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Romania Starts Blasting Danube Ice
Romanian authorities have launched the controlled blasting of ice in Romania's Danube territorial waters near Kalarasi in order to prevent floods and free the movement of waters. The controlled explosions are carried out by Romanian military forces some 40 km from the Bulgarian Danube town of Silistra, the Bulgarian National Radio has informed. The Danube water level at Silistra has increased by ...
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Sleiman meets Romanian president
Visiting President Michel Sleiman discussed the situation in Lebanon and the region Tuesday with his Romanian counterpart Traian Basescu.
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Romania sees some progress in the fight against graft
(BUCHAREST ) - Romania has made some "breakthroughs" in its fight against corruption with ex-ministers sentenced to jail and a doubling of final convictions in high-level cases in 2011, experts told AFP.
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Romania doubled high-level graft convictions in 2011
(BUCHAREST ) - Romania's judiciary completed twice as many high-level corruption cases in 2011 than in 2010, convicting nearly 300 people including mayors and police officers, anti-graft prosecutor Daniel Morar said Monday.
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Ship sinks in Romania, 50 small boats float free as ice melts on Danube; no injuries reported
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? Authorities say a ship carrying 700 tons of corn has sunk and dozens of small boats are floating free in Romania's stretch of the Danube after an ice floe melted due to rising temperatures. No injuries have been reported.
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Carpathian's Drilling at its Rovina Valley Gold-Copper Project, Romania Intersects 424 m of 1.04 g/t Au and 0.19% Cu
TORONTO, ONTARIO-- - Carpathian Gold Inc. is pleased to provide further results and an update from its 2011-2012 diamond drill program at the Corporation's 100% owned Rovina Valley Project in west-central ...
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VIDEO: Death of Romanian Jews remembered
A ceremony in Romania has marked 70 years since the death of hundreds of Romanian Jews off the coast of Turkey.
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Romanian Glitch Halts Trucks on Danube Bridge with Bulgaria
For the fifth day in a row, long lines of freight trucks had formed Friday afternoon on the Danube Bridge, connecting Bulgaria and Romania. The bridge is closed for traffic since 1:30 pm due to technical problems with the computers on the Romanian side. The news was reported by the Bulgarian Main Directorate Border Police. ...
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Serbian, Romanian MPs discuss "minority issues"
BELGRADE -- Members of the Serbian parliament friendship group with Romania visited Bucharest and discussed to talk "improved cooperation between the two countries".
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Romanian man gets 5 years for fatal beating of American basketball player
BUCHAREST, Romania ? A court in Romania has given a five-year prison sentence to the man accused of fatally beating American basketball player Chauncey Hardy in a bar last year.
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5 years for fatal beating of US basketball player
A court in Romania has given a five-year prison sentence to the man accused of fatally beating American basketball player Chauncey Hardy in a bar last year.
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Romanian man gets 5 years for fatal beating of American basketball player
BUCHAREST, Romania ? A court in Romania has given a five-year prison sentence to the man accused of fatally beating American basketball player Chauncey Hardy in a bar last year.
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Romanian man gets 5 years for fatal beating of American basketball player
BUCHAREST, Romania ? A court in Romania has given a five-year prison sentence to the man accused of fatally beating American basketball player Chauncey Hardy in a bar last year.
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Romania to hold off on ACTA ratification until EU ruling
BUCHAREST (AFP) - Romania said Thursday it will refrain from ratifying the controversial anti-online piracy treaty ACTA until the European Court of Justice has ruled on it.
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Romanian man gets 5 years for fatal beating of American basketball player
BUCHAREST, Romania ? A court in Romania has given a five-year prison sentence to the man accused of fatally beating American basketball player Chauncey Hardy in a bar last year.
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Romanian man gets 5 years for fatal beating of American basketball player
BUCHAREST, Romania ? A court in Romania has given a five-year prison sentence to the man accused of fatally beating American basketball player Chauncey Hardy in a bar last year.
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Romania to hold off on ACTA ratification until EU ruling
Romania said Thursday it will refrain from ratifying the controversial anti-online piracy treaty ACTA until the European Court of Justice has ruled on it.
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Karen Szoka: Using teaching skills at home and abroad
Karen Szoka is using her love of teaching children as more than just a career. Szoka, 2004 Poway High School graduate, traveled to Romania in November with the Summit for Children Worldwide to help improve teaching practices in Romanian schools.
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Romanian man gets 5 years for fatal beating of American basketball player
BUCHAREST, Romania ? A court in Romania has given a five-year prison sentence to the man accused of fatally beating American basketball player Chauncey Hardy in a bar last year.
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Romanian man gets five years for beating death of American Hardy
A court in Romania has given a five-year prison sentence to the man accused of fatally beating former Sacred Heart basketball player Chauncey Hardy in a bar last year.
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