Romania's President Traian Basescu exits a voting booth at a polling station in Bucharest November 22, 2009. Romanians voted on Sunday in a closely-fought presidential election that is key to reviving economic and justice reforms and solving a government crisis that has delayed aid from the International Monetary Fund. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 months ago

Romania's President Traian Basescu exits a voting booth at a polling station in Bucharest November 22, 2009. Romanians voted on Sunday in a closely-fought presidential election that is key to reviving economic and justice reforms and solving a government crisis that has delayed aid from the International Monetary Fund.

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  1. TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 10: Romanian President Traian Basescu, second left, and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, second right, look on as Romanian Ambassador to Japan Aurelian Neagu, left, shakes hands with Japanese Ambassador to Romania Natsuo Amemiya after signing their bilateral agreement, at Hatoyama's official residence on March 10, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.
  2. TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 10: Romanian President Traian Basescu, left, is greeted by Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on March 10, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.
  3. TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 10: Romanian President Traian Basescu, left, is greeted by Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on March 10, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.
  4. Romania's President Traian Basescu (L) presents Moldova's acting president Mihai Ghimpu with a Romanian state award during their meeting in Chisinau January 27, 2010.
  5. Romania's President Traian Basescu (L) gestures next to Prime Minister Emil Boc during a family photo after a swearing in ceremony at Cotroceni presidential palace in Bucharest December 23, 2009. Romania's centrist governing coalition won the approval of parliament on Wednesday on a promise to take unpopular measures to ward off the financial crisis and meet the requirements of an IMF-led rescue deal.
  6. Romanian President Traian Basescu (2nd L) listens to Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) while Romanian first lady Maria Basescu (2nd R) chats with Japanese Empress Michiko (R) prior to their luncheon at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo March 10, 2010. Basescu is in Japan on a three-day visit.
  7. Romania's President Traian Basescu gestures upon his arrival at an informal summit of European Union heads of state and government in Brussels February 11, 2010. EU leaders will lay the groundwork for a financial rescue of Greece at a summit on Thursday, but any support is likely to require a big commitment from Athens on getting its economy in order.
  8. Romanian President Traian Basescu is seen before a press conference in Chisinau, Moldova Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. This is Basescu's first official visit abroad after being elected to a second term and also the first since Moldovan authorities last year accused Romania of trying to overthrow Moldova's government.
  9. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn answers journalists questions following the Conference on the construction of a new crisis management framework in the banking at the EU headquarters in Brussels on March 19, 2010.
  10. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn speaks during the Conference on the construction of a new crisis management framework in the banking at the EU headquarters in Brussels on March 19, 2010.
  11. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn speaks during the Conference on the construction of a new crisis management framework in the banking at the EU headquarters in Brussels on March 19, 2010.
  12. Managing Director of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn pauses before speaking during a meeting on 'Building a Crisis Framework for the Internal Market' at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday March 19, 2010. In a Friday speech, European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet said the credit default swaps market needs to be more transparent to regulators and investors. EU regulators have threatened to ban the use of the naked credit default swaps on government debt to prevent investors buying swaps and they blame swaps traders for unfairly increasing pressure on Greek borrowing costs.
  13. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrives for a Conference on the construction of a new crisis management framework in the banking with European Central Bank ECB chief Jean-Claude Trichet and EU Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier (unseen) at the EU headquarters in Brussels on March 19, 2010.
  14. International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn attends a debate of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs with National Parliaments on European and global economic reforms until 2020 taking place at EP in Brussels, March 17, 2010. The Chinese yuan currency is undervalued, Strauss-Kahn said on Wednesday.
  15. International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn attends a debate of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs with National Parliaments on European and global economic reforms until 2020 taking place at EP in Brussels, March 17, 2010. The Chinese yuan currency is undervalued, Strauss-Kahn said on Wednesday.
  16. International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (L) and European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier attend a debate of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs with National Parliaments on European and global economic reforms until 2020 taking place at EP in Brussels, March 17, 2010. The Chinese yuan currency is undervalued, Strauss-Kahn said on Wednesday.

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