31.   Former strongman appeals his conviction, death penalty.

32.   Former strongman Efrain Rios Montt was blocked again Friday in his efforts to regain the presidency of Guatemala.

33.   Government investigators questioned the former strongman in December about his wealth.

34.   His lawyers told reporters that the former strongman was too ill to testify.

35.   In a land where people worship their ancestors by unearthing them once a year, it seems appropriate that former military strongman Didier Ratsiraka could return from political demise.

36.   It was also revealed that BCCI did a substantial business with terrorists and dictators, including former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega.

37.   It was the fourth time a court has rejected a request by the widow of former strongman Ferdinand Marcos to travel to the United States.

38.   Ivan Slavkov, son-in-law of former Communist strongman Todor Zhivkov, went on trial Monday on charges of embezzling funds from the Bulgarian Olympic Committee which he headed.

39.   Lawyers for the former strongman went to court Friday to argue that British police acted illegally in accepting the Spanish warrant.

40.   Lobos said buying the cars was his way of honoring the former strongman.