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  Mao made 'mistakes' says Chinese President

  World | December 26, 2013 19:46 IST

  Beijing: In a rare move, Chinese President Xi Jinping today acknowledged that ‘Chairman' Mao Zedong made “mistakes” but asked people to adopt a “correct” historical view to judge a revolutionary figure, who had changed the

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  Like Lenin and Mao, Chavez body to be put on permanent display

  World | March 08, 2013 12:37 IST

  Caracas, Mar 8: Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez's body will be preserved and forever displayed inside a glass tomb at a military museum not far from the presidential palace from which he ruled for 14 years,

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  Mao ordered 1962 war to regain CPC control, reveals Chinese strategist

  World | October 18, 2012 17:15 IST

  Beijing, Oct 18: China's late strongman Mao Zedong had launched the 1962 war with India to regain control of the ruling Communist Party after the debacle of his 'Great Leap Forward' movement in which millions