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CIA Rendition Plane Spotted In Birmingham UK

The Guardian | Robert Booth | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

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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Ethan Hawke Praises Madonna For Supporting Gypsies

AP | ALISON MUTLER | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Gypsies, Ethan Hawke, Madonna, Romania, Entertainment News

BUCHAREST, Romania — Actor Ethan Hawke on Saturday praised Madonna for her boldness in speaking out against discrimination against Gypsies, word...

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Obama Shouldn't Ignore Eastern Europe: Commentary

nytimes.com | MIRCEA GEOANA | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

Read More: Czech Republic, Europe, Nato Missiles, Nato, Romania, World News

The decision by the Obama administration to reshape its missile shield deployment in Central and Eastern Europe has been seen by some in the region as...

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Unveiling new memorial, Romania acknowledges role in Holocaust

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 10.08.2009 | Home

Read More: Bucharest-Romania, Romania, Home News

Romania unveiled a new Holocaust memorial in Bucharest on Thursday, saying the nation was now facing up to its role in the killing of Jews and Gypsies...

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We Must Stop the "Vulture Funds" That Feed on the World's Poor

Johann Hari | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Kaunda, Zambia, Sally Keeble, Romania, Africa, Aids, Donegal International, Liberia, Maxine Waters, Profit Margins, Vulture Funds, Congo, Belgium, Michael Francis Sheehan, World News

For small sums, vulture funds buy debts racked up years ago by the poorest countries on earth. Then they take the poor country to court, and demand exorbitant and crippling returns from the debtor nations.

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WATCH: Classrooms In 7 Countries Struggle To Provide Kids With A Basic Education

Wide Angle | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: India, Education, Kenya, Afghanistan, Brazil, Bangladesh, Romania, Japan, Benin, World News

WIDE ANGLE's unprecedented, award-winning 12-year documentary project, Time for School, returns in 2009 with visits to seven classrooms in seven cou...

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Shane Murphy: Irish Man Banned From Neighborhood For Anti-Romanian Activity

Huffington Post | Posted 08.24.2009 | World

Read More: Romanians, Roma, Shane Murphy, Foreign Affairs, Romania, Racism, Ireland, Advocacy, World News

A UK man previously accused of threatening Romanian immigrants out of their house has now been banned from the area by the Irish High Court, the BBC r...

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Radu Mazare, Romanian Mayor, Attacked For Dressing Up As Nazi

AP | DAN MIHAESCU | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: Mazare Nazi, Radu Mazare Romania, Mayor Nazi, Nazis, Radu Mazare, Constanta, Romania Nazi, Mazare, Constana Mayor, Nazi Mayor, Radu Mazare Nazi, Mayor of Constanta Roumenia Nazi, Romanian Mayor Nazi, Romania, Romanian Mayor, Romanian Mayor Nazi Uniform, Radu Mazare Nazi Uniform, Constanta Radu Mazare, World News

CONSTANTA, Romania — An anti-Semitism monitoring organization in Romania has filed an official complaint with prosecutors against a mayor for ta...

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Goose-Stepping Mayor And His Son Outrage Jewish, Pro-Democracy Groups

Huffington Post | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Romanian Mayor Upsets Jews, Germany, German Nazis, Nazis, World War Two, Holocaust, Hitler, Adolf Hitler, Romania Weekend Fashion Show, Romania, Constanta, World News

A Romanian man and his son upset Jewish and pro-democracy groups after donning World War II German uniforms and goose-stepping at a local fashion show...

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Oldest woman to give birth dies, leaving twins

AP | DANIEL WOOLLS | Posted 08.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Maria Del Carmen Bousada, Madrid, Los Angeles-California, Barcelona, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Bucharest-Romania, Romania, Spain, Home News

A Spanish woman who deceived a U.S. fertility clinic about her age and become the oldest woman to give birth has died at 69, leaving behind 2-year-old twins, newspapers reported Wednesday.

Maria del Carmen Bousada gave birth in December 2006 after telling a clinic in Los Angeles that she was 55, the facility's maximum age for single women receiving in-vitro fertilization. Guinness World Records said the 66-year-old was the oldest on record to give birth and the case ignited fierce debate over how much responsibility fertility clinics have over their patients.

Bousada told an interviewer at the time that the Pacific Fertility Center did not ask her for identification, and maintained that because her mother had died at 101, she stood a good chance of living long enough to raise her children.

Dr. Vicken Sahakian, director and owner of the clinic, said Bousada falsified her birth date on documents from Spain.

When he learned of the deception, "I figured something might happen and wind up being a disaster for these kids, and unfortunately I was right," he said.

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Western Gas Pipeline Agreement Signed By Turkey, 4 European Countries

The New York Times | SABRINA TAVERNISE | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

Read More: Nabucco Pipeline, Russia, Europe Gas Pipeline, Hungary, Western Gas Pipeline, Turkey, Russian Gas, Bulgaria, Romania, Austria, Europe, World News

A project for a gas pipeline that would reduce Europe's dependence on Russian gas cleared a hurdle on Monday when four European governments signed an ...

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Twitter Death: Romanian Teen Dies Twittering In Bathtub

Huffington Post | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

A Romanian teenager was electrocuted to death in her bathtub while using the social networking site Twitter, the Croatian Times reports. Maria Barbu,...

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Bailing out the bailer-outer

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 07.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Japan, Maldives, Pakistan, Romania, Hungary, Guatemala, Iceland, Home News

Members of the International Monetary Fund meet with officials in the Maldives. The battle over America's pledge of new funds to the Internat...

