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Sub-Topics Parker, Charlie Parks, Gordon Parks, Rosa Pascal, Blaise Pelosi, Nancy Picasso, Pablo Politkovskaya, Anna Pope Benedict XVI Pope John Paul II Pope John VI Pope John XXIII Powell, Colin Putin, Vladimir Rice, Condoleeza Roberts, John Robeson, Paul Rowling, J K Rumsfeld, Donald Also Try More Biographies Lists Presley, Elvis (Awesome Library) Provides short biographies of the singer and actor. 1-05 Reagan, Ronald (Awesome Library) Rolling Stones, The (Awesome Library) Provides short biographies of the singers. 1-05 Roosevelt, Franklin D (Awesome Library) Roosevelt, Theodore (Awesome Library) News Rai, Aishwarya (CBS News) "Unlike some of her Hollywood counterparts, [Aishwarya] Rai's very much like the women she portrays: wholesome, dutiful and deeply religious." 06-06 Papers Cardinals of the Catholic Church (Catholic-Pages.com) Provides career highlights of the Cardinals. 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