Romanians Hope for New Era as Basescu Wins Vote
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Romanian centrist Traian Basescu scored an upset presidential win Monday and vowed to replace the ruling ex-communists with a reformist team in the run-up to European Union entry in 2007.
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BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - Observers fear that vote tampering will mar results of Sunday&#39;s presidential election in Romania. The close race is between Bucharest&#39;s mayor, Traian Basescu, a frank-talking, hands-on
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Traian Basescu, the head of Romania&#39;s main opposition alliance won the presidential run-off election against Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, early results said.
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Nearly 18 million Romanians are eligible to vote Sunday in the first round of a presidential election to replace Ion Iliescu and lead the former communist state into the European Union.
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Traian Basescu took office Monday as Romania's third president since the Communist regime fell in 1989, and he pledged to clean up rampant corruption and carry out reforms that will ready the country for ...
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Romania is preparing to elect a new president, 15 years after the revolution that toppled the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.
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Romanian President Traian Basescu, top, adjust his microphone as ultranationalist leader Corneliu Vadim Tudor, right, carries a banner depicting Basescu behind bars, and shouts attempting to interrupt the ...Comment
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Traian Basescu is the projected winner of Romania&#39;s presidential election, with 51.7 percent of the vote, the central election commission said Monday.
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The opposition leader Traian Basescu emerged victorious from Romania's presidential elections yesterday, promising to tackle corruption and backtracking on suggestions that he would re-open a deal on the ...
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Romania's centrist opposition, buoyed  by a presidential election victory of their leader Traian  Basescu, put pressure on the ruling left on Wednesday to  abandon its bid to cling to power or face early elections.
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Romanians, angered by poverty and corruption, went to the polls on Sunday in a closely contested election to decide who will lead the Balkan country through two years of hard European Union-dictated reforms.
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Romanian centrist Traian Basescu  scored an upset presidential win on Monday and vowed to replace  the ruling ex-communists with a reformist team in the run-up to  European Union entry in 2007.
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Traian Basescu, a sea captain turned politician, won a surprise victory in Romania&#39;s presidential run-off election held on Sunday, according to final results announced yesterday.
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Romanians anxiously awaited an  official count on Monday to reveal who will be their next  president after exit polls from Sunday's run-off vote put Prime  Minister Adrian Nastase and centrist opposition leader Traian  Basescu neck-and-neck.
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Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu claimed victory today in Romaniaâs presidential run-off, pledging to fight corruption and prepare Romania to join the European Union by 2007.
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BUCHAREST, May 21 (IPS) - A decision by parliament to oust Romanian President  Traian Basescu was overturned in a historic referendum that has  endorsed his wide popular appeal despite recent political  turmoil.
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About 18 million Romanian&#39;s are eligible to vote in Sunday&#39;s national election for a new president and Parliament. The ruling former communist Social Democrats, credited