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Romania to promote Ceausescu tourist trail [Aug 25, 2011] BUCHAREST (AFP) - Tourists travelling to Romania will soon be able to follow the trail of former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, tourist minister Elena Udrea said Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania to promote Ceausescu tourist trail [Aug 21, 2011] Tourists travelling to Romania will soon be able to follow the trail of former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, tourist minister Elena Udrea said Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania to promote Ceausescu tourist trail [Aug 17, 2011] BUCHAREST (AFP) - Tourists travelling to Romania will soon be able to follow the trail of former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, tourist minister Elena Udrea said Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Moonwalking lawmaker told to put dance shoes away [Apr 18, 2011] ALISON MUTLER Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania A moonwalking politician might not be the best reason to pay attention to Romanian politics, but the antics seem to be working. Edmond Talmacean, a 40-year-old Bucharest politician, has inspired national headlines with his Michael Jackson-inspired moonwalk on a television show and his impersonations of the late dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. His ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Ceausescu's sorry legacy of child neglect slowly improving [Jan 23, 2011] Most people had paid little attention to Romania until dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was overthrown in 1989. [via YahooNews] More >>

Former Romanian dictator and his wife are reburied in Bucharest, son says [Dec 09, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - Former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife have been reburied, according to their son. [via YahooNews] More >>

Thousands gather for funeral of Romanian poet [Nov 07, 2010] Vadim Ghirda An Orthodox priest sings as mourners stand around the coffin of Romanian poet Adrian Paunescu at the Writers Union in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Nov. 5, 2010. Paunescu, Romania's most famous poet who praised ex dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, yet whose sentimental verse struck a chord with many Romanians has died. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian poet who praised dictator Ceausescu dies [Nov 06, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? Adrian Paunescu, Romania's most famous poet ? a man who praised the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu yet remained popular among Romanians ? has died at the age of 67. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian poet Paunescu dies at 67 of organ failure [Nov 06, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - Adrian Paunescu, Romania's most famous poet -- a man who praised the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu yet remained popular among Romanians -- has died at the age of 67. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian poet who praised dictator Ceausescu dies [Nov 05, 2010] Adrian Paunescu, Romania's most famous poet _ a man who praised the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu yet remained popular among Romanians _ has died at the age of 67. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian poet who praised dictator Nicolae Ceausescu but remained a national favorite dies [Nov 05, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - Adrian Paunescu, Romania's most famous poet ? a man who praised the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu yet remained popular among Romanians ? has died at the age of 67. [via YahooNews] More >>

Gheorghe Apostol, veteran Romanian Communist who turned against Ceausescu, dies at 97 [Aug 25, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) Gheorghe Apostol, a veteran Communist politician who gained international attention in 1989 by publicly criticizing Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, has died. He was 97. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania shows its support for the U.S.-led mission in Afghanistan [Aug 19, 2010] At Romanian Navy Day celebrations, the message is clear: In the fight against 'the terrorists' in Afghanistan, Romania is with the United States until the end. As Romanian military and civilian officials mingled at a VIP reception aboard a yacht that belonged to executed dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, a U.S. Navy band played an American selection: the Gershwins, Cole Porter and Broadway show tunes. [via YahooNews] More >>

Nicolae Ceausescu and dictator's wife exhumed in Romania. Why? [Jul 22, 2010] Scientists on Wednesday briefly exhumed the remains of former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, from a military cemetery in west Bucharest to take DNA samples and verify their identities. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex-Romanian dictator Ceausescu and wife exhumed [Jul 21, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - The mystery of where former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were buried... [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex-Romanian dictator Ceausescu and wife exhumed [Jul 21, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) Taking the country by surprise, forensic scientists on Wednesday exhumed what are believed to be the bodies of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena to solve the mystery of where they are truly buried. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania exhumes remains of ex-dictator Ceausescu [Jul 21, 2010] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - The graves of Romania's former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were dug up Wednesday, some 20 years after their deaths, to check if they were truly buried there, their son-in-law said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania exhumes remains of ex-dictator Ceausescu [Jul 21, 2010] The graves of Romania's former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were dug up Wednesday, some 20 years after their deaths, to check if they were truly buried there, their son-in-law said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex-Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and wife Elena exhumed to determine corpses' identities [Jul 21, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - Forensic scientists have exhumed what are believed to be the bodies of late Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena at the request of the couple's survivors. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex-Romanian dictator Ceausescu and wife exhumed [Jul 21, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) Taking the country by surprise, forensic scientists on Wednesday exhumed what are believed to be the bodies of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, to solve the mystery of where they are truly buried. Ceausescu ruled Romania for 25 years with an iron fist ... [via YahooNews] More >>