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  • Bahrain deployed thousands of security forces to confront anti-government protesters ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Shiite-led uprising that seeks to loosen the ruling Sunni dynasty's monopoly on power.

    What's News— 2012

  • To that, Emperor Qianlong replied, and I quote: Our dynasty's majestic virtue has penetrated unto every country under

    Nathan Gardels: Eric X. Li: A New China Looks at the West Nathan Gardels 2011

  • Mike Walker's retelling of this dynasty's story swoops you up with magnetic narration – you're gripped, even if you know how it ends – and bold production.

    Radio review: Classic Serial – Plantagenet 2011

  • The lower turnout could augur disappointment for protest leaders, who had hoped to escalate the uprising and even mark a turning point in the quest to topple the 40-year Assad family dynasty's rule.

    Showing Hama in ruins, Syria says revolt quelled 2011

  • Sandra Lee is, well, Sandra Lee, Food Network star, whose fortune vastly outweighs the Cuomo dynasty's; and Bloomberg's GF of many years is former state banking superintendent Diana Taylor, an Ivy-league educated businesswoman who often finds herself on many of New York's 'best dressed' lists.

    Bachelors In Office: Behind The First Girlfriends Of New York The Huffington Post 2011

  • The private militia of sunglass-wearing thugs enforced the dynasty's absolute power and lived off extortion.

    Spokesman: Passport delays Duvalier's Haiti exit 2011

  • The Saudi dynasty's legitimacy derives from an alliance with the Wahhabi clergy where the latter have consistently overlooked the personal indiscretions of the ruling family on grounds of avoiding anarchy.

    Aparna Pande: Dictatorship vs. Democracy Aparna Pande 2011

  • Mr. Kou conceded that there are "some cultural elements" involved in the appeal of traditional Chinese art to Chinese buyers, saying that Chinese are especially sensitive about relics from the Qing dynasty's Winter Palace, which was looted and burned by British and French forces in the 1860.

    Chinese Boost Art-Market Presence Kimberly Chou 2011

  • The private militia of sunglasses-wearing thugs enforced the Duvalier dynasty's absolute power and lived off extortion.

    Haiti moves toward corruption trial for ex-dictator Duvalier 2011

  • The lower turnout could augur disappointment for protest leaders, who had hoped to escalate the uprising and even mark a turning point in the quest to topple the 40-year Assad family dynasty's rule.

    Showing Hama in ruins, Syria says revolt quelled 2011

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