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ROMANIA - Romania's government said it will cut spending on education and transport in December to maintain its 2008 budget deficit target after raising pensions.

The government will shave almost 2 billion lei (US$340m) off its December transfers to the Ministries of Transport, Education and Agriculture, prime minister Calin Tariceanu said in a news conferen...

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