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VESELIN TOSHKOV Published: July 4, 2009 SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) ___ Voters angry over persistent corruption and a worsening economy are expected to oust Bulgaria's Socialist-led coalition and elevate the center-right party of Sofia's popular mayor to power in Sunday's parliamentary election. A change of power would continue a 19-year trend in Bulgaria in which no government has been re-elected, mainly because of tough reforms all have had to implement since the fall of Communism. Opinion polls in the run-up to Sunday's vote have suggested Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev will pay the price for the failure of his corruption-tainted government to handle an economy hit hard by the global downturn. One poll published Saturday suggested his main opponent, the capital's Mayor Boiko Borisov would easily win, although possibly by too... [read full story]
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