The World's 10 Worst Dictators

The past year was a good one for dictators -- unfortunately. None of the most serious offenders lost his job. Competition for the Top 10 Worst of the Worst was so heated that two dictators who made last year's list were nudged off -- Fidel Castro of Cuba and King Mswati III of Swaziland -- even though their actions were as harsh as the year before.

Sudan's Omar al-Bashir (shown here) jumped from #7 into first place.