Romanian reform candidate Basescu wins presidential run-off vote
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Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu claimed victory Monday in Romania&#39;s presidential run-off, pledging to fight corruption and prepare Romania to join the European Union by 2007.
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BUCHAREST, Dec 13 (IPS) - The unexpected victory of opposition leader Traian  Basescu has brought new political uncertainties to Romania.
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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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Romanians went to the polls to elect a president with fighting corruption and joining the EU the main themes in a run-off round pitting Prime Minister Adrian Nastase against Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu.
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Bucharest mayor and conservative opposition candidate Traian Basescu faced the task of forming a government from fragmented parliamentary support after winning Romania's presidential election.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Liberal challenger Viktor  Yushchenko won a re-run of Ukraine's rigged presidential  election by a wide margin, according to exit polls published  after voting closed Sunday.
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Bucharest mayor Traian Basescu is declared Romania's next president after a decisive victory in the elections.
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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase hasn&#39;t received enough votes for an outright win in the first round of presidential elections and will need to face Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu in a runoff, exit polls said.
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Reformist opposition candidate Traian Basescu won Romania&#39;s presidential runoff election, according to nearly complete returns Monday -- a blow to the successors of the once-powerful communists who ruled for most of the period since the 1989 revolution.
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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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BUCHAREST  - Romania&#39;s presidential race ended in a tie between Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and his centre-right rival Traian Basescu, exit polls showed a few hours after voting ended.
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The newly-elected Romanian president, Traian Basescu, has nominated a senior member of his party, Calin Tariceanu, to the post of prime minister.
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Both candidates of Romania&#39;s presidential runoff claimed victory on Sunday while exit polls showed them neck-and-neck. Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase reacts after
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Romanian opposition leader Traian  Basescu won a tight presidential election on Monday and vowed  to usher in a centrist government to end the ex-communist  left's hold on power and take the country into the EU in 2007.
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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, almost complete  official results showed on Monday.
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Traian Basescu of Romania's opposition "Justice and Truth Alliance" was declared the winner Monday in the presidential runoff by a hair's breadth.
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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, almost complete official results showed on Monday.