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Men paint the entrance of an apartment block in Aninoasa, 330 km (202 miles) west of Bucharest July 30, 2013. If joining the European Union was supposed to lift Romania out of
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A woman paints the window of her apartment in Aninoasa, 330 km (202 miles) west of Bucharest July 30, 2013. If joining the European Union was supposed to lift Romania out of
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