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The World's Most Notorious Despots, Part 2

The World's Most Notorious Despots by Borgna Brunner Top Ten Despots TamerlaneIvan the TerribleRobespierreJoseph StalinAdolph HitlerMao ZedongFrancois DuvalierNicolae CeausescuIdi…

The World's Most Notorious Despots, Part 3

The World's Most Notorious Despots by Borgna Brunner Top Ten Despots TamerlaneIvan the TerribleRobespierreJoseph StalinAdolph HitlerMao ZedongFrancois DuvalierNicolae CeausescuIdi…

The World's Most Notorious Despots, Part 4

The World's Most Notorious Despots by Borgna Brunner Top Ten Despots TamerlaneIvan the TerribleRobespierreJoseph StalinAdolph HitlerMao ZedongFrancois DuvalierNicolae CeausescuIdi…

State of the World's Mothers, 2009

Save the Children's annual Mothers’ Index   Related Links The Full Report: State of the World's Mothers (PDF) Mothers in the Labor Force Selected Characteristics of Births by Race of…

Urdu Spoken Here

The U.S. is more multilingual than you might think by Borgna Brunner More than 300,000 Americans regularly speak Urdu in the home. Related Links American Indian Languages Spoken in U.S.Persons…

Royal Titles and Nobility Ranks in a Monarchy

Source: iStockMonarchy is a form of government in which a single person, called a monarch, is the head of state for the duration of their life. The word is of Greek origin, deriving from the words "…

Human Rights Day

A celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Related Links Encyclopedia: Human Rights Human Rights Treatieis, Speeches, and Documents The World's Most Repressive…

The Bribe Payers' Index

The Bribe Payers' Index ranks the 30 leading exporting countries according to the degree to which their companies are perceived to be paying bribes abroad…

Freedom in the World, 2007

Since 1978, Freedom House has published Freedom in the World, an annual comparative assessment of the state of political rights and civil liberties around the world. Widely used by…