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Political process

2010-11-29T14:59:27Z

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Biden calls for bigger security role for east Europe

2010-04-16T09:42:03Z

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called on central and east European states on Thursday to become more involved in fighting security threats and work closer with their former Soviet bloc peers outside western alliances.

The United States is ke...

Emil Constantinescu

2010-10-22T09:37:29Z

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Bush ends news conference a bit early

2010-04-16T16:24:51Z

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: It's Over When Bush Says It's Over

Are we done here?

President Bush apparently thought so when he ended a news conference Wednesday with his host, Romanian President Traian Basescu.

"Thank you. Thank you very much," Bush told reporters, a code phrase that means, "That's it, folks."

Typically, as a matter...

CORRECTION Romania New Year Bear Ritual

2010-12-31T01:30:12Z

Girls pose with bear furs during New Year ritual dances in Comanesti, 300 kilometers north of Bucharest, Romania, Thursday Dec. 30 2010. In pre-Christian rural traditions, dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs, toured from house to house in villages singing and dancing to ward off evil. In the current economic downturn situation in Romania, a Bucharest, Romania, Thursday Dec. 30 2010. In pre-Christian rural traditions, dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs, toured from house to house in villages singing and dancing to ward off evil. In the current economic downturn situation in Romania, a Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. Southern Romania is affected by snowfalls with traffic problems reported on many roads. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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APTOPIX Romania Weather

2010-12-17T10:32:39Z

A husky puppy is transported in a child's push chair, on a snowy street downtown Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. Southern Romania is affected by snowfalls with traffic problems reported on many roads. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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Romania Gypsy Sisters

2010-12-10T22:00:14Z

In this Nov. 25, 2010 picture, Narcisa Tranca, 22, holds one of her children in Udupu, Romania. Among Gypsies, or Roma, marrying young is a tradition born of the need to survive in an environment where young women were fair game for non-Roma men. Romanian Roma, in particular, turned to early marriage during 500 years of slavery that ended only in the 19th century. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)