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   Who's Running Your Country? 

Blobe for PeaceDid you ever watch a TV newscast and wonder about the famous world leaders you were hearing about? Well, on this page you can learn about many famous world leaders from the past and from today.

The people who are in charge of your country make some very important decisions.  For example, they decide whether your country goes to war or whether your country remains at peace.  They also make decisions about how your government works and they help to pick the other people who run things. 

Follow the links below to learn about these famous people.  Some of these people have helped to create peace and some have broken the peace. 

Is this leader a peacemaker or breaker?  You decide...
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 Ayatollah Khomeini Tony Blair Napoleon Bonaparte George W. Bush
Jimmy Carter Catherine the Great Charlemagne Winston Churchill
Queen Elizabeth  Benjamin Franklin Mahatma Gandhi Adolf Hitler
Genghis Kahn Abraham Lincoln Nelson Mandela Golda Meir
Ho Chi Minh Lord Louis Mountbatten Ronald Reagan Joseph Stalin
Tiananmen Rebel Margaret Thatcher Lech Walesa George Washington
Mao Zedong      

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Image of globe from "ArtToday.com" <http://members.clipart.com/en/index> (2003).

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