SPECIAL REPORT:  These Kings Leave No Heirs
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ROME, Nov 6 (IPS) - Some ageing rulers seem destined to die among  rumours of ill health and the nervous murmur of behind-the-scenes  negotiations. From Portugal's Antonio de Oliveira Salazar to  former U.S. president Woodrow Wilson, history is full of them.
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Important details in little-seen government reports.
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The Americans have run out of explanations, but not excuses.
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Fortunately, it ended as such. The major massacre did not occur, but small ones did. The shrines and the holy places were not destroyed, although some walls were hit.
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History today is not so much written by the victors as by the vanquished.
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The late leader of the Palestinian people never achieved an independent state for his people or the return of thousands of exiled Palestinians to their homeland, but there was no question he was their ...
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This week, the descendants of several world figures turned up in the headlines with challenges of varying levels of seriousness.
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It was a fine occasion, but it could have been a grand one without a touch of avarice. There were plenty of empty seats here despite the presence of two of the most charismatic sides in the world.
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Seven months after Valentin  Elizalde&#39;s death, the slain banda star&#39;s relatives are keeping  the dynasty going with their own work.
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Â· Rightwing efforts to thwart former president fail  Â· Victory lays ground for clash with supreme leader
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High valuations can sink a chieftain's reign.
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It was never about whether they deserved it. It was about how to get it done.
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BELGRADE, Serbia â As the dispute over Kosovoâs future nears a climax, the Serbian government has enlisted the support of some the worldâs best known statesmen â all of them dead.
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Princes William and Harry tell a US interviewer how the decade since their mother's death has passed very slowly .
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As the European Union approaches a contentious decision - whether to let Turkey join the club - the Continent&#39;s rulers seem to have left their citizens behind.
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Even the King of Beasts needs a hand staying alive in his own domain.
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He wouldÂve been king even today had a paralytic stroke not felled him and caused a grave decline in his aspirations.