a campaign rally being held by one of Pakistan's Islamist religious parties, indicating a broadening of targets in the violence that has primarily...
Tags: Politics, Taliban, Bombings, U.S. Elections, Islam
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Slovenia postpones parliament vote on budget cap until late May
ReutersLJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia postponed on Tuesday a parliamentary vote on setting a cap on the budget deficit until later in May, after parties failed to agree the terms of the so-called golden fiscal rule. The euro zone state, which is battling to...Tags: Finance, Politics, Public Finance, National Government, Government
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French, German politicians to pressure Google on tax
ReutersBy Tom Bergin and Natalie Huet LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - Politicians in Germany and France say they will press for Google to be quizzed on corporate income tax after a Reuters report highlighted how the company employs sales staff in the UK while telling...Tags: Finance, Politics, Google Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, European Parliament
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India's cheap food plans to prove costly for government
Reuters* Would raise subsidy bills 45 pct to up to 1.3 trln rupees * To provide cheap rice and wheat to 67.5 pct population * Will require 61 mln tonnes of grains a year By Jo Winterbottom NEW DELHI, May 7 (Reuters) - India may soon pass a new law to give...Tags: Finance, Politics, United Nations, National Government, Budgets and Budgeting
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EU Parliament committee backs built-in speed limit for new vans
Reuters* EU presidency seeking agreement by end-June on vehicle laws * Industry says carbon limit very ambitious, wants loopholes * Environmental campaigner say not ambitious enough By Barbara Lewis BRUSSELS, May 7 (Reuters) - The top speed of vans in the...Tags: Politics, Passenger Cars, General Motors Corp., Crime, Law and Justice, International Organizations
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