North Koreans cast ballots Sunday in parliamentary elections watched by outside observers for hints of who might eventually succeed leader Kim Jong-Il. Kim himself is running.
N. Korea holds parliamentary elections
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Obama: Don’t fear the future
President Obama can’t assure that the economy will bounce back this year, but he says he will "get all the pillars in place for recovery this year." Obama made the pledge in a 35-minute interview — largely focused on the economy and the war in Afghanistan — with The New York Times aboard Air Force One on Friday, according to a story published Saturday.
The plight of young, uninsured Americans
They’re generally healthy and have a long life ahead of them. The health insurance industry even calls them ‘the young invincibles.’ So, what’s the problem Young adults, ages 19 to 29, are the largest age group of uninsured people across the country. For Maryland resident Bree Honey, all she can do for her chronic back pain right now is to exercise at the gym where she works and take Tylenol PM instead of other medicine she needs.
Havana: Living in a time-capsule world
The seductive port of Havana is an unlikely accident of geography and history, a rum-tinged cocktail of Caribbean exotica, colonial Spanish elegance and Cold War-era politics. Through its years of post-revolution isolation it has evolved differently from the rest of the world, so that Havana feels like it belongs to some parallel universe. In a homogenized world of ‘McCities’ subject to the same trans-national fads and fashions, Havana is defiantly unglobalized and proud to play by its own rules
U.S., Syria find ‘common ground’ in diplomatic talks
The United States and Syria found a lot of "common ground" on which to cooperate in the Middle East, the State Department’s top Middle East official said after talks in Damascus. But envoy Jeffrey Feltman on Saturday warned to “keep expectations in check” as Washington and Damascus re-engage after several years of strained relations.
Afghanistan: Coalition forces kill 7 militants
Afghan Border Police and coalition forces killed seven militants and detained five suspected militants in several operations Saturday, the U.S.-led coalition announced. Peter and Penelope Duff from Bath, England, died in Zurich on February 27, according to a statement released Thursday by their family.
Suze Orman: Queen of the Crisis
“I’m very, very sorry to say that my business is skyrocketing,” the personal-finance guru Suze Orman said one late January afternoon. The Dow was down almost 200 points, and Orman was lounging on the terrace of her San Francisco town house, wearing a leopard-print tunic and cowboy boots. She looked up and popped a grape into her mouth
Sudanese ambassador: Ousted aid groups were ‘spoiling’ country
Sudan’s ambassador to the United Nations on Friday defended his nation’s decision to expel 16 nongovernment aid organizations, charging they were "messing up everything," "spoiling," and "destabilizing" his country. Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad said the government took action because the North African nation has evidence the suspended nongovernment organizations repeatedly acted outside their humanitarian mandate and were working with the International Criminal Court in its investigation into the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan
Generals share their experience with PTSD
Army generals aren’t known for talking about their feelings. But two high-ranking officers are doing just that, hoping that by going public they can remove the stigma that many soldiers say keeps them from getting help for post-traumatic stress disorder.
China Won’t Ride to World’s Economic Rescue
As U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner warned this week that the U.S. recession is deepening and Japan’s Prime Minister Taro Aso said there is “no bottom in sight” for his sinking country, many investors turned to China for a measure of hope.