Lukashenka snugs in pretty company
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12:12, — Politics
The US magazine Parade has published a list of the worst present-day dictators of the world. First the list was created in 2003. Sources include the U.S. State Department, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders.
This year's list includes:
1) Kim Jong-il, North Korea
2) Omar Al-Bashir, Sudan
3) Than Shwe, Myanmar
4) King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia
5) Hu Jintao, China
6) Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
7) Sayyid Ali Khamenei, Iran
8) Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan
9) Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan
10) Isayas Afewerki, Eritrea
11) Muammar al-Qaddafi, Libya
12) Bashar al-Assad, Syria
13) Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Equatorial Guinea
14) King Mswati III, Equatorial Swaziland
15) Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia
16) Aleksandr Lukashenka, Belarus
17) Hosni Mubarak, Egypt
18) Raúl Castro, Cuba
19) Choummaly Sayasone, Laos
20) Idriss Déby, Chad
It has been informed on Tuesday that Fidel Castro, who occupied the 15th position in this list, and was not included into in last year because he reposed power in hands of his brother Raúl after an intestinal tract operation, officially stepped down the position of the President of the Council of State. He occupied this position since the Council of State was founded in 1976, Vesti informs.
Besides, as “Gazeta” writes, the oppositional Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) previously chaired by assassinated Benazir Bhutto, by this moment won 58 places in the parliament after votes were count in 70% of polling stations. Nawaz Sharif’s party, Pakistan Muslim League, has 56 places in the National Assembly of Pakistan. In Punjab the Pakistan Muslim League has won 89 seats, the PPP – 54 seats. The party of the acting president Pervez Musharraf is the third, lagging behind the both oppositional parties. It has only 25 seats in the national Assembly, and 25 seats in Punjub.
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