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'The Three Pashas'

Last modified 29 April 2012.

Short biographies and background note on The Three Pashas. Updated 29 April 2012 to remove 'More information' link to Tall Armenian Tale - The Other Side of the Falsified Genocide website.

Jorge Rafaél Videla

Last modified 19 April 2012.

Short biography and background note on Jorge Rafaél Videla and the Argentine junta. Updated 18 April 2012 to include admissions by Videla that the junta killed 7,000 or 8,000 people, "disappeared" opponents and took children.

Francisco Franco

Last modified 18 April 2012.

A short biography and background note on Francisco Franco. Updated 18 April 2012 to include link to a review of the book 'The Spanish Holocaust: Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth - Century Spain' by Paul Preston.

The Assads

Last modified 18 April 2012.

A short biography and background note on the Assads. Includes information on Hafez al-Assad, Rifaat al-Assad and Bashar al-Assad. Updated 18 April 2012 to include comments by Rifaat Assad that his nephew, Bashar, will not be able to stay in power much longer.

Idi Amin

Last modified 30 March 2012.

A short biography and background note on Idi Amin. Updated 30 March 2012 to add 'More information' link to obituary for Amin published in 'The Telegraph' on 17 August 2003.

Pol Pot

Last modified 22 March 2012.

A short biography and background note on Pol Pot. Updated 22 March 2012 to note the result of Kaing Khek Iev's appeal to have his sentence reduced. The appeal is rejected and the sentence increased to life.

Adolf Hitler

Last modified 22 March 2012.

A short biography and background note on Adolf Hitler. Updated 22 March 2012 to add 'More background' link.

Efraín Ríos Montt

Last modified 21 March 2012.

A short biography and background note on Efraín Ríos Montt. Updated 21 March 2012 to include information about charges of genocide and crimes against humanity brought against Ríos Montt.

The Duvaliers

Last modified 20 March 2012.

Short biographies and background notes on François Duvalier and Jean-Claude Duvalier. Updated 20 March 2012 to include information about the recommendations of the judge investigating the charges against Jean-Claude Duvalier.

Théoneste Bagosora

Last modified 20 March 2012.

A short biography and background note on Théoneste Bagosora. Updated 20 March 2012 to include information about a new French investigation into the shooting down of the plane carrying President Habyarimana on 6 April 1994.

Josef Mengele

Last modified 19 March 2012.

A short biography and background note on Josef Mengele. Updated 19 March 2012 to include information about the discovery of Mengele's grave and exhumation of his body.

Kim Il Sung

Last modified 12 March 2012.

A short biography and background note on Kim Il Sung. Includes information on Kim Jong Il. Reviewed and updated 12 March 2012 to include new information about Kim Jong Il's life and death.

Ne Win

Last modified 20 February 2012.

Short biography and background note on Ne Win. Includes information on Than Shwe. Updated 20 February 2012 to correct a typographical error.

Joseph Stalin

Last modified 20 February 2012.

A short biography and background note on Joseph Stalin. Updated 20 February 2012 to note the death of Stalin's daughter, Svetlana, on 22 November 2011.

Radovan Karadzic

Last modified 8 December 2011.

Short biography and background note on Radovan Karadzic. Updated 8 December 2011 with minor edit about the soccer team for which Karadzic worked as a psychiatrist.

Tojo Hideki

Last modified 25 September 2011.

A short biography and background note on Tojo Hideki. Updated 25 September 2011 to note the Soviet Union's declaration of war on Japan on 8 August 1945 and include link to article in the Boston Globe.

Shiro Ishii

Last modified 25 September 2011.

Short biography and background note on Shiro Ishii. Updated 25 September 2011 to note the Soviet Union's declaration of war on Japan on 8 August 1945.

Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan

Last modified 11 September 2011.

Short biography and background note on Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan. Updated 11 September 2011 to replace image with image from Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org).

Ante Pavelic

Last modified 11 September 2011.

A short biography and background note on Ante Pavelic. Updated 11 September 2011 to replace image with image from Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org).

Benito Mussolini

Last modified 11 September 2011.

A short biography and background note on Benito Mussolini. Updated 11 September 2011 to replace image with image from Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org).