Bulgaria Communist Freed
<i> Associated Press</i>
SOFIA, Bulgaria —
President Zhelyu Zhelev has pardoned former Communist Prime Minister Georgi Atanasov, who reportedly is in poor health, and freed him from prison. Atanasov was convicted of Communist-era crimes.
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