Romanian Opposition Sees Basescu Victory
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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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Mayor Traian Basescu was ahead in the Romanian presidential runoff, according to official partial results released Monday.
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Opposition candidate Traian Basescu won Romania's hotly-contested presidential election dominated by the country's EU membership bid, but the centre-right mayor of Bucharest faced the arduous task of trying to form a government from a fragmented parliamentary base.
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Romania&#39;s minority centrist  government survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote on  Monday that had been proposed by President Traian Basescu&#39;s  opposition Democrat party.
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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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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and his left-wing party faced a tough challenge from the centrist opposition in presidential and parliamentary elections yesterday.
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Romania&#39;s ruling party appears to have won the presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday, but by smaller margins than exit polls had suggested.
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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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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 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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Â¡Â¡BEJIJING, Dec. 14 -- Romanian opposition candidate Traian Basescu has won the presidential election after overcoming current Prime Minister Adrian Nastase in the tightest of contests.
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Opposition candidate Traian Basescu won Romania's hotly-contested presidential election dominated by the country's EU membership bid, but the centre-right mayor of Bucharest faced the arduous task of trying to ...
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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and centrist opposition leader Traian Basescu emerged neck-and-neck from the second round of presidential elections on Sunday, exit polls showed.
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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.
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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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Opinion polls give Prime Minister Adrian Nastase the edge as Romania chooses a new president on Sunday.
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outspoken Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu in a key vote for the Balkan country&#39;s European Union accession path. mountain of reforms necessary for its planned 2007 EU entry.