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Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite greater demands for good governance and political reform elsewhere in the world, including in Asia and in Africa.

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William Hague
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: March 26
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William Jefferson Hague
Baron Hague of Richmond
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