End of era as Romanians vote for president to replace Iliescu
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BUCHAREST  - Romanians rang the end of an era as they voted for a president to succeed Ion Iliescu and lead the former communist country into the European Union.
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Romanians go to the polls to choose between the governing ex-communists and a strong opposition alliance.
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Romanians return to the polls on Sunday for a run-off election between Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu.
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Romanian opposition leader Traian  Basescu won a tight presidential election on Monday and vowed  to usher in a centrist government to end the ex-communist  left's hold on power and take the country into the EU in 2007.
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The Romanian presidential election was too close to call last night as both candidates declared themselves the victor after a run-off ballot produced a statistical dead heat.
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ROMANIA turned its back on the countryâs communist past yesterday with the unexpected election of Traian Basescu, the reformist Mayor of Bucharest, as its next President.
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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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Vote counting continues all night in Romania as exit polls show both presidential candidates neck-and-neck.
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Popular Bucharest mayor Traian Basescu may be forced to run against Prime Minister Adrian Nastase in Romania`s presidential race after the main opposition candidate quit for health reasons, analysts said on ...
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Romanians voted on Sunday in a hard  fought presidential election pitting Prime Minister Adrian  Nastase against outspoken Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu in a  key vote for the Balkan country's European Union accession  path.
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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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Romanians anxiously awaited an  official count on Monday to reveal who will be their next  president after exit polls from Sunday's run-off vote put Prime  Minister Adrian Nastase and centrist opposition leader Traian  Basescu neck-and-neck.
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Voters in Romania are going to the polls in the final round of a presidential runoff which will determine who will lead the former Communist nation into the European Union in 2007.
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EXIT polls from Romaniaâs presidential run-off yesterday showed the race between the Social Democrat prime minister, Adrian Nastase, and the opposition leader, Traian Basescu, was too close to call.
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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 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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Traian Basescu is the projected winner of Romania&#39;s presidential election, with 51.7 percent of the vote, the central election commission said Monday.