(17 Dec 2009) SHOTLIST
1. Memorial to victims of revolution
2. Eternal flame and Romanian flags in background
3. Various of gravestones
4. Candle being placed in front of gravestone
5. Man with revolution flag
6. Various shots of girl placing candle at grave
7. Parents and relatives attending religious service
8. Various shots of framed photos showing people who were shot during revolution
9. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Blindu Aurica, Widow with four children:
"I am alone with four girls, the oldest one was only three and I was pregnant with twins when he (husband) was shot. He had no chance to see them."
10. Various shots of priests and people during religious service
11. Man holding a candle
12. Close of man's face as he weeps
13. Men laying wreaths at memorial
14. Romanian revolution flag with black ribbon
15. Wide of block of flats
16. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Victoria, Born on December 16, 1989:
"My name is Victoria and I was born same day the revolution started 20 years ago, that's way I have this name. I heard that before 1989 life was very bad, but now after years, me and my family can enjoy total freedom."
++NIGHT SHOTS++
17. Main cathedral in Timisoara in the evening
18. People lighting candles
19. Various shots of people marching downtown carrying flowers, candles, and flags
20. Various shots of people gathered in location where revolution started
21. Mid shot of people kneeling in location holding wreaths
22. Candles on the pavement
STORYLINE:
Romanians continued to pay homage on Thursday to the fighters who took to the streets of Timisoara 20 years ago, sparking the revolution that swept Eastern Europe's most repressive dictator from power.
It was there that residents flocked to the defence of an ethnic Hungarian dissident pastor who was being threatened with forced relocation, leading to rapidly escalating confrontations with police.
The next day, police, army and secret service units began firing at protesters, the start of six days of fighting that subsequently spilled over to Bucharest and led to the toppling of Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu.
More than one thousand people were killed in the sole violent upheaval of the revolutions that removed communists from power across Eastern Europe 20 years ago.
Of those, 118 were killed in Timisoara.
On Thursday veteran revolutionaries and others participated in a prayer service in the city's cathedral.
Later they marched to several monuments in memory of those killed in the fighting, laid wreaths and held prayers. They also laid candles at victims' graves.
Towards Thursday evening they gathered in the location where the revolution started in Timisoara, many kneeling in prayer.
The revolution was sparked on 16 December 1989 when authorities tried to forcibly move an ethnic Hungarian pastor, Laszlo Toekes, to a remote rural parish.
Ceausescu and his wife Elena were executed after a summary trial on Christmas Day.
Ceausescu's brutal reign was underpinned by the notorious Securitate who had an army of an estimated 700-thousand informers - about one in 20 Romanians - to stifle dissent during 25 years of harsh rule.
Towards the end of the Ceausescu era, ordinary Romanians suffered through harsh rationing in which even bananas and oranges became a luxury, as the dictator tried to pay off the country's foreign debt.
Today, Romania is still drowning in debt - with foreign obligations of almost 78 (b) billion euros (113 (b) billion US dollars).
Basescu won by a razor-thin margin to ex-foreign minister Mircea Geoana.

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