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"Be careful what you wish for," the saying goes. When prosecutors ordered the death penalty for former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak for complicity in killing over 800 protesters, would he find out it was a prediction he made long ago?
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Shot by a firing squad for "crimes against the state," Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu and wife Elena were later buried in a military cemetery in Bucharest, but the bodies have been exhumed for verification.
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Georgian authorities have torn down two statues of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, one of them in his hometown of Gori. They removed the Gori monument overnight, out of concern about pro-Stalin sentiment.
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Buenos Aires -
Argentina's last dictator between 1976 and 1983 has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for committing human rights abuses during his military rule.
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Argentina's last dictator Reynaldo Bignone and five of his generals will begin trial for their human rights crimes on Tuesday more than 25 years ago.
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Ex- president Frederick de Klerk of South Africa urged military action to remove Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe from power yesterday. It has also just become known that Mugabe's top military commander was injured in an assassination attempt.
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In a brilliant FrontPage article by Gustavo Coronel, who served in the Venezuelan Congress before its dissolving by Chavez and is now a declared enemy of the state, Mr. Coronel analyzes some startling developments in Venezuela vis-a-vis Hugo Chavez.
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The Russian President Vladimir Putin isn’t anywhere near as funny as his predecessor Boris Yeltsin, yet his actions are far more outrageous. His dictatorial streak is in dire need of assessing.
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Hundreds protest in the streets of Venezuela over Chavez measures to increase his power. . .
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The National Assembly of Venezuela initially approves law to let President Hugo Chavez enact laws by decree for 1 1/2 years.
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Personal belongings and official gifts given to the late Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu will be auctioned in Bucharest.
David Cameron denies trying to "dictate" the terms of a Scottish referendum - as Scotland's Deputy First Minister accuses him of trying to interfere.
The BBC shrugs off claims that it has banned Sacha Baron Cohen from talk shows, as he promotes his new film The Dictator in character
Sacha Baron Cohen's latest comedy, about a spoof dictator's eccentric behaviour, takes nearly £5 million at UK and Ireland cinemas.
Actor hasn't been banned from Oscars, but unwelcome as "Dictator" character.
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Philippine President Ferdinard E. Marcos with Secretary of State, George Shultz, in Washington in September 1982. Marcos' administration was marred by massive authoritarian corruption, despotism, nepotism, political repression, and human rights violations.
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