North Korea sharply escalated the rhetoric against its southern rival, claiming it will soon conduct "special actions" that would reduce South Korea's conservative government to ashes within minutes. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Iran is promoting a conservative cleric close to its supreme leader as a possible successor for the aging spiritual leader of Iraq's Shiites, a move that would give Tehran a powerful platform to influence its neighbor, according to figures close... [Full Article]
Members of Israel's Kadima opposition party began voting in primaries on Tuesday with pundits predicting a tight contest between current leader Tzipi Livni and her deputy Shaul Mofaz. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
BEIJING (Reuters) - Ambitious Chinese Communist Party leadership contender Bo Xilai has been sacked from his post as head of the city of Chongqing in a dramatic move that exposes growing ideological divisions just as a new generation readies to take ... [Full Article]
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Wednesday political reform in the vast country was "urgent", warning that a tragedy like the turbulent Cultural Revolution could happen again without it. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A Leadership Shirt, made from Native-tanned skin, paint, porcupine quill, human hair, ermine, feathers and silk
ribbon is pictured in New York in this photo provided to Reuters on January 17, 2012 by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The s... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - School girls sing as they celebrate the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls' first graduation ceremony in Henley-on-Klip, outside Johannesburg January 14, 2012. Talk show host Oprah Winfrey proudly saw the first class of girls ... [Full Article]
(AP) - Oprah Winfrey talks to the Associated Press at her Leadership Academy for Girls at Henley-On-Klip South Africa, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 on the eve of the first graduation at her school. Winfrey makes no apologies for spending millions on an elit... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - School girls walk at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Henley-on-Klip, outside Johannesburg January 12, 2012. Winfrey feels a new freedom after leaving her wildly successful daily TV talk show behind and taking a new cours... [Full Article]
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff lauded Europe's "leadership" Thursday in UN climate change negotiations and called for a global "solid climate deal" as she met French Prime Minister Francois Fillon. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]