Romania 1989: Ceaucescu goes down in blood - archive, 23 December 1989
by Petyo Petkov and Michael Simmons in Bucharest from on (#4WYSN)
23 December 1989: Nicolae Ceausescu's overthrow follows a week of carnage in which thousands of protesters against his regime were killed in cold blood
President Nicolae Ceausescu was overthrown yesterday and became a fugitive in the country he has ruled for 24 years as remnants of his personal troops fought bitter last battles with regular soldiers and demonstrators in the streets of the Romanian capital.
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