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Romania in turmoil: massive election fraud charged

2010-06-12T12:35:01Z

Romania plunged into turmoil by allegations of "massive fraud" in presidential election

Many Romanians had hoped this election would lift the country out of political crisis, help it shake its reputation for corruption, and allow it to climb out of its worst recession in 20 years.

Instead, it has plunged the country into even deeper turmoil.

The opposition is charging the presidency has been stolen by fraud...

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)