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Body Part Found in Flier's Luggage

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:15:00 CDT

A Chinese airline passenger en route to Italy was busted in Bucharest after a body part was found in his luggage, apparently tucked away amid the underwear and shirts. A portion of a "human lower limb" was discovered during a security check, reports the Telegraph . "The fragment of a human...

CIA Kept Secret Prison in Bucharest Neighborhood

Kevin Spak — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:51:59 CST

The CIA's secret "black site" prison in Romania wasn't in some remote region of the country, but smack dab in the middle of a busy residential neighborhood near the center of Bucharest, the AP has discovered in a joint investigation with German public television. Sources say the prison was located...

Ex-Romanian Dictator, Wife Exhumed

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:42:20 CDT

Taking the country by surprise, forensic scientists today exhumed what are believed to be the bodies of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife to solve the mystery of where they are truly buried. Ceausescu ruled Romania for 25 years before being ousted and executed during the bloody 1989 anti-communist...

Moscow Warns NATO Not to 'Play With Fire'

Harry Kimball — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:59:47 CDT

Moscow urged NATO today not to absorb ex-Soviet republics Georgia and Ukraine, Reuters reports. "It's a dangerous game to play with fire," said Foreign Minster Sergei Lavrov, who warned that Russia's military ties with NATO were at stake. His remarks come days before a NATO summit in Bucharest, where Vladimir...

Medvedev Warns Against NATO Plans

Jason Farago — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:46:01 CDT

Dmitry Medvedev has warned former Soviet states not to join NATO, claiming that their membership would threaten the stability of the region. Georgia and Ukraine are angling to join the military alliance and have received strong support from the US. But in an interview with the Financial Times , Russia's incoming...