Romania blamed over Moldova riots

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Moldova's president has accused neighbouring Romania of stoking the protests that erupted into violence in the capital Chisinau Tuesday, reports BBC.
Vladimir Voronin said the Romanian ambassador would no longer be welcome. Thousands of young protesters thronged Chisinau, fighting police and ransacking parliament, in protest at the results of Sunday's election.
Official results gave the ruling Communist Party about 50pc of the vote in the former Soviet republic.
President Voronin, a Communist, said the protests "cannot be described as anything other than a coup d'etat".
Russia's foreign ministry said they were a plot aimed at undermining "the sovereignty of Moldova", and pointed to "plenty of Romanian flags in the hands of organisers of these outrages".
Some of the protesters on Tuesday had called for the unification of Moldova with Romania, its bigger neighbour.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for calm and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said violence against government buildings was "unacceptable".
The streets of Chisinau were quiet Wednesday morning. Protesters had left the scene of the rioting Tuesday night, and police retook control of parliament. But opposition leaders said protests would continue. Vlad Filat, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, called the demonstrations "a spontaneous action by protesting young people".
He said the opposition had tried to prevent excesses, like the attacks on parliament, but said: "We are not scared of arrests or intimidation. The people do not want to live like this and want to live free and without fear."
Word of the demonstrations was spread by text message, via the internet, and on social networking tools.