Veterinarian Rassan Maalbaki of Das Kleine Tierheim foundation puts a stray dog in a cage tray before transporting him to Germany from Sibiu May 23, 2009. The foundation on Wednesday moved 36 stray dogs and 11 puppies to a new kennel in Germany. Romania has had a large population of stray dogs since Nicolae Ceausescu's communist dictatorship when households were destroyed and replaced with apartment blocks, forcing people to abandon their dogs on the streets. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

Veterinarian Rassan Maalbaki of Das Kleine Tierheim foundation puts a stray dog in a cage tray before transporting him to Germany from Sibiu May 23, 2009. The foundation on Wednesday moved 36 stray dogs and 11 puppies to a new kennel in Germany. Romania has had a large population of stray dogs since Nicolae Ceausescu's communist dictatorship when households were destroyed and replaced with apartment blocks, forcing people to abandon their dogs on the streets.

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  1. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller reacts after a news conference in Berlin October 8, 2009. Mueller, who charted the hardships and humiliations of Nicolae Ceausescu's brutal regime, won the 2009 Nobel literature prize for depicting the 'landscape of the dispossessed'.
  2. A demonstrator peers from the hole cut in Romania's national flag, where the communist emblem was before the 1989 uprising that toppled dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, during a protest in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday night, Dec.1, 2009. Demonstrators chanting anti-communist slogans, gathered in support of hundreds that protested in Timisoara, western Romania, against a newly formed political alliance by former communists and anti-communists on Tuesday. No injuries were immediately reported during the unrest in Timisora, where Romania's anti-communist revolution began 20 years ago, and where many residents still firmly oppose communism.
  3. A demonstrator peers from the hole cut in Romania's national flag, where the communist emblem was before the 1989 uprising that toppled dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, during a protest in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday night, Dec.1, 2009. Demonstrators chanting anti-communist slogans, gathered in support of hundreds that protested in Timisoara, western Romania, against a newly formed political alliance by former communists and anti-communists on Tuesday. No injuries were immediately reported during the unrest in Timisora, where Romania's anti-communist revolution began 20 years ago, and where many residents still firmly oppose communism.
  4. Actor Ethan Hawke, left, speaks to Palme d'Or winner Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, right, at the late Romanian communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's palace, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday night, Oct. 31, 2009. Hawke praised Madonna for her boldness in speaking out against discrimination against Gypsies, words that provoked boos from thousands of fans at her concert in Romania. Hawke, visiting Romania to help promote his mother's charity supporting education for Gypsy children, placed the pop super star alongside Bob Marley and John Lennon as part of a tradition of artists speaking out against racism.
  5. Actor Ethan Hawke speaks at the late Romanian communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's palace, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday night, Oct. 31, 2009. Hawke praised Madonna for her boldness in speaking out against discrimination against Gypsies, words that provoked boos from thousands of fans at her concert in Romania. Hawke, visiting Romania to help promote his mother's charity supporting education for Gypsy children, placed the pop super star alongside Bob Marley and John Lennon as part of a tradition of artists speaking out against racism.
  6. Actor Ethan Hawke speaks at the late Romanian communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's palace, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday night, Oct. 31, 2009. Hawke praised Madonna for her boldness in speaking out against discrimination against Gypsies, words that provoked boos from thousands of fans at her concert in Romania. Hawke, visiting Romania to help promote his mother's charity supporting education for Gypsy children, placed the pop super star alongside Bob Marley and John Lennon as part of a tradition of artists speaking out against racism.
  7. Actor Ethan Hawke looks on at the late Romanian communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's palace, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday night, Oct. 31, 2009. Hawke praised Madonna for her boldness in speaking out against discrimination against Gypsies, words that provoked boos from thousands of fans at her concert in Romania. Hawke, visiting Romania to help promote his mother's charity supporting education for Gypsy children, placed the pop super star alongside Bob Marley and John Lennon as part of a tradition of artists speaking out against racism.
  8. Actor Ethan Hawke speaks at the late Romanian communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's palace, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday night, Oct. 31, 2009. Hawke praised Madonna for her boldness in speaking out against discrimination against Gypsies, words that provoked boos from thousands of fans at her concert in Romania. Hawke, visiting Romania to help promote his mother's charity supporting education for Gypsy children, placed the pop super star alongside Bob Marley and John Lennon as part of a tradition of artists speaking out against racism.
