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Romania: minister, mayor resign before government reshuffle

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Big quake in Romania could topple many schools, buildings

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Iowa State forward Darrell Bowie shoots a free throw during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Baylor, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Darrell Bowie and Joseph McClain, American basketball players, stabbed in Romania

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Romania: authorities offer money for in-vitro fertilization

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Religious protests against gay films show divide in Romania

By ALISON MUTLER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014 file picture, Romania's former King Michael waves to supporters during an appearance at the Elisabeta Palace in Bucharest, Romania. Thousands of Romanians on Thursday Dec. 14, 2017 paid their respects to the late King Michael I whose coffin is lying in state at the Royal Palace before his funeral this weekend.Michael, who ruled Romania twice and was forced to abdicate by the communists in 1947, died Dec. 5 in Switzerland at age 96. (AP Photo/Octav Ganea, File)

5 things to know about King Michael’s funeral in Romania

By ALISON MUTLER - Associated Press

In this Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, file photo, former Romanian King Michael waves to supporters during an appearance for his name day at his residence, the Elisabeta Palace in Bucharest, Romania. Romania's royal house says former King Michael, who ruled Romania during WWII, has died, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Switzerland aged 96. (AP Photo/Octav Ganea, File)

King Michael I, Romania’s former ruler, dies at 96

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An elderly woman holds flowers, walking between painted crosses in the Merry Cemetery, in Sapanta, northwestern Romania, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. The Merry Cemetery is a collection of more than 1,000 vivid Orthodox crosses decorated with colorful epitaphs and childlike drawings. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Romania’s Merry Cemetery offers visitors dark humor

By VADIM GHIRDA and NICOLAE DUMITRACHE - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, June 7, 2011, file photo, a U.S. Navy officer, name not available, stands on the weapons control deck of the USS Monterey as screens display the Black Sea region, in the Black Sea port of Constanta, Romania. A U.S. missile defense system aimed at protecting Europe from ballistic missile threats is moving into higher gear this week, with a site in the village of Deveselu, Romania, becoming operational on Thursday, May 12, 2016, and officials breaking ground at a separate site in Poland a day later. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

U.S. missile defense site opens in Romania; Russia sees threat

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Romanian government leader Nicolae Ceausescu receives applause at the last convention of communist party in November 1989. At left is his wife, Elena. (Associated Press)

Nicolae Ceausescu’s legacy reconsidered amid nostalgia for communism in Romania

By Vlad Odobescu - Special to The Washington Times

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta speaks during a press conference in Bucharest, Romania, in this Feb. 11, 2013, file photo. Ponta announced the resignation of his government Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, following huge protests in the wake of a nightclub fire that killed more than 30 people. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Romanian government resigns following protests

By Alison Mutler - Associated Press

Survivors of a fire that occurred in a club in Bucharest, are led away from the scene wrapped in a thermal blanket early Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. A heavy metal band's pyrotechnical show sparked a deadly fire Friday at a Bucharest nightclub, killing more than 20 people and injuring scores of the club's mostly youthful patrons, officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Singer at Romanian nightclub did not realize fire danger, survivors say

By Alison Mutler - Associated Press

sanctuary: Bucharest, Romania's oldest mosque, opened in 1906, may be joined by a new worship space, although the plan is facing backlash against Turkish immigration and concerns over terrorism. (Vlad Odobescu/Special to The Washington Times)

Bucharest, Romania’s Turkey-funded mosque sparks anti-Muslim backlash, terror fears

By Vlad Odobescu - Special to The Washington Times

In a photo provided by Boston College and made in October, 2013, History Professor Emeritus, Radu Florescu, speaks during a book-signing on campus at Boston College for his new book, &quot;Dracula's Bloodline: A Florescu Family Saga.&quot; Romanian-born historian and philanthropist Radu Florescu, who wrote a book linking Count Dracula to the 15th-century Romanian prince Vlad the Impaler, has died at 88. (AP Photo/Lee Pellegrini, Boston College)

Romanian historian who debunked Dracula myth dies

By ALISON MUTLER - Associated Press

Chevron begins drilling for shale gas in Romania

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3rd seed Monfils through to quarters in Bucharest

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Money problems force Rapid to look for new stadium

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