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Newly named Romanian Prime Minister Teodor Stolojan (L) gives a press conference after being designated by President Traian Basescu at the Cotroceni Palace, the Romanian Presidency headquarters, on December 10, 2008. His nomination came just a day after Romania’s two opposition parties, the Social Democrats and Liberal Democrats, began talks on the formation of a new government after neither won an outright majority in elections last month. AFP PHOTO / DANIEL MIHAILESCU