The 81 year-old king has presided over Thailand for more than 60 years and is deeply revered by Thais.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

Ahlu-Sunna Wal-Jamaa took up arms against al-Shabab more than a year ago, after al-Shabab militants desecrated the graves of revered Sufi clerics.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

"He is a luminary who is revered by people around the world, and his name turns up again and again in homegrown terrorism cases,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Other past governments also imposed media controls. In addition, Thailand's strict lese majeste laws, aimed at protecting the revered monarchy, make it illegal to say or publish anything deemed to defame the monarchy.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

The new Philippines president is the son the late former President Corazon Aquino who was revered by many for her role in leading the "people power" revolt that ousted the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

Some political analysts in Thailand say he may have hurt his popularity by taking the post in Cambodia, and by making controversial comments on the revered Thai monarchy in an interview with a British newspaper.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11