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PM speaks as Romania gov’t climbs down after mass protests

By AFP
06 February 2017   |   4:15 am
Romania's premier announces a dramatic climbdown on contentious corruption legislation after five days of demonstrations that were the biggest since the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989.

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