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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 ...
• World markets tumble after huge U.S. losses
Trading was suspended for various times in Austria, Russia, Iceland, Romania and Ukraine while Milan suspended share dealings in nearly half of its stocks because of excessive losses. With world stock markets indulging in one of the biggest bouts of ...
• Probe finds CIA prisons in Europe
Marty, leading an inquiry on behalf of the Council of Europe, has spoken to former CIA agents to corroborate his earlier accusations against Poland and Romania, where he suggested CIA planes landed to drop off detainees, a person familiar with the ...
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,174
Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and South Korea, one death each. ___ The latest deaths reported by the military: _ No deaths reported. ___ The latest identifications reported by the military: _ No ...
• Officials say '08 Chinese gymnasts were of age
Romania admitted in 2002 that several gymnasts’ ages had been falsified, including Olympic medalists Gina Gogean and Alexandra Marinescu. “We applaud the serious efforts of the International Gymnastics Federation and International Olympic ...