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Steaua Bucharest owner jailed in Romania for abuse of power

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - George Becali, a Romanian MP and owner of the soccer club Steaua Bucharest, was jailed for three years on Monday for abuse of power, one of only a handful of big names to be convicted in a country trying to show it can beat high-level corruption.Full story

Former Thief Invents Theft-Proof ATMs from His Cell

Who knows security better than a thief? Romanian computer expert Valentin Boanta used to supply thieves with the skimmers they used to gather information to create fake bank cards and then steal cash from ATMs. Full story

Piglet joins mama cat's brood

  A cat in Romania has adopted a motherless pig that fits right in with her four kittens. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.

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Romania moves toward closure on compensating communism's victims

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  Deadly helicopter crash in Romania

Firefighters use snow to help douse the flames of a downed helicopter that killed two people and injured three others when it crashed in Romania. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

  Hacking Goes Mobile

Mobile attacks are up 400 percent, reports CNBC's Jon Fortt. One third of the hack attacks originated in Romania.

  Tossing tons of a world record salad

Volunteers in Romania toss up a Guinness World Record setting salad that weighed in at 21 tons. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.

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Romanian lawmaker and soccer club owner George Becali talks to the media in Bucharest

Romanian lawmaker and soccer club owner George "Gigi" Becali talks to the media in Bucharest April 17, 2012. Becali will serve a three-year jail sentence for abuse of power, the country's top court ruled on May 20, 2013 in a move that will signal the European Union that Romania is determined to cra