Moldovan mayor wins "battle of Christmas trees"
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The mayor of Moldova's capital Chisinau, who backs closer ties with neighboring Romania, has scored a symbolic victory over the ex-Soviet state's communist president in a duel focusing on rival Christmas trees.
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The Romanian government has said a German and a French company have been designated winners in tenders for stakes in two gas distributing companies.
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The breakaway Trans-Dniester region of Moldova re-elects Russian-born Igor Smirnov as leader for another five years.
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Voters in Moldova's breakaway Trans-Dniester region back a plan to unite with Russia, officials say.
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BUCHAREST: City authorities in Brasov in central Romania called on Monday for a campaign to wipe out the bear population in the surrounding mountains after a man was killed by a bear infected with rabies.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Kenyan tree planter and government minister Wangari Maathai has won the Nobel Peace Prize, Agence France-Presse said.
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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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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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PRAGUE- The second regional elections in the history of the Czech Republic have ended with a convincing victory of the senior opposition Civic Democrats (ODS) while the senior government Social Democrats (CSSD) ...
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Mayor Richard M. Daley won a sixth term Tuesday, overcoming a City Hall corruption scandal and putting himself on course to eclipse his legendary father's record as the city's longest-serving mayor
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Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, accused in the west of flouting democratic norms, won overwhelming approval in a referendum to run for a third term in office, the top election official said Monday.
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Romania's electoral committee confirmed Monday that centrist opposition leader Traian Basescu won the tight presidential run-off against leftist Prime Minister Adrian Nastase.
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THE Romanian opposition leader, Traian Basescu, was yesterday declared winner of the countryâs presidential election. The victory appears to mark the end of the last of Eastern Europeâs Communist &quot;dynasties
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da  Silva's Workers' Party (PT) won the mayoralty of at least six  state capitals in Sunday's municipal vote but was forced into a  run-off to defend its hold on the race's biggest prize, the  city of Sao Paulo.
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Voters in Moldova's breakaway Trans-Dniester region overwhelmingly approved the separatist government's bid to eventually join Russia, election officials said Monday.
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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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The pro-western mayor of Bucharest caused a serious upset in the Romanian presidential election yesterday, defeating the country&#39;s former communist prime minister.