Nastase and Basescu in close finish in Romanian presidential vote
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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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Both candidates claimed victory in the Romanian presidential runoff vote Sunday, and exit polls showed Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Adrian Nastase in a virtual tie.
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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and popular Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu face off in a presidential election runoff on Sunday seen as key
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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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EXIT polls from Romaniaâs presidential run-off yesterday showed the race between the Social Democrat prime minister, Adrian Nastase, and the opposition leader, Traian Basescu, was too close to call.
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Romania&#39;s centrist opposition leader Traian Basescu has scored an upset victory in a presidential race against leftist Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, partial official results show.
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Romania faced weeks of uncertainty on  Monday after inconclusive general elections in the poor Balkan  country, already struggling to stay on track to join the  European Union.  Partial results showed the ruling ex-communist Social Democrats  (PSD) of Prime Minister Adrian Nastase a whisker ahead of the  opposition centrists in Sunday's election but well short of a  majority in parliament.
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Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu, the head of Romania&#39;s two-party main opposition alliance, beat Prime Minister Adrian Nastase in a run-off election to become the Balkan nation&#39;s third president and lead it into the European Union.
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Romania's Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) said that Traian Basescu, the centrist opposition leader, has won the presidential run-off held on Sunday.
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Reformist opposition candidate Traian Basescu was winning Romania's presidential runoff in a tight contest, according to partial official results released Monday.
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Opposition candidate Traian Basescu has won an upset victory in Romania&#39;s presidential runoff, defeating Prime Minister Adrian Nastase.
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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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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and popular Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu face off in a presidential election runoff today seen as key for the Balkan country&#39;s European Union accession path.
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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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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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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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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian  Nastase and popular Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu faced off in  a tough presidential election on Sunday seen as key for the  Balkan country's European Union accession path.