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Bulgarian Socialists pick first female leader, eye early election

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Bulgaria's Socialist Party (BSP), the biggest opposition party in the Balkan country, chose a new leader on Sunday with the task of winning back disaffected voters and pushing for an early general election. Kornelia Ninova, the first female leader in the BSP's 125-year history, won 395 votes from delegates at the party's congress, with her predecessor Mihail Mikov coming second on 349. "Dear comrades, thank you for the trust placed in me," 47-year-old Ninova said after her election to lead the BSP, heir to Bulgaria's once-mighty Communist Party. "I will not let you down, I will not be

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