Latvian PM Quits Over Supermarket Disaster

Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis resigned on Wednesday, taking political responsibility for a supermarket collapse that killed 54 people last week and plunging the Baltic state into turmoil, just weeks before it joins the euro.   The departure of Latvia's longest-serving premier brought down its center-right government, a measure of the scale of the political uproar triggered by the tragedy in Riga.   President Andris Berzins said in a statement he planned to...

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