Romanian engineer who saved churches from destruction dies

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Eugeniu Iordachescu, a Romanian civil engineer who devised an ingenious way to save 12 churches and many other historic buildings from being destroyed by the country's former Communist strongman, has died. He was 89.He died Friday from a heart attack and his funeral was being held Sunday, his daughter-in-law, Ligia Iordachescu, told The Associated Press.From 1982 to 1988, thousands of buildings were razed in the heart of Bucharest, the Romanian capital, to make wa