Moldova: new day, new protest
Published: 10 April, 2009, 19:27
Moldova's President, Vladimir Voronin, called on the country's Constitutional Court to order a re-count of the Parliamentary election.
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Published: 10 April, 2009, 19:27
Moldova's President, Vladimir Voronin, called on the country's Constitutional Court to order a re-count of the Parliamentary election.