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Mr Thaksin's supporters range from former provincial governors to students sporting Che Guevara T-shirts, and from businessmen to policemen.

Opposition leaders range from former Saakashvili associates — like Irakli Alasania, a former United Nations ambassador, and Nino Burjanadze, a former Parliament speaker — to more radical elements.

Celebrities who have completed the challenge range from former US president George Bush and Cheryl Cole to editor of US Vogue Anna Wintour and footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.

Other advisers range from former presidential rival Ben Carson, a retired doctor with no experience in office, to a 2009 college graduate who still boasts about his attendance at a Model UN conference.

The newcomers range from former top 10 draft picks (Chris Nelson and Wells) to 48th-round picks (Vidal Nuno) with a few international free agents mixed in (Zoilo Almonte and Luis Cruz).

Protesters making use of the Internet range from former hippies in rural Vermont who download ready-made leaflets to hand out at their weekly demonstrations to David H. Pickering, 22, of Brooklyn, who started an online peace petition that was presented to Prime Minister Tony Blair by members of the British Parliament last month with 500,000 signatures from around the world.

Back home in Ireland he was dubbed "King Midas"; politicians, lawyers and celebrities ranging from former chat show host Gay Byrne to U2 band members Bono and The Edge queued up to invest in his deals.

A succession of witnesses, ranging from former cabinet secretaries to military commanders, sharply criticised the way Blair and his advisers took decisions without consulting senior ministers and the then attorney general, Lord Goldsmith.

In any case, Morsi's escape wasn't particularly unusual in the context of the revolution: many political prisoners, ranging from former parliamentarians to Salafi Islamists, were set free during the unrest.

The main contest for president and vice president has candidates ranging from former US citizen Grace Poe; President Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino's choice Manuel 'Mar' Roxas and Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr thethe late dictator's son.

No fewer than 21 candidates are vying for the job, ranging from former diplomats and police officers to a massage-parlour boss who admitted to bribing police with trays of (genuine) Rolex watches.