But when a dictator came to power in Somalia the relationship soured in the 1980s.
We take JCPenney at their word that any resemblance to the Nazi dictator was completely unintended.
Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is no friend to the U.S. -- but neither is al Qaeda.
Despite the upheavals engulfing Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen, the 45-year-old hereditary dictator felt oddly secure.
Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon likened him to a dictator while he played under him at Juventus.
Di Canio reportedly called fascist dictator Mussolini "a very principled ethical individual" who was "deeply misunderstood".
In Latin America, Putin has found an excellent ally in the Venezuelan dictator, Hugo Chavez.
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He recently unveiled a bust of the former Spanish dictator, Franco, in Marbella town hall.
There are parts of the show that even a North Korean dictator would find excessively flattering.
In late Jan. 1991, Somali warlords toppled the government of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre.
So, for example, Rwanda exploded under a dictator who was afraid of losing power.
His greatest weakness was choosing the wrong friends, Ahmadinejad, Lukashenko and Syria's dictator Assad.
It is still possible to stand up to the dictator and to fight for democracy.
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Those are untargeted consequences, but Google can be willful and I have witnessed intentional dictator behavior.
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Kim Jong Il, for them, was no longer a dictator or even a villain.
This dictator has a terrifying affability: like many sociopaths, he can be intensely empathic.
Does Putin actually have some sort of personal psychological connection with the deposed Egyptian dictator ?
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Park, the daughter of late South Korean dictator President Park Chung-hee, took office Feb. 25.
By contrast, the oppressive dictator is a person who is the penultimate study in self-centeredness.
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Saddam Hussein is a secular despot - an appalling dictator who really is very bad.
And we cannot replace the tyranny of a dictator with the tyranny of a mob.
It endured a series of coups before a military dictator, Jerry Rawlings, took power in 1981.
The best argument I ever heard for defending the dictator came from an interpreter named Mohamed.
Calling Mr Lukashenka a paranoid dictator makes dealing with him difficult, but not impossible.
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True, they threw out a right-wing dictator and gave the country a decade of Marxist power.
Nor, though, could Mr Obama be seen to take the dictator's side against the people.
Despite glaring contempt for world opinion, the Belarusian dictator is not completely independent of it.
Somalia plunged into chaos after dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was overthrown 21 years ago.
His apparent decision to side with an anti-American would-be dictator is unfortunately par for the course.
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