ROMANIA:  Past Steps In to Upset Russians
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BUCHAREST, Mar 8 (IPS) - Russia and neighbouring Moldova have expressed   anger over a Romanian court decision declaring Romania's  invasion of the  former Soviet Union in 1941 legitimate.
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BUCHAREST, Romania -- Anghel Iordanescu has resigned as Romania coach after coming under intense criticism for his side&#39;s World Cup draw in Armenia on Wednesday.
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In Romania, voters are deciding who will lead the impoverished former Communist nation toward membership in the European Union. The elections for a new president and parliament have been overshadowed
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BUCHAREST, Nov 25  Romania's ruling ex-communists say they will bring a modern, competitive Romania free of corruption into the European Union in 2007 if they win Sunday's close election battle.
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Romania have called up Rapid Bucharest striker Sabin Ilie for Wednesday's opening World Cup qualifier against Finland after a spate of injuries.
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BUCHAREST, Romania  - Romania's centrist  opposition Tuesday demanded a rerun of Sunday's general  elections, alleging fraud in the electronic vote counting had  helped the ruling ex-communists, who held a slim lead.
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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, Sep 5 (IPS) - Moldova's Communist President has been trying  to make the country more independent from both Russia and  Romania. But Moscow's grip on the former Soviet republic  remains strong.
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ATHENS -- The US women gymnasts, favored to win the Olympic team medal for the second time in three Games, are grouped with defending champion Romania in this afternoon's preliminaries, which will also determine the field for Thursday's all-around and the subsequent four apparatus finals.
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La Romania ha battuto la Bielorussia 3-1 (2-1) in una partita del girone G di qualificazione a Euro ...
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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, ROMANIA - Exit polls show no clear victor in Romania&#39;s presidential election Sunday, making it likely that the two front-runners will compete in a runoff vote next month.
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Daniela Sofronie displayed all her  athleticism to edge Romania ahead of the United States in the  Olympic women's gymnastics team qualifying Sunday.
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Romania's celebrated gymnastics  coaches, who resigned at the weekend after admitting they took  money from their athletes, have urged their federation to set  up clear rules to avoid such scandals in future.
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BUCHAREST - Romanians went to the polls on Sunday for a general election and the first round of a presidential vote, marking the end of the era of Ion Iliescu in the former Soviet state.
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Romania faced weeks of uncertainty on  Monday after inconclusive general elections in the poor Balkan  country, already struggling to stay on track to join the  European Union.  Partial results showed the ruling ex-communist Social Democrats  (PSD) of Prime Minister Adrian Nastase a whisker ahead of the  opposition centrists in Sunday's election but well short of a  majority in parliament.
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BUCHAREST, Jan 29 (IPS) - With the European Union becoming ever more  uncomfortable over its energy dependency on Russia, Romania,  which joined the bloc along with Bulgaria Jan. 1, is paving the  way for a pipeline project considered crucial for Europe's  energy safety.