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Mustafa al-Hawsawi

Last mentioned in Washington :: DC :: USA

Mustafa al-Hawsawi (Arabic: مصطفى الحوساوي, also transliterated in other ways, listed as Saudi, has used many aliases; born August 5, 1968 ) is a member of the militant Islamic organization al-Qaeda and an organizer and financer of the September 11, 2001 attacks. His alternate names and aliases ...

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Aafia Siddiqui

Last mentioned in Washington :: DC :: USA

Aafia Siddiqui (Arabic: عافية صديقي‎) (DOB used: March 2, 1972) is an MIT alumna in biology, originally from Pakistan, wanted for questioning by the FBI in regard to terrorism. Her last known location was at or near the Karachi airport in March 2003, along with her three children. In 2004, she was ...

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Omar Torrijos

Last mentioned in Panama City :: Panama

Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera (February 13, 1929 – August 1, 1981) was the Commander of the Panamanian National Guard and the de facto leader of Panama from 1968 to 1981. Torrijos never held elected office in Panama, and was never president. He did hold several other titles however, including "...

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Mengistu Haile Mariam

Last mentioned in Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia

Mengistu Haile Mariam (መንግስቱ ኃይለ ማርያም, pronounced [məngɨstu hajlə marjam]) (born 1937) was the most prominent officer of the Derg, the military junta that governed Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987, and the President of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from 1987 to 1991. He was originally ...

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Jean-Pierre Bemba

Last mentioned in Bossangoa :: Central African Republic

Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo (born 4 November 1962) is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was one of four vice-presidents in the transitional government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 17 July 2003 to 2006. Bemba also leads the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC)...

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Ruth Ann Minner

Last mentioned in Dover :: NH :: USA

Ruth Ann Minner (born January 17, 1935) is an American politician and businesswoman from Milford, in Kent County, Delaware. She is a member of the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, two terms as Lieutenant Governor of Delaware, and is the incumbent Governor of Delaware. ...

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David Mulford

Last mentioned in New Delhi :: India

David Campbell Mulford (born June 1937) is the current United States Ambassador to India. He took office on January 23, 2004....

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Ramzi Binalshibh

Last mentioned in Washington :: DC :: USA

Ramzi Binalshibh (Arabic: رمزي بن الشيبة; also transliterated as Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Ramzi bin al-Shaibah, and several other ways; born May 1, 1972), is a citizen of Yemen and according to the United States, Germany, and several other countries, a key al-Qaeda member who helped in planning the ...

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Hans Reiser

Last mentioned in Oakland :: CA :: USA

Hans Thomas Reiser (born December 19, 1963) is an American computer programmer, famous for his contributions to free software in the field of file systems. On April 28, 2008, he was convicted of the murder of his estranged wife, Nina Reiser, after her 2006 disappearance. He faces a sentence of 25 ...

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Liu Zhijun

Last mentioned in Beijing :: China

Liu Zhijun (simplified Chinese: 刘志军; traditional Chinese: 劉志軍; pinyin: Liú Zhìjūn) (born 1953) is Minister of Railways in the People's Republic of China, he was born in January 1953 in Hubei Province....

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