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  Dracula's Hidden Secrets: Behind the Castle Walls

  By David Jenison | Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:40 PM ET

  Dracula at Poienari Castle. Upon his release several years later, Dracula would conquer Wallachia once more, but he would be slain in 1476 near Bucharest in yet another Ottoman conflict. Vlad was so hated by the Turks that the Sultan asked for his head to make sure the Impaler had trul Read More

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  The Wild, Wild East (of Europe)

  By David Jenison | Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  case study.Pushy sales ladies aside, the Romanian capital proved to be an exhilarating experience with its clash of beauty and decay. On one hand, Bucharest features a grand parliament building, the biggest in the world, and architecture that once earned it the nickname "The Little Paris. Read More

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  Ethan Hawke Heads to Vampireville

  By David Jenison | Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:00 AM ET

  The child education-minded Ovidiu Rom Association, which Leslie runs, will have a Halloween Charity Ball on Oct. 31 at the Parliament Palace in Bucharest. Ethan will make an appearance, while U.S. Ambassador Mark Gitenstein will deliver the key address. Madonna even committed to donating Read More

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  Grabbing a Pizza the Record Books

  By Courtney Rubin | Fri Oct 9, 2009 3:46 PM ET

  pizza record: Tamburino Restaurant, in Yeovil, England, which in April lined up 2,129 pizzas measuring 1,563 feet and 11 inches.Pizza wasn’t Bucharest’s only record-breaking-recipe, though. The festival also set the record for the largest tripe soup ever: 1,058 liters, or approximatel Read More

  More like this in: England, Pizza, Vampires, Garlic, World, Life & Style, Europe, Food & Drink
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  Here Comes the World Record

  By Courtney Rubin | Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:49 AM ET

  lace, weighed pattern options, crafted silk roses and sewed on jewels, according to Xinhua. The previous world record: 5,180 feet, was set in Bucharest, Romania on April 1, although that dress was made for a wedding fair and has yet to be walked down the aisle.But Zhao’s record-breakin Read More

  More like this in: China, Wedding, Xinhua News Agency, World, Life & Style, Asia, Fashion
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  Foster Care Means Better Lives For Orphans

  By John Casey | Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:00 PM ET

  in the journal Child Development, shows that foster care offers much better outcomes than orphanage care. The study, which arose from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project, researchers assessed how more than 200 Romanian children between the ages of 5 and 42 months recognized faces Read More

  More like this in: Children's Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Orphans, University of Maryland, Child Development, Science