Surprise victory for Basescu in Romania
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Traian Basescu, a sea captain turned politician, won a surprise victory in Romania&#39;s presidential run-off election held on Sunday, according to final results announced yesterday.
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Romanian centrist Traian Basescu  scored an upset presidential win on Monday and vowed to replace  the ruling ex-communists with a reformist team in the run-up to  European Union entry in 2007.
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Romania's centrist opposition said Monday its own count of votes from the cliffhanger presidential run-off showed their leader Traian Basescu triumphing over leftist Prime Minister Adrian Nastase.
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Opinion polls give Prime Minister Adrian Nastase the edge as Romania chooses a new president on Sunday.
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Text of report in English by Romanian news agency Rompres  Bucharest, Feb 19 (Rompres) -President Traian Basescu on Monday 19 February lashed out at Dinu Patriciu, Sorin Ovidiu Vantu and Dan Voiculescu for what he said was their use of media holdings for political struggle.
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Romanian President Traian Basescu, top, adjust his microphone as ultranationalist leader Corneliu Vadim Tudor, right, carries a banner depicting Basescu behind bars, and shouts attempting to interrupt the ...Comment
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BUCHAREST, Romania Change is coming to the country of Romania after voters backed an opposition candidate for president. The election signals an important shift for the Eastern European nation, breaking the
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BUCHAREST: Romanians voted for a new president on Sunday 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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The three victories won against the Social Democrat Party (PSD) (the Bucharest mayor office in 2000 and 2004, and the presidency in 2004) indicate the fact that Basescu's moves aren't accidental at all.
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The run-off vote for the position of president of Romania is expected to produce a narrow victory for either the outgoing prime minister Adrian Nastase or centrist opposition leader Traian Basescu.
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Text of report in English by Romanian news agency Rompres  Bucharest, 19 February (Rompres): President Traian Basescu on Monday 19 February lashed out at Dinu Patriciu, Sorin Ovidiu Vantu and Dan Voiculescu for what he said was their use of media holdings for political struggle.
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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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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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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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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&#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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BUCHAREST - The presidential election in Romania is too close to call. Both candidates are claiming victory after exit polls showed a virtual dead heat.