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Visky was two years old. "I Killed My Mother," which received its U.S. premiere at Chicago's Theatre Y in a translation by Alisha O'Sullivan, is a fictionalized account, but it retains the rawness and poignancy of a memoir. Visky revisits Romania in...
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She graced the cover of Time Magazine, accompanied by the simple headline, “She’s perfect”. But when Comaneci returned to Romania, then under the rule of the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, she was brought back to earth with a bang. After receiving a...
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In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, Mihail Stomff, left, head of private sales of an auction house speaks about a large carpet, right, depicting former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, and the word Peace on display before going on sale... View Photo »
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Goodwin, the former chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, last week joined Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, Romania's Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, communist spy Anthony Blunt and Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe on the list of people...
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Iranian silver-plated pigeons, African leopard skins and a Chinese bronze yak were among the 70 items sold in an auction of gifts presented to Romania’s former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena, held in Bucharest last week. With an original...
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"King of the Pilbara". Lang is credited with discovering vast tracts of iron ore deposits in the region in 1952 where his family had been pastoralists for generations. He was regarded in equal measure as a visionary and ruthless opportunist. He did...
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In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, items which belonged to former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, including an autographed portrait, center, are on display before going on sale at an art auction house in Bucharest, Romania. The auction... View Photo »
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President Traian Basescu asked foreign intelligence service head Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu to form a new cabinet. Ungureanu quickly pledged to continue the unpopular economic reforms and his appointment may do little to assuage popular anger. Twenty-two...
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Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned on Monday, joining a list of European leaders felled by fury at the kind of spending cuts that prompted weeks of mass protests in Bucharest against IMF-backed austerity. Twenty-two years after they overthrew communist...
About Nicolae Ceausescu
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Nicolae Ceauşescu (pronounced [nikoˈlaje tʃauˈʃesku]) (January 26, 1918–December 25, 1989) was the leader of Romania from 1965 until December 1989, when a revolution and coup removed him from power. The self-called revolutionaries' representatives held a two-hour trial and sentenced him to death for crimes against the state, genocide, and... Full Article
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A general view of the parliament hall, built by the late communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, as Romania's former King Michael speaks in Bucharest October 25, 2011, on his 90th birthday, first time since Soviet-backed communists forced him to abdicate more than 60 years ago,...
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A view of the construction site of the People's Salvation Cathedral, seen with the House of the People, built by late Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, in the background in Bucharest October 24, 2011.
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Romanian Orthodox priests carry the reliquary containing the head of St. Andrew during a religious procession in front of the House of the People, built by the late Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, in Bucharest October 24, 2011. Romania's Orthodox church opened a week of pilgrimage...
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Romanian Orthodox priests attend a religious procession in front of the House of the People, buildt by late Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, in Bucharest October 24, 2011. Romania's Orthodox church opened a week of pilgrimage to the head of St. Andrew of Patras, Greece, brought on...
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Romanian orthodox priests follow the relics of Saint Andrew's head in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, backdropped by the Romanian parliament building, the world's largest civilian administrative building, formerly known as the House of the People, built at the request of...
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FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2011 file photo, a man photographs the body of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi on a mattress in a commercial freezer at a shopping center in Misrata, Libya, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, Romania's Nicolae Ceausescu, Liberia's Samuel Doe, Benito Mussolini and,...
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The venue of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly session is seen inside Romania's parliament building, the former House of the People, built during the communist rule at the request of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Oct.10, 2011.
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An elderly man shouts anti government slogans while pointing at a poster that depicts Romanian President Traian Basescu, left, and former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, right, during a protest outside the Romanian parliament building in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, March 16,...
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A picture taken on December 21, 2011 shows a monument dedicated to people killed during Romanian Revolution of December 1989 in Piata Universitatii or University Square in Bucharest on December 21, 2011. Romanians celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the 1989 Revolution which lead to the...
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Young Romanians hold banners reading the names of people killed during the Romanian Revolution of December 1989 during a commemoration of December 1989 events in Piata Universitatii or University Square in Bucharest on December 21, 2011. Romanians celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the...
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Youth Romanians hold a banner reading 'Respect '89' during a commemoration of December 1989 events in Piata Universitatii or University Square in Bucharest on December 21, 2011. Romanians celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the 1989 Revolution which lead to the fall of the communist...
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A flower is placed in front of the honour guard during ceremonies marking 22 years since the 1989 bloody anti-communist Romanian revolution in downtown Bucharest December 21, 2011. Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was arrested after the December 1989 popular uprising and executed on...
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Soldiers of the honour guard hold flowers on their weapons during ceremonies marking 22 years since the 1989 bloody anti-communist Romanian revolution in downtown Bucharest December 21, 2011. Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was arrested after the December 1989 popular uprising and...
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A relative cries at the grave of a victim of the 1989 bloody anti-communist Romanian revolution, at the Heroes cemetery in Bucharest December 21, 2011. Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was arrested after the December 1989 popular uprising and executed on Christmas Day that year,...
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A woman prevents soldiers from laying a wreath on behalf of Romania's government during a commemoration in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Romanians commemorate 22 years since the toppling of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu during a popular uprising in December, 1989,...
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A guard regiment soldier sporting a flower on his weapon marches during a commemoration of December 1989's events and a parallel protest against the government's decision to cut benefits of the revolutionaries in Piata Universitatii (University Square) in Buchareston December 21, 2011.
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