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RIGA, Latvia - Latvia's center-right government was poised to stay in power Sunday after voters backed its plans to continue painful reforms required by an international bailout program to fix the Baltic country's crippled economy.

BERLIN - German police say a flight from Latvia has safely landed in Berlin after authorities received a bomb threat while it was en route from Riga.

RIGA, Latvia - In a March 31 story about Moody's Investor Service ratings for the Baltic states, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the investment ratings for Latvia and Lithuania were "below investment grade." The ratings for both countries are in the Baa category and considered investment grade.

SKRUNDA, Latvia - Latvia on Friday sold a deserted town built around a Soviet-era radar station to a Russian investor who bid $3.1 million at an unusual auction, officials said.

SKRUNDA, Latvia - Latvia is preparing to auction off a Soviet ghost town abandoned after the Russian military withdrew from the Baltic country.
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