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The Romanian national football team will perform in Group C in the final tour of the 2008 European Football Championship, together with the national teams from Holland, France and Italy, according to the drawing of odds at Lucerna.

Romanian foreign affairs minister Adrian Cioroianu met with French counterpart Bernard Kouchner, who asked for Romanian support for the international mission in Chad, with troops and material. The request will be analyzed by the Romanian Administration, the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed.

France has sped up collective expulsion procedures for Rroma people living in improvised barracks on the outskirts of Paris, in a move to finish the operations before the cold season, when the law forbids expulsions.