That, plus personal ties, led Pakistan's former ruler Pervez Musharraf to come knocking in 2006.
BC, Chinese troops on a punitive venture defeated the Hun ruler Zhizhi in today's Uzbekistan.
But its military ruler, General Sani Abacha, has done none of the things demanded of him.
In 1965, Sheikh Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah became ruler of Kuwait following the death of his brother.
Kosovo was an autonomous region until Serbia's thuggish ruler, Slobodan Milosevic, imposed direct rule in 1989.
Yet Morocco's ruler is less cursed and more kissed than his fellow Arab kings.
They are nice, if unspectacular, attributes for a ruler or a high priest to aspire to.
In 1974, Portugal's authoritarian ruler Marcelo Caetano was overthrown in a military coup, surrendering to Gen.
Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni, looks increasingly like a dynastic ruler bent on enriching his clan.
To put it another way, Garner will become the de facto ruler of Iraq.
India is a shining example of democracy and has never had a military ruler.
With regimes in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya swept away, Morocco's 48-year-old ruler promised reforms.
Never forget, for Pakistanis do not, that he is the country's fourth American-backed military ruler.
Ismail Khan, the ruler of Herat, has expressed concern over the fiery suicides in his fief.
This is the Mexica ruler at the height of his power, a god among gods.
Frederick was a polymath: ruler, soldier, poet, philosopher, musician, prolific correspondent and much else besides.
In 1324 it tried and failed to persuade Lithuania's great pagan ruler, Gediminas, to adopt Christianity.
After the roller-coaster ride through Judges, ancient Israel rejected God and sought a ruler.
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Many Turkish-Cypriots have left for a better life in Britain, one-time ruler of the island.
Sheikh Muhammad seems to get on well with Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Abu Dhabi's ruler.
The ruler, who holds a law degree from UGM, says he is extending his father's tradition.
The country's acting ruler, Crown Prince Abdullah, issued an uncharacteristically stern warning after the Riyadh bombing.
Apparently not to Laurent Gbagbo, the country's ruler or at least not if it means his retirement.
Chaos have rocked Mali since a military ruler overthrew the democratically-elected president in March.
's military ruler, announced that the country would return to civilian rule on May 29th 1999.
Colonel Pierre Buyoya, Burundi's current ruler, said in a Christmas speech that security had improved.
The longer a ruler can be kept alive, the longer his cronies can hang on.
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In short, Jordan, bereft of its famous ruler, will be cut down to size.
Confusingly, too, Egypt's next ruler will take on a post without a job description.
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He certainly became the prototype of the ideal ruler, and the Sumerian kings claimed descent from him.
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