george
w. bush
George W. Bush is the 43rd President* of the United States of America.
He brings a whole lifetime's experience of having sprung from the
loins of a long line of entitled millionaire politicians. A native
of blue-blooded New Haven, Connecticut, Mr. Bush was born July 6,
1946 to parents Barbara Pierce Bush and future President George
H.W. Bush. show more
bill clinton
William Jefferson Blythe III was born on August 19, 1946, in Hope,
Arkansas. He was named after his father, William Jefferson Blythe
II, who had been killed in a car accident just three months before
he was born. Needing to find a way to support herself and her new
child, Clinton's mother, Virginia, moved to New Orleans, Louisiana,
to study nursing. show more
yasser arafat
In Cairo, before he was seventeen Arafat was smuggling arms to
Palestine to be used against the British and the Jews. At nineteen,
during the war between the Jews and the Arab states, Arafat left
his studies at the University of Faud I (later Cairo University)
to fight against the Jews in the Gaza area. The defeat of the
Arabs and the establishment of the state of Israel left him in
such despair that he applied for a visa to study at the University
of Texas. show more
saddam hussein
For more than two decades, Iraqis were hard-pressed to escape
Saddam Hussein's gaze. On the streets of Baghdad, on monuments
and buildings throughout the country, his image was everywhere.
Crowds cheered his every action and decree, and thousands voiced
support for his policies. That began to change on March 19, when
the U.S.-led invasion opened with what the Pentagon called a "decapitation
strike" - an unsuccessful airstrike aimed at killing the
Iraqi leader. show more
dick cheney
Vice President Richard B. Cheney has had a distinguished career
as a businessman and public servant, serving four Presidents and
as an elected official. Throughout his service, Mr. Cheney served
with duty, honor, and unwavering leadership, gaining him the respect
of the American people during trying military times. show
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pope john paul ii
Karol Józef Wojtyla , known as John Paul II since his October
1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city
50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second
of two sons born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska. His
mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died
in 1932 and his father, a non-commissioned army officer died in
1941. show more
mikhail gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev was born March 02, 1931 in the village
of Privolnoye near Stavropol, Russia. From the age of 13 he worked
on a collective farm, where his father was a mechanic. He was
an exceptional student and earned a law degree at Moscow University
where he joined the Communist party and became Secretary of the
law department's Young Communist League. show
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osama bin laden
His father Mohammed Awad bin Laden came to the kingdom from Hadramout
(South Yemen) sometime around 1930. The father started his life
as a very poor laborer (porter in Jeddah port), to end up as owner
of the biggest construction company in the kingdom. During the
reign of King Saud, bin Laden the father became very close to
the royal family when he took the risk of building King Saud's
palaces much cheaper than the cheapest bid. show
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john kerry
The junior senator from Massachusetts, John Forbes Kerry, was
born on Dec. 11, 1943. Kerry's father was a career foreign service
officer for the U.S. State Department. His mother was a member
of an aristocratic American family, the Forbes. Kerry spent much
of his childhood abroad, attending boarding school in Switzerland
and New Hampshire before entering Yale University. show
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john edwards
John Edwards was born in Seneca, South Carolina and raised in
Robbins, North Carolina, a small town in the Piedmont. There John
learned the values of hard work and perseverance from his father,
Wallace, who worked in the textile mills for 36 years, and from
his mother, Bobbie, who ran a shop and worked at the post office.
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