Liberals expel Romanian politician
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Liberal leaders expelled one of the country's most popular politicians from the party Saturday after she admitted to having collaborated with the Securitate secret police under the communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu.
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Former Prime Minister Theodor Stolojan announced Saturday that he has withdrawn from Romania's presidential election because of poor health.
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"The (lawmakers panel's) decision is wrong. It's a political one, and it proves that private property is not respected in Romania"  Romania's government on Thursday defended its decision to return Dracula's Castle to a New York-based member of the former royal family, denying allegations that the decision was illegal.The castle, famous for its links to a 15th-century medieval ruler who inspired Bram Stoker's 'Dracula,' was confiscated in 1948 by the former communist regime.'When it comes to property confiscated by the communists, I as a prime minister don't have any problems with returning it,' Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu said. Read more
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"Two employees in Romanian embassy in Chisinau have been declared persona non grata due to incompatibility of their activity with their diplomatic status"  Moldova's foreign ministry said Wednesday that two Romanian diplomats would be expelled due to activities that are incompatible with their status. via Macedonian Radio Television
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In a Jan. 15 story about Romanian revolutionaries, The Associated Press erroneously reported that former President Ion Iliescu stepped down after he was defeated by Traian Basescu in a presidential election. Iliescu did not run in the election. Basescu won a runoff vote against Adrian Nastase in December.
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Romania's opposition accused the government on Monday of busing its supporters around the country to vote several times in parliamentary and presidential elections.
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The military government in Fiji has deported a lawyer from the International Bar Association.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Carolyn Parrish, the maverick MP who gained notoriety for her outspoken anti-Americanism, has been turfed from the Liberal party caucus.
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Romanian President Ion Iliescu steps down after elections today in what some hail as the final exit of Europe&#39;s last reigning communist-era leader from the political scene.
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A woman who was raped and beaten near a Gypsy camp allegedly by a Romanian died Thursday night, state radio reported. The latest attack blamed on a foreigner has prompted the government to give authorities the power to expel EU immigrants deemed dangerous.
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BUCHAREST, Romania -- Anghel Iordanescu has resigned as Romania coach after coming under intense criticism for his side&#39;s World Cup draw in Armenia on Wednesday.
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Protesting Romanian exiles interrupted a ceremony for visiting Romanian President Ion Iliescu, forcing him to abandon a speech dedicating a square and a statue in a Montreal park.
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Romania's presidential election ended in suspense as exit polls disagreed on whether Prime Minister Adrian Nastase had won narrowly or tied with his centre-right rival Traian Basescu.
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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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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and centrist opposition leader Traian Basescu emerged neck-and-neck from the second round of presidential elections on Sunday, exit polls showed.
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There is a row in  Romania between Romanian journalists and "interfering" Western owners of their newspapers.
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Il candidato liberal-democratico alla presidenza della Romania, il sindaco di Bucarest Traian Basescu ha ottenuto il 51,23 per cento dei voti nel secondo turno delle elezioni presidenziali. Il suo rivale, il