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• Official fired after helicopter ride to wedding
BUCHAREST, Romania - A Romanian Cabinet minister was fired Tuesday after he used a government helicopter to make it to his wedding on time. Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu fired Education Minister Cristian Adomnitei, 33, after it ...
• Hostage drama ends with desert drive to safety
Five Germans, five Italians, a Romanian and their Egyptian guides were seized Sept. 19 while on a safari to the Gilf al-Kebir, a desert plateau in southwestern Egypt famed for prehistoric cave paintings. Heavily armed gunmen roared up in SUVs ...
• Sudan's army kills 6 blamed in abduction
The freed captives, who included five Germans, five Italians, a Romanian and eight Egyptian guides and drivers, were brought by a military plane to Cairo on Monday, greeted at the airport by officials bearing bouquets of flowers. They were then taken ...
• Sudan: Safari hostages taken to Libya
The group included five Germans, five Italians and a Romanian — and two of the Italians are in their 70s. Borders in the harsh desert region — days away from any inhabited settlements — are largely unguarded, with only a wooden sign marking the ...
• Sex, drugs and guns in the Balkans
It says one initiative involving Italian, Moldovan and Romanian police led to the arrest of a dangerous mob leader, and another involving Romanian, Greek and Bulgarian authorities ended in the dismantling of a network that had trafficked 1,000 sex ...