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Most of the groups/corporations listed in this top 10 list have a very poor track record and tend to be infamous for their exploitation of government powers. These corporations/groups have multi-billion dollar annual profits, enabling them to get away with the worst of crimes - especially in the case of Mexico and Drug Cartel warlord.

Last year we posted an article titled Top 10 Failed States (2011). The article highlighted Top 10 countries that were identified by Foreign Policy Magazine’s Fund for Peace index as failed states on the alert or worsening failed states. The list combined the two and examined countries that were in need of our attention.This year, we compare and contrast the list and see where there has been improvement. In many cases there were slight improvements. In others, things look bleak.

What is unconventional? Unconventional can be defined as different, doing something that has never been done before. They do not conform to what has been done and do not conform to rules and conventions. Politicians throughout history have done as such. Here are just 10 of them.

Women have been at the helm of the affairs of their countries for many generations, but in the 20th Century the number of well known women leaders...