51.   Signaling improved bilateral relations, Hungary on Wednesday reopened here a consulate which was closed down by the late Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu nine years ago.

52.   Since his ouster from power last fall, Milosevic has lived under police surveillance in the cavernous villa built for former communist dictator Josip Broz Tito.

53.   Some compared the panicked mood to that reigning under communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, whose economic policies led to massive food shortages.

54.   The deal has been widely criticized in Romania, which is still struggling with serious economic problems nine years after the revolution that toppled Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

55.   The grandson of former Communist dictator Todor Zhivkov was extradited from Switzerland on Wednesday and immediately taken into custody pending an indictment on charges of rape.

56.   The last communist dictator of the Soviet Union was coy about his own political ambitions.

57.   The Romanian government on Sunday held its sixth and final public auction of memorabilia belonging to former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

58.   The royals were banned from visiting the country during the reign of communist dictator Josip Broz Tito.

59.   To understand how this happened, it is helpful to know something of the complexity of the country built by Communist dictator Josip Broz Tito after World War II.

60.   Two dozen lakeside villas belonging to close associates of former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu will be offered for rent, the government said Thursday.