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Exiled: Images of global tyranny

Nations around the world have thrown out dictators in the past half-century, whether through military force or popular revolt. Here are some of the tyrants who have been hounded into exile.

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Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran Exile: Egypt, dead

1939: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, with his fiancee Princess Fawzia of Egypt. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
— Fox Photos / Hulton Archive
Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza waves to his

Anastasio Somoza Debayle of Nicaragua Exile: Paraguay, dead

MANAGUA, NICARAGUA: Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza waves to his supporters behind a bullet-proof glass during a meeting in Managua in 1978, a few months before being overthrown by leftist Frente Sandinista de Liberacion National movement 20 July 1979. Somoza, born in 1925, was Nicaragua's president from 1967 to 1972 and again from 1974 to 1979. He was assassinated by Trostkyist militants in Asuncion, Paraguay, 17 September 1980. (Photo credit should read AFP/Getty Images)
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President of Uganda Idi Amin Dada (C) gestures whi

Idi Amin of Uganda Exile: Saudi Arabia, dead

KAMPALA, UGANDA - JULY 28: President of Uganda Idi Amin Dada (C) gestures while addressing the media 28 July 1975 in Kampala during the Organization of African Unity (OUA) summit. Idi Amin's reign of terror lasted from 1971 when he seized power from Milton Obote, to 13 April 1979, when Tanzanian troops and exiled Ugandans stormed Kampala and removed him from power. The self-styled field marshal settled then in exile in Saudi Arabia. Throughout his presidency there were continual reports of widespread atrocities. The former despot said in February 1999 in his luxury home in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah that he is at peace with himself and that his only passion now is Islam and Allah. (Photo credit should read SIGURD BO BOJESEN/AFP/Getty Images)
— Sigurd Bo Bojesen / AFP
Portrait of Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier, Port au Prince, Haiti, 1984. Known as 'Baby Doc,' Duvalier ruled Haiti from 1971 to 1986, when his regime was overthrown.

Jean-Claude Duvalier of Haiti Exile: Haiti, alive

Portrait of Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier, Port au Prince, Haiti, 1984. Known as 'Baby Doc,' Duvalier ruled Haiti from 1971 to 1986, when his regime was overthrown.
— Bachrach
President Ferdinand Marcos holds a press

Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines Exile: Honolulu, dead

President Ferdinand Marcos holds a press conference 24 February 1986 in Manila at Malacanang Presidential Palace that the country is in state of emergency an that he would take over public utilities including television and radio stations. Marcos was defeated by opposition leader Corazon Aquino at the pool of 07 February. (Photo credit should read TOLEDO/AFP/Getty Images)
— Toledo / AFP
Alfredo Stroessner

Alfredo Sroessner of Paraguay Exile: Brazil, dead

Paraguayan President Alfredo Stroessner announced on Dec. 22, 1955 that a ?Command Crisis? broke out in an army division in December. 21, but that the ?situation is headed for a satisfactory solution.? (AP Photo)
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This 31 July 1992 file picture shows for

Erich Honecker of East Germany Exile: Santiago, Chile, dead

This 31 July 1992 file picture shows former East German leader Erich Honecker being escorted out of the Chilean embassy in Moscow by ambassador James Holger with his wife Margot in the background. (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
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(FILES) A picture taken on February 24,

Hissen Habre of Chad Exile: Senegal, alive

(FILES) A picture taken on February 24, 1986 shows then Chadian president Hissen Habre in N'Djamena. Belgium urged the UN's highest court on April 6, 2009 to compel Senegal to keep Chad ex-president Hissene Habre under house arrest and ensure he is tried for allegedly torturing and killing opponents in the 1980s. \"Belgium seizes this court (with the matter) ... in order to prevent Mr Hissene Habre evading justice,\" Paul Rietjens, a senior Belgian legal affairs official, argued in the International Court of Justice in The Hague. AFP PHOTO / FILES - DOMINIQUE FAGET (Photo credit should read DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
— Dominique Faget / AFP
(FILES) This file picture dated May 1977

Mengistu Haile Mariam of Ethiopia Exile: Zimbabwe, alive

Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA: (FILES) This file picture dated May 1977 shows Mengistu Haile Mariam, Ethiopian leader and the chairman of the Provisional Military Administration Council (1977-87) and future Ethiopian President (1987-91) addressing supporters in Addis Ababa. An Ethiopian court will hand down a sentence 11 January 2007 against the country's former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam, found guilty of genocide for atrocities committed under his Marxist regime. AFP PHOTO FILES (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
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Haiti's military leader Gen. Raoul Cedras points t

Raoul Cedras of Haiti Exile: Panama, alive

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 29: Haiti's military leader Gen. Raoul Cedras points to a reporter during a media briefing outside the Officers Club on Governors Island in New York, NY 29 June, 1993 on the third day of U.N.-mediated talks on the Haitian crisis with exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The talks stalled after Cedras said he was willing to step down but insisted that other top military officials should remain. (Photo credit should read MARK PHILLIPS/AFP/Getty Images)
— Mark Philips / AFP
Picture dated 20 April 1977 of former Zairean pres

Mobutu Sese Seko of Congo Exile: Morocco, dead

KINSHASA, ZAIRE - APRIL 20: Picture dated 20 April 1977 of former Zairean president Mobutu Sese Seko, brandishing his sculpted stick as he acknowledges a cheering crowd at a rally in Kinshasa. The ousted dictator died in exile of prostate cancer, late 07 September in Rabat, Morocco at the age of 66. Eds note: Photo available only in black and white. (Photo credit should read COR/AFP/Getty Images)
— Cor / AFP
(FILES) A picture dated 21 September 199

Charles Taylor of Liberia Exile: Nigeria, alive

KAKATA, LIBERIA: (FILES) A picture dated 21 September 1990 shows then Liberian rebel leader Charles Taylor holding a press conference in Kakata, some 50km from Monrovia. The war crimes trial of Charles Taylor resumes 25 June 2007 at the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) specially moved to The Hague, amid uncertainty about how the case will proceed after the former Liberian president sacked his lawyer and said he would boycott the proceedings. AFP PHOTO FRANCOIS ROJON (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS ROJON/AFP/Getty Images)
— Francois Rojon / AFP
Image: (FILES) A picture taken on December 13,

Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia Exile: Saudi Arabia, alive

(FILES) A picture taken on December 13, 2010 shows Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali at Tunis-Carthage airport. Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on January 10, 2011 slammed \"terrorist acts\" by hoodlums and pledged to create 300,000 extra jobs in a television address in the wake of deadly unrest. AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID (Photo credit should read FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images)
— Fethi Belaid / AFP
Image: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigns

Hosni Mubarak, Egypt Exile: Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, alive

A file photograph dated 09 February 2011 showing Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt. It was announced by vice president Omar Suleiman 11 February 2011 that Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak had resigned. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 82, ruled Egypt for nearly 30 years. I
— Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
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