AP:Retired General Who Organized Ceausescu Trial Dies

A retired Romanian general who organized the summary trial of communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife has died. Victor Stanculescu was 88, AP correspondent reports. His lawyer, Catalin Dancu, said Stanculescu died in a nursing home Sunday after recently suffering a stroke. Stanculescu held a senior position in Ceausescu's regime and the Communist leader dispatched him to crack down on demonstrators protesting against ...

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