21.   Almost one decade after the bloody revolt where former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was toppled and executed, events surrounding the uprising remain murky.

22.   Angelo Miculescu, a onetime close ally of former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, has died in a car accident, his family said.

23.   As the snow fell, some of them hoisted portraits of former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

24.   Authorities blame the glut of stray dogs on late communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, who demolished tens of thousands of houses, forcing residents to move into cramped apartments.

25.   Berisha called Nano a Communist dictator.

26.   Bruguiere also met Tudor Postelnicu, the interior minister who ran the Securitate, the feared secret police of former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

27.   Closest rival is Corneliu Vadim Tudor, an extreme nationalist known for his poems of praise for the late communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu.

28.   Elena Barbulescu, a sister of the late Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, died Wednesday of bone marrow cancer, the state news agency Rompres said Thursday.

29.   Exotic furs and other personal belongings of the wife of late Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu are to go on auction, the government said Friday.

30.   Even under Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, Romania often bucked the Soviet line on foreign policy while maintaining strong trade links.