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Presidents and prelates, soldiers and terrorists, lawyers and philanthropists—these are the men and women who give hope and direction to the world or who try to turn it upside down
George W. Bush
Hu Jintao
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Ali Sistani
Toshihiko Fukui
Abu al-Zarqawi
Kofi Annan
Condoleezza Rice
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
John Abizaid
Kim Jong Il
Bill Gates
Pope John Paul II
Atal Behari Vajpayee
John Kerry
Luisa Diogo
Vladmir Putin
Wu Yi
Osama bin Laden
The Clintons

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