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General Manuel Antonio Noriega aka 'Pineapple face' was Panama's strongman and dictator for nearly a decade. He dangled the power of life and death over his fellow countrymen - a power which he wielded freely, torturing and murdering anyone who stood in his way.
Nicolae Ceausescu was Romania's Communist dictator for 24 years. From loved and respected leader he fell to hated and despised despot. We will look at his rise from the poor fields of rural Romania to the luxurious heights of political power.
As Prime Minister of Cambodia, Pol Pot set up a totalitarian regime which caused the death, imprisonment, or exile of around 2 million people.
For decades Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq with an iron fist, crushing and hint of dissent. His soldiers carried out tortures in his name, videotaping them so they could be shown as warnings to others who might get out of line. Despised in the West but a hero to many in the Middle East, we look at his bloody rise and fall
Mirjana Markovic and Slobodan Milosevic fell in love when they were still students, and her family's position in the Communist Party eased his rise through the ranks. They are described as the perfect matych - he's been called the 'Butcher of the Balkans' and she 'the Red Witch'.
Before there was Osama Bin Laden, there was Ayatollah Khomeini. This is the story of the leader who set the stage for the modern conflict with radical Islam.
