With their nation under high security alert, South Koreans mourned a former leader at a funeral ceremony Friday morning.
South Koreans pay respects to former leader
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German Policeman Unmasked as Stasi Spy
When Benno Ohnesorg was shot on June 2, 1967, by a policeman in West Berlin during a demonstration against the Shah of Iran, the young German student became a martyr for a generation of left-wing activists. The killing triggered the radicalization of the mass protest movement in West Germany, which directed its anger against the police, the government and the conservative establishment.
After California ruling, will more states favor same-sex marriage?
While California’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a ban on same-sex marriages that voters voters passed in November, the fight will undoubtedly go forward. The ruling by the court allows about 18,000 same-sex marriages performed before the ban to remain valid. The decision was met with chants of “shame on you” from a crowd of about 1,000 people gathered outside the court building in San Francisco on Tuesday.
Supreme Court Politics: Why Obama Picked Sonia Sotomayor
So why did Sonia Sotomayor get the nod as Barack Obama’s first pick for the Supreme Court? Of the four women in final contention for the job — the competition included two members of his Administration, Solicitor General Elena Kagan and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano as well as his fellow Chicagoan, Appeals Court Judge Diane P. Wood — Sotomayor was the candidate with whom the President was least familiar.
Former President’s Suicide Causes Political Fallout for South Korea’s Lee Myung Bak
Ever since Lee Myung Bak became president of South Korea in 2008, he has been bombarded by a series of crises. Weeks after Lee’s inauguration, tens of thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Seoul over his decision to allow imports of U.S
Analysis: Is Europe facing a threat from the right?
Does trans-national democracy work? Or is Europe about to see a wave of new Far Right politicians and mavericks marching from obscurity to national prominence thanks to an election most voters are neglecting? Between June 4 and June 7 it could happen.
The Republicans Weigh in with a Health-Care Plan
The last time this country undertook a serious debate over health-care reform, back when Hillary Clinton put together her proposal in 1993, the Republican strategy could have been summed up in three words: Just say no. This time around, however, the clamor for fundamental change of a system that covers too few and costs too much has grown to the point where the minority party knows that simple obstructionism is a dangerous route to take
Obama to lay framework for closing Gitmo
President Obama on Thursday will try to take the reins on the debate over national security and rally support for his plan to shutter the military prison at Guantanamo Bay in what his administration is billing as a major address.
A Woman as President: Iran’s Impossible Dream?
Every four years, hundreds of Iranians register to stand as candidates in the country’s presidential election. Women have signed up to run since 1997 — yet no female has ever been certified by the government to run for President.
Comment: UK Speaker’s resignation first step to clean stables
Michael Martin, forced to resign as Speaker of the British parliament, has become the highest profile victim of the expenses scandal which has dominated public life in Britain now for nearly two weeks. Martin has suffered because as Speaker he not only chaired debates in the Commons chamber but was in effect parliament’s chief executive. In that role he was responsible for the Fees Office.