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"Clearly a lot of people are angry in Romania and want to see radical change. But at the same time, we saw massive mobilization of the urban middle class who feared that the country could be taken backwards."It was a fear of what may happen if Simion and friends came to power."

I've met plenty of Simion supporters in recent days.When he turned up to vote on Sunday, a colourful crowd were there at the polling station to greet him. Some were in embroidered national dress and others had brought Romanian flags.They tended to talk about God and the "traditional values" they think Simion represents. Two men told me their priority was to prevent the EU "imposing" same-sex marriage on Romania.

Other voters are drawn to Simion's "Romania first" rhetoric and promises of a better life."Nothing has been done for us, the working people, and I'm fed up," Liliana told me this week from behind a Bucharest market stall piled with apples.

She and her husband voted for Simion thinking he wouldn't be "so corrupt".

So when the results came in she was disappointed.The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to send a robotic rover to the Red Planet to study its geology - and look for fossils and minerals.

A University of St Andrews team has been testing equipment in Lower Diabaig, in Torridon, where there are rocks that are billions of years old and similar to those found on Mars.The trials have included of cameras of the type to be used as the rover's "eyes", and kit that can detect ancient biology preserved in the rock.

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