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Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés.
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1989 popular uprising/coup in Romania
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Timișoara
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László Tőkés
Hungarian-Romanian clergyman and politician
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