Governing party leads in Romania
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Romania&#39;s former communists looked likely to retain power last night when exit polls put them comfortably ahead in elections for both parliament and president.
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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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With a choice of two presidential elections to follow - one here Nov. 2 and one in Romania Nov.
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BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanians returned to the polls Sunday for a presidential runoff between their leftist prime minister, formerly a member of the communist elite, and the capital&#39;s Western-leaning mayor.
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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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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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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
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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and centrist opposition leader Traian Basescu emerged virtually neck-and-neck from the second round of presidential elections on Sunday, exit polls showed.
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Mayor Traian Basescu was ahead in the Romanian presidential runoff, according to official partial results released Monday.
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Romania&#39;s ruling ex-communists scored a wafer-thin victory over opposition centrists in Sunday&#39;s parliamentary vote, according to partial official results.
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BUCHAREST, Romania  - Romania's centrist  opposition Tuesday demanded a rerun of Sunday's general  elections, alleging fraud in the electronic vote counting had  helped the ruling ex-communists, who held a slim lead.
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27 November 2004 -- Romanian voters will decide tomorrow who will lead the country through the drastic structural reforms needed to join the EU in 2007.
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Pop by the Golden Blitz pub during happy hour, and you just might run into the president of Romania. He'll be the one huddling with a confidant, hamming for the cameras, or dancing a friend around the room. Traian Basescu &#151; unbuttoned, unorthodox, some say unpresidential &#151; is shaking up the political scene in this former communist country accustomed to colorless, aloof leaders.
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Vote counting continues all night in Romania as exit polls show both presidential candidates neck-and-neck.
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A party that supports the former prime minister who won the parliamentary election appeared to be ahead of one backed by the generals who ousted him in a coup.
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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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Partial results put opposition candidate Traian Basescu narrowly ahead in the race to be Romanian president.