| 1 | Iran' s ruling mullahs were always ruthless. But they disguised it a bit with faux elections. | |
| 2 | Burma's rulers say the referendum will lead to democratic elections in 2010. | |
| 3 | If an Arab ruler wishes to arrest me, he will without doubt arrest me. | |
| 4 | One of the lessons learned by the ruling officials at that time was that ethnic disunity is fatal to the survival of the party. | |
| 5 | All experience is that sanctions strengthen a ruling party's position even as they weaken the country. |