  9. Actor Ethan Hawke, right, reacts as his mother Leslie Hawke, left, looks on at the late Romanian communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's palace, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday night, Oct. 31, 2009. Hawke praised Madonna for her boldness in speaking out against discrimination against Gypsies, words that provoked boos from thousands of fans at her concert in Romania. Hawke, visiting Romania to help promote his mother's charity supporting education for Gypsy children, placed the pop super star alongside Bob Marley and John Lennon as part of a tradition of artists speaking out against racism.
  10. Actor Ethan Hawke reaches for his hat before a press conference at the late Romanian communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's palace, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday night, Oct. 31, 2009. Hawke praised Madonna for her boldness in speaking out against discrimination against Gypsies, words that provoked boos from thousands of fans at her concert in Romania. Hawke, visiting Romania to help promote his mother's charity supporting education for Gypsy children, placed the pop super star alongside Bob Marley and John Lennon as part of a tradition of artists speaking out against racism.
  11. A pair of Madonna's Christian Dior shoes with autographed skyscraper gold heels donated by the pop star to a charity are seen at the late Romanian communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's palace, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday night, Oct. 31, 2009. Actor Ethan Hawke praised Madonna for her boldness in speaking out against discrimination against Gypsies, words that provoked boos from thousands of fans at her concert in Romania. Hawke, visiting Romania to help promote his mother's charity supporting education for Gypsy children, placed the pop super star alongside Bob Marley and John Lennon as part of a tradition of artists speaking out against racism.
  12. Actor Ethan Hawke reacts during a press conference at the late Romanian communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's palace, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday night, Oct. 31, 2009. Hawke praised Madonna for her boldness in speaking out against discrimination against Gypsies, words that provoked boos from thousands of fans at her concert in Romania. Hawke, visiting Romania to help promote his mother's charity supporting education for Gypsy children, placed the pop super star alongside Bob Marley and John Lennon as part of a tradition of artists speaking out against racism.
  13. Actor Ethan Hawke touches his hat before a press conference at the late Romanian communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's palace, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday night, Oct. 31, 2009. Hawke praised Madonna for her boldness in speaking out against discrimination against Gypsies, words that provoked boos from thousands of fans at her concert in Romania. Hawke, visiting Romania to help promote his mother's charity supporting education for Gypsy children, placed the pop super star alongside Bob Marley and John Lennon as part of a tradition of artists speaking out against racism.
  14. A Romanian performer handles a huge puppet in front of the communist era House of the People, built at the order of late dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, during a Reanult F1 Roadshow in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009. French group Renault acquired ten years ago the Romanian manufacturer Dacia where it now manufactures the low cost "Logan", a family car sold in North Africa and central Europe under the Dacia brand.
  15. Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller gestures as she gives interviews after a news conference in Berlin October 8, 2009. Mueller, who charted the hardships and humiliations of Nicolae Ceausescu's brutal regime, won the 2009 Nobel literature prize for depicting the "landscape of the dispossessed".
  16. Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller is seen through a photographer's arm as she poses during interviews following a news conference in Berlin October 8, 2009. Mueller, who charted the hardships and humiliations of Nicolae Ceausescu's brutal regime, won the 2009 Nobel literature prize for depicting the 'landscape of the dispossessed'.

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  5. A plainclothes police officer uses a bolt cutter to free protesters who chained themselves to the gates of the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila December 3, 2009. The protesters were demanding the government stop the aerial spraying of pesticide on banana plantations in southern Mindanao province. The protesters say the pesticide used is hazardous to their health.
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  7. American university student Amanda Knox (C) and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito (R) are escorted into a courtroom during their murder trial session in Perugia December 3, 2009. Defendants Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are on trial for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher.
  8. Palestinians wait to receive food aid at the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, (UNRWA), warehouse in Gaza City, Tursday, Dec. 3, 2009. UNRWA has provided food, housing, education and health care for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the West Bank and neighboring countries since its inception in 1950.
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  10. Michael Tomalin, Group Chief Executive of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, speaks during a news conference in Hong Kong December 3, 2009. National Bank of Abu Dhabi said on Thursday it will continue to invest in Dubai and other cities but with caution, as it embarks on a rapid expansion across Asia.
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