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NYPD to up presence after bias killing of gay man

By JENNIFER PELTZ and TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A spate of attacks on gay men in New York, including a killing in the heart of one of its most gay-friendly neighborhoods, is stirring up anxiety, disbelief and outrage heading into what is usually a time of celebration. In the wake of

Bulgarian center-right wins most of the votes

By VESELIN TOSHKOVAssociated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - The center-right party of former Prime Minister Boiko Borisov has fallen far short of winning a majority needed to form a government, according to nearly final election results released on Monday, and appears to have no willing partners to

Exit polls: No clear winner in Bulgarian vote

By VESELIN TOSHKOVAssociated Press SOFIA, 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. If that

Pro-Berlusconi rally in Italy draws cheers, jeers

By FRANCES D'EMILIOAssociated Press ROME (AP) - Thousands of supporters of former Premier Silvio Berlusconi rallied in a northern Italian city Saturday to protest the media mogul's recent conviction by a Milan appeals court for tax fraud, cheering their hero as police in riot gear separated