Pin Itemailprint Here are your top stories for this Thursday, December 29, 2011: – Ron Paul back in Iowa – Kim Jong Il‘s funeral held in N. Korea – Sen. Ben Nelson retiring – Crocodile attacks lawn mower
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The funeral of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was held on the streets of Pyongyang on Wednesday, drawing thousands of mourners. North Korean state TV aired the services and showed a tearful Kim Jong Un, the son and chosen successor of his father, trudging through the snow alongside the procession as it started at [...]
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The circumstances surrounding the death of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il grow cloudier and cloudier with each passing day. As soon as North Korea’s Central News Agency reported over the weekend that Kim died of a heart attack on a train while heading to an undisclosed location, Seoul’s Korea Times ran a headline that [...]
Here are your top stories for this Tuesday, December 20, 2011: – Hillary Clinton hopes for better North Korean relations – Mourning on streets of North Korean capital – House may reject Senate’s payroll tax deal – Fire consumes airport control tower complex
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is dead at the age of 69, according to North Korean state television. He apparently died from fatigue during a train ride on Saturday, a weeping television announcer revealed late tonight from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. State TV also announced that Kim Jong Eun will take over as leader. Kim [...]
Well, here’s an image you certainly don’t see every day. Italian clothes company Benetton has pulled a controversial ad campaign featuring the pope kissing a leading imam after the Vatican issued a stern condemnation. The company said it was “sorry that the use of the image had so hurt the sensibilities of the faithful.” The [...]
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North Korean president Kim Jong Il issued a “special pardon” on Tuesday for two U.S. journalists and ordered that they be released thanks to a request from former President Bill Clinton. The release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were sentenced in June to twelve years of hard labor, reflected North Korea’s “humanitarian and [...]
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