Romanian president cancels pardon for former miners' leader
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Romanian President Ion Iliescu cancelled a pardon of former miners' leader Miron Cozma who had led violent anti-government protests in the early 1990s after an outcry against the presidential decision, a spokeswoman said.
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Romanians chose a president Sunday, picking between a former ship's captain with a populist message and a political veteran embodying the communist past, with both promising to lead the east European country out of poverty and into the European Union.
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Genocide charges were dropped against former President Luis Echeverria Saturday when a judge ruled that the statute of limitations had expired, his lawyer said.
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Romania's president presented a report Monday denouncing the former Communist regime as 'criminal and illegitimate' and guilty of committing crimes against humanity -- the country's first such official ...Comment
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HUANUNI, Bolivia  - A deadly dynamite battle between rival groups of Bolivian miners ended in a truce on Friday night and President Evo Morales fired his mining minister, who was criticized for not anticipating the violence.
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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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BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanians Sunday chose a president Sunday, picking between a former ship&#39;s captain with a populist message and a political veteran embodying the communist past, with both promising to lead the east European country out of poverty and
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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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President Ion Iliescu on Tuesday  admitted Romania's complicity in the Holocaust, ending decades  of denial that hundreds of thousands of Jews were killed in the  country when it was an ally of Nazi Germany.
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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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Romania's constitutional court says it will allow President Ion Iliescu to run in November 28 polls, rejecting protests by opposition parties and rights watchdogs that his candidacy is unconstitutional.
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The Romanian government overrules a court ban on investigations into communist-era collaboration.
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Argentina's Supreme Court revokes a pardon granted to a former general accused of human rights abuses.
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Former King Michael of Romania will receive 30 million euros ($36.6 million) for properties that he demanded back from the state but has agreed to forgo in exchange for damages.
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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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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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Romania's president presented a report Monday denouncing the former Communist regime as "criminal and illegitimate" and guilty of committing crimes against humanity &#151; the country's first such official condemnation.