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US Friends and Foes Grabbing Power

WASHINGTON -- While President Bush has been distracted with his unpopular war against Iraq, friends and foes are busy grabbing power to perpetuate themselves in office.

Among them are Gen. Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan; Russian President Vladimir Putin; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia.

There is little the United States can do about the drift toward authoritarian rule.