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Struggling Romanians yearn for communism

September 10, 2012

Nostalgia rises for Ceausescu regimeBy Vlad Odobescu - Special to The Washington TimesThursday, August 30, 2012BUCHAREST, ROMANIA — An ongoing battle between the prime minister and the president amid a tanking economy has left many Romanians longing for a return to communism because they think the democratic and free-market reforms of the past two decades have failed.They view communism as a

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