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Supporters of Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta listen to his speech during the launching of his presidential candidature at the National Arena stadium in Bucharest on September 20, 2014. Ponta delivers his speech as presidential candidate on his birthday, surrounded by over 40,000 supporters and party members from around the country. Presidential elections are scheduled for November 2014. Incumbent President Traian Basescu, Ponta's arch-rival, will reach the end of his second and final term in office in December. Romania, a former communist dictatorship of 20 million people, is the second poorest EU country after Bulgaria. (Photo by Daniel Mihailescu/AFP Photo)
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