Surprise victory for Basescu in Romania
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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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The three victories won against the Social Democrat Party (PSD) (the Bucharest mayor office in 2000 and 2004, and the presidency in 2004) indicate the fact that Basescu's moves aren't accidental at all.
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BUCHAREST - The presidential election in Romania is too close to call. Both candidates are claiming victory after exit polls showed a virtual dead heat.
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Popular Bucharest mayor Traian Basescu may be forced to run against Prime Minister Adrian Nastase in Romania`s presidential race after the main opposition candidate quit for health reasons, analysts said on ...
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The winner of Romania&#39;s presidential election, opposition leader Traian Basescu, now has the task of steering his country into the European Union and of tackling endemic corruption.
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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase has conceded defeat in Sunday's presidential run-off election.
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The rather dull world of Romanian politics was shaken up in the last 10 days by two events that intensified the sparring between the government and the opposition: the surprise withdrawal of one of the main ...
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Romania&#39;s minority centrist  government survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote on  Monday that had been proposed by President Traian Basescu&#39;s  opposition Democrat party.
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BUCHAREST  - Romanians rang the end of an era as they voted for a president to succeed Ion Iliescu and lead the former communist country into the European Union.
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Romanians have elected Traian Basescu as the country&#39;s next president in a surprise victory over Prime Minister Adrian Nastase that will also almost certainly prevent his
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According to the early election results in Romania released on Monday by the Central Election Bureau (BEC), centrist opposition leader Traian Basescu, candidate for the National Liberal Party-Democratic Party ...
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With 98.76 percent of the ballots counted, Basescu had 51.23 percent of the vote, compared with Nastase's 48.77, according to The Associated Press.
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Romania's centrist opposition leader  Traian Basescu scored an upset victory in a presidential race  against leftist Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, partial official  results showed Monday.
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A supporter puts up a poster for Bucharest mayor Traian Basescu. BUCHAREST, Romania  -- Romanians, angered by poverty and corruption, began voting Sunday in a closely contested election to decide who ...
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Romanians started to cast ballots in a second-round run-off vote on Sunday to elect a new president for a five-year term. About 17,560 polling stations across the country
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Partial results put opposition candidate Traian Basescu narrowly ahead in the race to be Romanian president.
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BUCHAREST, Romania -- Romanian centrist Traian Basescu scored an upset presidential win yesterday and vowed to replace the ruling ex-communists with a reformist team in the run-up to European Union entry in 2007.