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Britney Spears

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:08:24 -0800

Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer and entertainer. Raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television in 1992 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club from

Marlon Brando

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:08:45 -0800

Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor whose body of work spanned over half a century. He is considered one of the greatest actors of all time, and was named the fourth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.

Theodore Dreiser

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:09:25 -0800

Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist. He pioneered the naturalist school and is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations th

Socrates

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:09:35 -0800

Socrates (pronounced /ˈsɒkrətiːz/; Greek: Σωκράτης, Sōkrátēs; c. 469 BC–399 BC) was a Classical Greek philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known only through the classical accounts of his students. Plato's dialogues are the most comprehensive

Robert Browning

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:09:46 -0800

Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1892) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.

George W. Bush

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:09:56 -0800

George Walker Bush ( /ˈdʒɔrdʒ ˈwɔːkər ˈbʊʃ/ (help·info); born July 6, 1946) served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000 before being sworn in as President on January 20, 2001. Bush is the eldest son of the 41st U.S. Preside

Amy Klobuchar

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:10:17 -0800

Amy Jean Klobuchar (pronounced /ˈkloʊbəʃɑr/, born May 25, 1960) is the senior United States Senator from Minnesota. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, an affiliate of the Democratic Party. She is the first elected female senator from Minnesota and is one of seventeen fem

Condoleezza Rice

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:10:27 -0800

Condoleezza Rice (born November 14, 1954) is a professor, diplomat, author, and national security expert. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, and the second in the administration of President George W. Bush to hold the office. Rice was the first black woman, second African Ameri

Osama bin Laden

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:10:38 -0800

Osama bin Laden (Arabic: أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن‎ Usāmah bin Muḥammad bin `Awaḍ bin Lādin; with numerous variations) (born 10 March 1957) is a member of the prominent Saudi bin Laden family and the founder of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda, best known for the September 11 attacks on the Un

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:06:21 -0800

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (pronounced /suːsiːlɵ bɑːmbɑːŋ juːdɒjɵnɵ/; born 9 September 1949), is an Indonesian retired military general and the sixth and current President of Indonesia. Yudhoyono won the 2004 Indonesian presidential election defeating incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri. Widely

Cassandra Peterson

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:06:31 -0800

Cassandra Peterson (born September 17, 1951) is an American actress best known for her on-screen horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. She gained fame on Los Angeles television station KHJ wearing a black, gothic, cleavage-enhancing gown as host of Movie Macabre, a weekly horror mov

Vladimir Putin

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:06:42 -0800

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин, pronounced [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ ˈputʲɪn] ( listen); born 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, USSR; now Saint Petersburg, Russia) was the second President of Russia and is the current Prime Minister of Russia as well

Dmitry Medvedev

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:06:53 -0800

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (Russian: Дми́трий Анато́льевич Медве́дев (help·info), Dmitrij Anatol′jevič Medvedev; Russian pronunciation: [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪˈdvʲedʲɪf]; born September 14, 1965) is the third and current President of Russia, inaugurated on 7 May 2008. He won the pre

Mahmoud Abbas

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:07:03 -0800

Mahmoud Abbas (Arabic: مَحْمُود عَبَّاس‎ Maḥmūd ʾAbbās) (born 26 March 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (Arabic: أَبُو مَازِن‎), has been the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation since 11 November 2004 and became President of the Palestinian National Authority on 15 January 2005

Pervez Musharraf

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:07:14 -0800

Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرويز مشرف) (IPA: /ˈpəɹ.vɛz muˈʃɑɹ.əf/) NI, HI (born August 11, 1943) is the current and twelveth President of Pakistan. Previously, he was Chief Executive of Pakistan as well as former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army. On 19 August, 2008, he announced his resignat

Wen Jiabao

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:07:35 -0800

Wen Jiabao (simplified Chinese: 温家宝; traditional Chinese: 溫家寶; pinyin: Wēn Jiābǎo; Wade-Giles: Wen Chia-pao) (born 15 September 1942) is the current Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, serving as the head of government and leading the cabinet of the People's Republic of C

Ma Kai

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:07:46 -0800

Ma Kai (Chinese: 马凯; Pinyin: Mǎ Kǎi; born 1946 in Shanghai, China) is an official of the People's Republic of China.

Ehud Olmert

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:08:06 -0800

Ehud Olmert (Hebrew: אהוד אולמרט‎, IPA: [ɛˈhud ˈolmeʁt] ( listen), born 30 September 1945) is an Israeli political figure, and former Prime Minister of Israel having served from 2006 to 2009. Olmert was the mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003. In 2003 he was elected to the Knesset and be

Nouri al-Maliki

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:08:17 -0800

Nouri Kamil Mohammed Hassan al-Maliki (Arabic: نوري كامل محمّد حسن المالكي, transliterated Nūrī Kāmil al-Mālikī; born June 20, 1950), also known as Jawad al-Maliki, is the Prime Minister of Iraq and the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party. Al-Maliki and his government also succeeded the Iraq

Robert Gates

allvoices / people in the news page — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:31:44 -0800

Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is currently serving as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense. He took office on December 18, 2006. Prior to this, Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, and under President George H. W. Bus