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BUCHAREST, Romania - Incumbent President Traian Basescu was headed for victory in a tight presidential runoff in Romania, election authorities said Monday, in a race Romanians hope will pull the country out of its worst political and economic crisis in 20 years.

TOKYO - Asian markets were mixed Monday, with a weaker yen lifting Japanese stocks to a six-week high, while a drop in the U.S.

SINGAPORE - Oil prices hovered below $76 a barrel Monday in Asia after several OPEC ministers said they don't expect their group to change production levels at a meeting later this month.

LA PAZ, Bolivia - President Evo Morales easily won re-election Sunday, according to unofficial results, getting an overwhelming mandate for further revolutionary change on behalf of Bolivia's long-suppressed indigenous majority.