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A "dictator" is a head of state who exercises arbitrary authority over the lives of his citizens and who cannot be removed from power through legal means. The worst commit terrible human-rights abuses. This present list draws in part on reports by global human-rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, Freedom House, Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International. While the three worst from 2005 have retained their places, two on last year's list (Muammar al-Qaddafi of Libya and Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan) have slipped out of the Top 10-not because their conduct has improved but because other dictators have gotten worse....

Yangon, Aug 26 (DPA) Myanmar's military leader, Senior General Than Shwe, who was earlier this week rumoured to have been ousted in a coup, has been flown to Singapore for medical treatment, a source said Friday. Than Shwe, 73, was flown to Singapore Wednesday for treatment of an unspecified illness, the source close to the military leader said. General Maung Aye - vice chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), as Myanmar's military junta styles itself - is leading the country in Than Shwe's absence. Than Shwe has led Myanmar's military regime since 1992. He was last seen...

The deputy and the deposed: is this really the end of Sr. Gen Than Shwe? For thirteen years, Sr. Gen Than Shwe and his family stayed on top of the Burmese military government, featuring prominently in nightly news and steadfastly refusing to hand power to election winner National League for Democracy. Now the man who joined the army at 20 has been forced to retire by Deputy Sr. Gen Maung Aye because of nepotism and corruption, according to sources close to the government.News blackout? The news has not been confirmed but a resident at the China-Burma border insists it...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Rumours swirled in army-ruled Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand on Wednesday that junta strongman Senior General Than Shwe may have been removed, but Thailand's foreign minister said it was only speculation. Reports suggested Than Shwe, head of a military junta which has ruled the former Burma in various forms since 1992, had been ousted by number two General Maung Aye. A Thai intelligence official said he had heard the rumours, but nothing was confirmed. "We've heard Maung Aye has seized power from Than Shwe, citing allegations of corruption and his involvement in illegal trade of weapons," the...

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Together with Thaksin of Thai, Than Shwe and his cronies shamelessly attended the sham show of the Buddhist summit in Burma. The Burmese despotic leader is a Buddhist, but not for the maintenance of genuine Buddhism. Realizing very well that he has committed tons of wrong-doings in his life, he is desparate to pray for himself during his numbered days. One of his sins is clearly that he orders or turn a blind eye on his military thugs who disrobe Buddhist monks and send them to prisons with hard work sentence without any proper judicature. How cruel he is! A...