SEOUL — North Korean officials pledged allegiance to their new leader Kim Jong-un on Thursday in a solemn memorial service for Kim’s late father Kim Jong-il. Kim Yong-nam, North Korea’s octogenarian ceremonial head of state, lauded Kim Jong-un who is in his late 20s as “the supreme leader of our party and army and […]
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Photostream : Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh visits Sudan
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Israel plans tourism centre, homes in east Jerusalem
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JERUSALEM — Israel on Wednesday approved plans for a large tourism complex in the heart of Arab east Jerusalem and another 130 homes for Jews elsewhere in the Holy City’s annexed eastern sector, an official said. Both new construction plans were rubber-stamped at a meeting of Jerusalem city council’s district planning committee, angering thePalestinians. The new tourism […]
Read moreIndonesia supports Myanmar’s democratization
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YANGON, Burma/Myanmar — Indonesia’s foreign minister says his country is a forefront partner in Burma’s current democratization process. Marty Natelegawa said Indonesia can help Burma strengthen its democratization efforts in the same way his country has the past decade. He spoke Wednesday after meeting his counterpart Wunna Maung Lwin and later pro-democracy leader Aung […]
Read moreNorth Korea holds memorial service for late leader Kim Jong-il
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SEOUL — North Korea began a nation-wide memorial service for Kim Jong-il on Thursday as the final event in the official mourning period for the late leader, who ruled the communist country with an iron fist. North Korea plans to fire rifle volleys in Pyongyang and other major cities at noon, the North’s official […]
Read moreNorth Korea calls Kim Jong Un ‘supreme leader’
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PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea declared Kim Jong Il’s son and successor “supreme leader” of the ruling party, military and the people during a memorial Thursday for his father in the government’s first public endorsement of his leadership. Kim Jong Un — head bowed and somber in a dark overcoat — stood watching from a balcony […]
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