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Lingua Romania: "Police, Adjective" Makes for Arresting Tour-De-Force

indieWIRE | indieWIRE | Posted 06.17.2009 | Home

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While the pay-off in this anti-police procedural comes very late, it caps a minimalist and sardonic tour-de-force from Corneliu P...

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The Amazing Race - Still the Best of its Genre: But the Itinerary's Not as Amazing as it Once Was

Michael Russnow | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tammy and Victor, Hawaii, Europe, Home, Russnow, Switzerland, Beijing, Scotland, Emmy Award, Cbs, Thailand, China, Star Search, Margie and Luke, Bavaria, London, South Africa, Salzburg, Aberdeen, Russia, Ted Mack's Amateur Hour, Romania, Mexico City, Cancun, Survivor, Phil Keoghan, Siberia, Brazil, Bangkok, Munich, Maui, Michael Russnow, The Amazing Race, India, Namibia, American Idol, Major Bowes, Jaipur, Cambridge University, Reality TV, Andreas Stenschke, Entertainment News

The Amazing Race provides fewer decision-making opportunities and clocks less mileage in each episode, thus diminishing the potential for bad luck affecting the teams. What's the reason?

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Moldova Blames Romania For Violent Riots

BBC | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

Read More: Moldova Anti-Communist Riots, Communism, Moldova Communist Party, Eastern Europe Communism, Moldova President, Moldova, Eastern Europe, Romania, Moldova Protests Twitter, Moldova Anti-Communist Protest, Moldova Communism, Moldova Riots, Europe, Moldova Protests, World News

Moldova's president has accused neighbouring Romania of stoking the protests that erupted into violence in the capital Chisinau on Tuesday....

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Europe's Last Ruling Communists

Amb. Swanee Hunt | Posted 05.06.2009 | World

Read More: Charles Ansbacher, Communist, European Elections, Former Soviet Union, Romania, Moldova, Veronin, Chisinau, Greceanii, World News

Today is election day in Moldova, Europe's poor step-sister in the southeast corner, near the Black Sea.

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Romania Becomes Third Eastern EU Country To Be Bailed Out

The Guardian | David Gow | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: International Monetary Fund, International Economic Crisis, European Economic Crisis, Romania Bailout, European Union, Romanian Bailout, Global Economic Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, World Bank, Eastern Europe, Romania, IMF Bailout, Imf, Eastern Europe Economy, Europe, European Bailout, Romania Economy, World News

The European Union, IMF and World Bank today bailed out Romania with a €20bn (£18.5bn) loan in return for severe cuts in public spending and wages....

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Romania Weighs Decriminalizing Consensual Incest

AP | ALINA WOLFE MURRAY and GEORGE JAHN | Posted 04.21.2009 | World

Read More: Romania, Incest, Josef Fritzl, Consensual Incent, World News

BUCHAREST, Romania — Surprising as it may seem, incest is not always a crime in Europe. Three European Union nations _ France, Spain and Portug...

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Romanian 'Gypsy' Children Become Engaged Aged 6 And 4

Telegraph | Last Updated: 12:07PM GMT 11 Mar 2009 | Posted 04.11.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, Romanian Gypsies, Romanian Gypsy Children, Romania Children Marriage, Gypsy, Romania, Romania Children Engagement, World News

A six-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl have become engaged to be married after a gypsy ceremony. ...

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Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Romania

AP | DRAGOS BOTA | Posted 03.31.2009 | World

Read More: Romania, Plane Emergency Landing, Emergency Landing, Plane Landing Romania, World News

TIMISOARA, Romania — A Romanian plane carrying 51 people made a safe emergency landing in western Romania and all the occupants escaped injury, ...

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Thoughts About Romania and the Inauguration

Bob Merlis | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Eagles, Obama Inauguration, George W. Bush, Washington DC, Nicolae Ceausescu, Huffington Post Pre-Inaugural Ball, President Bush, Romania, RenéE Fleming, Challenger, Politics News

Like Nicolae Ceausescu, Bush ignored the rule of law and turned his country into a fiefdom for cronies and sycophants.

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Don't Risk Going Unvaccinated

Paul A. Offit, MD | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Sickness, Measles, World, Children, Multiple Sclerosis, United States, Dehydration, Death, Vaccines, Polio, Us Measles Cases Rising, Pneumonia, Chemotherapy, Us Measles Cases, Health, Disease, Romania, Asthma, Autism, Epidemic, Vaccine, Cancer, Autism Vaccines, Diabetes, Children's Health, Allergies, Living News

If parents choose not to vaccinate their children, not only do they put their own children at risk, they put others at risk as well.

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Help Us Break a Vital Story

Amy Novogratz | Posted 11.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Ted, Photography, TED Prize, James Nachtwey, Orphanages, Orphans, Romanian Orphanages, Romania, Living News

When photographer Nachtwey heard about a crisis in Romanian orphanages, and couldn't find an editor who'd send him there to cover it, he paid his own way to shoot the story.

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Romanian Fraudsters Are Thorn In eBay's Side

Los Angeles Times | Ian Wylie | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Internet Auction Fraud, Cybercrime, Albena Spasova, Cyber Crime, Cyber-Crime, Secret Service, Fraud Buster, Credit Card Fraud, Carpathian Mountains, Internet Fraud, Romania, Ebay, Business News

This small industrial center in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains is not Albena Spasova's favorite destination. Driving the twisting highway m...

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