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PHOTOS: Ceausescu's Architectural Legacy

AP | ALISON MUTLER | Posted 12.21.2012 | Travel
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BUCHAREST, Romania -- Twenty-three years after communism collapsed, the Palace of the Parliament, a gargantuan Stalinist symbol and the most concrete ...

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PHOTOS: 10 Amazing Works Of Architecture

Trippy | Posted 01.08.2013 | Travel
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Trippy

Whether it's intricate carving on an ancient temple or steel bended in ways you never thought possible, the complexities of architecture never cease to amaze.

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Bride Napping All The Rage In Bucharest

AP | ALISON MUTLER | Posted 11.03.2012 | Weird News
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BUCHAREST, Romania — A white limousine screeches to a halt and a bride, resplendent in frothy gown and veil, is hauled outside by her abductors....

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Hilary Swank On Mission To Save Stray Dogs In Bucharest

AP | ALISON MUTLER | Posted 06.27.2012 | Impact
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BUCHAREST, Romania -- Thousands of Romanian street dogs have found a friend in Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank. Swank, who won for her portraya...

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Dada Art Discovery In Israel

Posted 02.27.2012 | Arts
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Imagine the feeling of uncovering a Marcel Janco mural that hasn't been seen in half a century. That's precisely what happened to Eli Shaltiel as he w...

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Police Target Journalists In Romania

AP | ALINA WOLFE MURRAY | Posted 03.19.2012 | Media
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — About 2,000 people demonstrated against Romania's harsh austerity measures in cities across the country on Wednesday and d...

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Thousands Protest In Romania

AP | ALINA WOLFE MURRAY | Posted 03.17.2012 | World
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BUCHAREST, Romania — More than 1,000 demonstrators jeered government austerity measures in downtown Bucharest on Monday as Romania's prime minis...

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WATCH: A Look At The CIA's Secret Romanian Prison

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO | Posted 02.06.2012 | World
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WASHINGTON — One of the CIA's most important secrets in the war on terrorism was hiding in plain sight, on a leafy residential street along a bu...

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Actor Josh Hartnett Toys With Swordplay in Bunraku and Lives to Discuss It

Brad Balfour | Posted 11.29.2011 | Entertainment
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Brad Balfour

Through Bunraku, an archly-stylized swordplay fantasy, Josh Hartnett returns to the genre spotlight. This computer-enhanced tale revolves around a "Man with No Name," and draws heavily on Samurai and Western tropes in an alternate-world dystopia.

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Romanian Authorities Find Rocket Warheads That Were Stolen From Train

AP | ALINA WOLFE-MURRAY | Posted 09.17.2011 | World
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BUCHAREST, Romania — Dozens of small, old rocket warheads stolen from a train carrying military equipment were found Monday stashed near a railw...

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Romania Witches Use Spells To Protest New Taxes

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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MOGOSOIA, Romania (AP) -- Solace for world leaders trying to enforce painful austerity measures: At least you're not running Romania. (Scroll down for...

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Holocaust-Era MASS GRAVE Discovered In Romania

AP | ALISON MUTLER | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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BUCHAREST, Romania — A Holocaust-era mass grave containing the bodies of an estimated 100 Jews killed by Romanian troops has been discovered in ...

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Victoria Lacatus, 528 Pound Obese Woman, Gives Birth At Special Facility In Romania

AP | ALINA WOLFE MURRAY | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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BUCHAREST, Romania — A 25-year-old woman weighing 528 pounds (240 kilograms) gave birth to her first baby on Thursday in what one expert called ...

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CIA Rendition Plane Spotted In Birmingham UK

The Guardian | Robert Booth | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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An American plane named in an inquiry by the European parliament into alleged CIA torture flights landed at Birmingham airport last month and was met ...

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Traveling as Press vs. NGO Head: Same Adventure

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Jim Luce

I have flown from Haiti to Peru to Guyana in the Americas, Hong Kong to Indonesia to Sri Lanka in Asia, and Togo to Ghana in Africa.

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