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31 Cards in this Set
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Zimbabwe
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Robert Mugabe (1980-)(85 yo) inflation, cholera, 85% unemployment, faces challenger in Morgan Tsvangirai
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Sudan (North Sudan)
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Omar al-Bashir (1989-)(65 yo) charged by ICC for death of million since 2003, US political pressure but little done beyond trade sanctions
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North Korea
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Kim Jong-Il (1994-)(67 yo) thought to have suffered stroke, repressive regime with major labor camps, provoking attention with long-range weapons
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Burma (Myanmar)
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Than Shwe (1992-)(76 yo) leader of military junta, restricted aid access after May 2 cyclone, Aung San Suu Kyi remains under house arrest
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Saudi Arabia
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King Abdullah (1995-)(85 yo) very oppressive in regards to women's rights, no penal code, US too dependent on oil to criticize
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China
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Hu Jintao (2002-)(66 yo) still oppressive to Tibetan presence, labor camps without trial, restricts freedom of speech, largest US creditor
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Iran
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Sayyid Ali Khamenei (1989-)(69 yo) women's rights and nuclear development largest issues
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Eritrea
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Isayas Afewerki (1991-)(63 yo)(president) first and current, no elections, complete media control
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Turkmenistan
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Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedov (2006-)(51 yo) (president) all control media, religion, legal system, less personality cult than predecessor Saparmurat Niyazov
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Equatorial Guinea
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Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (1979-) president, huge cult of personality (direct connection to God etc.), total media control and known to kill opposition members
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Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic of the imagination of Algeria (SADR) aka Western Sahara
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Mohamed Abdelaziz (1976-)(63yo) led Polisario first and current, vied for western support by distancing himself from Arab socialism, acknowledged human rights abuses
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Cameroon
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Paul Biya (1975-)(78 yo)PM then president, maintains close relationship with colonizer France, tight control on society though rather aloof
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Yemen
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Ali Abdullah Saleh (1990-)(69yo) first and current president, former ally to Saddam Hussein, now key in fight against terrorism, authoritarian
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Angola
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José Eduardo dos Santos (1979-)(69) second and current president
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Cambodia
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Hun Sen (1985-)(59) "samdech" and PM
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Uganda
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Yoweri Museveni (1986-)
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Burkina Faso
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Blaise Compaoré (1987-)
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Chad
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Idriss Déby (1990-)
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Ethiopia
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Meles Zenawi (1991-)
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Kazakhstan
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Nursultan Nazarbayev (1990-)
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Uzbekistan
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Islam Karimov (1989-)
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Belarus
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Alexander Lukashenko (1994-)
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Tajikistan
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Emomalii Rahmon (1992-)
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Australia
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PM Julia Gillard
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Andorra
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PM Antoni Martí
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Bangladesh
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Pres. Zillur Rahman
PM Sheikh Hasina |
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Belgium
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King Albert II
PM Yves Leterme |
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Brazil
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Pres. Dilma Rousseff
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Finland
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Pres. Tarja Halonen
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Ghana
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Pres. John Atta Mills
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Pakistan
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Asif Ali Zardari
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