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Volandri defeats Kubot at BCR Open Romania
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -Filippo Volandri of Italy easily beat Lukasz Kubot of Poland 6-3, 6-0 Monday in the first round of the BCR Open Romania.
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ATP World Tour BCR Open Romania Results
Monday At Progresul BNR Arenas Bucharest, Romania Purse: $548,600 (WT250) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles First Round Filippo Volandri, Italy, def. Lukasz Kubot , Poland, 6-3, 6-0. Doubles First Round Santiago Gonzalez , Mexico, and Travis Rettenmaier , United States, def. Andreas Seppi and Simone Vagnozzi , Italy, 6-4, 6-4.
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Volandri grabs early ATP win in Romania
BUCHAREST, Romania, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Filippo Volandri roared past Lukasz Kubot in first-round action of the ATP's BCR Open in Romania. Romania - Government - Filippo Volandri - Embassies and Consulates - Organizations
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Bucharest, Romania (Sports Network) - Italy's Filippo Volandri was an easy first-round victor Monday at the $550,000 ...
The 2006 Bucharest runner-up Volandri whipped Poland's Lukasz Kubot 6-3, 6-0 in exactly one hour in Day 1's lone main-draw match on the clay courts at BNR Arenas.
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ATP-BCR Open Romania Results
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Results Monday from the ?420,000 ($546,000) BCR Open Romania, played on outdoor clay at the BNR Arenas (seedings in parentheses): Singles First Round Filippo Volandri, Italy, def. Lukasz Kubot , Poland, 6-3, 6-0.
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Davis Cup: Romania returns to World Group
The fixture against Ecuador ended 5-0. Bucharest ? Romania secured its qualification for the Davis Cup?s World Group as early as Day 2 of its playoff fixture against Ecuador after Victor Hanescu and Horia Tecau paired up to defeat Giovanni Lapentti/Ivan Endara, thus taking the overall score to 3-0 for Romania.
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Bulgaria, Romania Kick off Cross-Border Tourism Project
A cross-border project to improve and popularize tourist opportunities in north-east Bulgaria / south-east Romania is starting, reported local authorities at General Toshevo.
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Table tennis: Romania wins another medal at EC
Romania?s doubles team (Daniela Dodean/Elisabeta Samara), the European title holder, won the Bronze medal after losing to Netherlands?s Lie Jie/Elena Timina in the semifinals of the European Table Tennis Championships, score 3-4 (11-5, 12-14, 11-9, 9-11, 5-11, 11-9 and 9-11).
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Davis Cup: Romania returns to World Group
The fixture against Ecuador ended 5-0. Bucharest ? Romania secured its qualification for the Davis Cup?s World Group as early as Day 2 of its playoff fixture against Ecuador after Victor Hanescu and Horia Tecau paired up to defeat Giovanni Lapentti/Ivan Endara, thus taking the overall score to 3-0 for Romania.
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Romania Sends Policemen to France over Roma Issue
Ten Romanian police offers are heading to France on Monday as part of the bilateral police cooperation agreed upon after France started the expulsion of Bulgarian and Romanian Roma.
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Romania Church Leaders Condemn Roma Deportations
What's Your Reaction? WARSAW (RNS/ENInews) A Catholic bishop in Romania has deplored the mass expulsion of Roma from France, and he urged European governments to do more to integrate the continent's Gypsy minorities.
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Romanians seek halt to Canadian gold mine project
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - Opponents of a Canadian gold mine project in a Romanian village on Saturday called on the Romanian culture ministry to save a threatened ancient site in the area.
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Romania, Kazakhstan into World Group
Kazakhstan and Romania have qualified for the Davis Cup World Group after securing 3-0 leads over Switzerland and Ecuador in their respective play-off ties.
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Roma Anti-Poverty Aid From EU to Be Discussed in October Bucharest Meeting
The European Commission has a ?high level? conference planned in Bucharest next month to discuss the contribution and usage of European Union funding for the integration of Roma as part of its fight against poverty.
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France won't change deportation efforts
BUCHAREST, Romania, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy said France would continue deporting Roma Gypsies it believes are violating immigration laws. France - Nicolas Sarkozy - Romani people - Romania - European Union
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Davis Cup: Romania 2, Ecuador 0 in playoff
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Results Friday from the Davis Cup World Group playoff between Romania and Ecuador: Romania 2, Ecuador 0 Singles Victor Hanescu , Romania, def. Ivan Endara, Ecuador, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. Adrian Ungur , Romania, def. Giovanni Lapentti , Ecuador, 6-7 (2), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1.
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Romanian President Basescu to Visit Bulgaria End Sept
Romanian President Traian Basescu will make a visit to Bulgaria on 23 September, the first visit of a Romanian head of state in that country in the last seven years, the Bulgarian ambassador to Bucharest, said.
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