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A Romanian soldier was killed in Afghanistan Wednesday, Defense Ministry officials said, adding further details would be released later in the day.

The Somali pirates who captured Italian tugboat Buccaneer on April 11 have given authorities 72 hours to begin serious negotiations, threatening to kill the 16 sailors on board, including five Romanians.

A Romanian officer was gunned down in Afghanistan while fighting insurgents, the Romanian Defense Ministry said Friday morning.

Romanian Conservative Party, or PC, Bucharest city councilors requested the dismissal of Bucharest Zoo management, after the incident where a panther tried to escape and was killed by zoo caretakers. The conservatives also warn that they would notify the Romanian High Court in this case.