US urges North Korea to 'follow the path of peace'
Hillary Clinton issues carefully crafted message over death of Kim Jong-il but fears of political instability remain
The US wants to see a "peaceful and stable transition" in North Korea,Hillary Clinton has said, as Pyongyang settled into an 11-day period of mourning for Kim Jong-il.
The propaganda campaign promoting the 69-year-old's son and "great successor" geared up on Tuesday, with state media hailing Kim Jong-unas "the eternally immovable mental mainstay of the Korean people" and a person "born of heaven" – a phrase only used of the country's leaders.
But anxiety remains inside and outside the country about potential instability as Kim Jong-un, thought to be just 28, moves to centre stage. Although it had become evident that Kim Jong-il had chosen him as heir apparent, his apprenticeship has been brief.
Iraq in turmoil as warrant issued for Vice President
Sectarian tensions soar after Sunni is linked with plot to assassinate Shia Prime Minister
The Iraqi government has issued a warrant for the arrest of the Sunni Muslim Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on terrorism charges in a move certain to deepen political turmoil in the country.
The authorities claim that Mr Hashemi's bodyguards confessed under interrogation that they had been involved in killings and attacks. These appear to include what the Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says was an attempt to assassinate him three weeks ago when a bomb blew up prematurely in the car park of the Iraqi parliament inside the Green Zone.
Resentments Reawaken
Britain's Mounting Distrust of Germany
By Marco Evers
British Prime Minister David Cameron had only been in office for seven weeks when he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to watch a football match together to get to know each other better.
Kabila to be sworn in for new term as DRC president
Last week, the Supreme Court confirmed the results of the national election commission, which said Kabila, aged 40, won 48.95% of the vote, while the main opposition leader, Etienne Tshisekedi, received 32.33%.
Tshisekedi, aged 79, has declared himself president and called on the army to obey his orders. But, so far, his words have not resonated with the military or other African countries.
South Africa and some other governments on the continent are expected to send high-level officials and ministers to Kabila's swearing-in ceremony.
Zardari's return to Pakistan may be cameo appearance
IANS | Dec 20, 2011, 12.27PM IST
President Asif Ali Zardari's return to Pakistan from Dubai could be just a "cameo appearance" before his wife and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's death anniversary on Dec 27 and after that he would be probably leave for a long convalescene inLondon or Dubai, a media report said.
Zardari had suddenly flown out of Pakistan on Dec 6 to Dubai where he was admitted in a hospital. His exact health status is not known with reports ranging from a heart attack to astroke that caused bleeding in his brain. He returned to Pakistan on Sunday night.
Zardari had suddenly flown out of Pakistan on Dec 6 to Dubai where he was admitted in a hospital. His exact health status is not known with reports ranging from a heart attack to astroke that caused bleeding in his brain. He returned to Pakistan on Sunday night.
House Republicans intent on killing Senate payroll tax cut deal
By Rosalind S. Helderman, Paul Kane and Felicia Sonmez,
House Republicans were gearing up to ditch a bipartisan Senate bill on Tuesday that would extend a federal payroll tax holiday for two months, charging that the deal represented the old ways of doing business that they were elected to change.
For the first time in a month of partisan sparring over the tax break, neither party appeared confident that the issue would be resolved, averting a January tax increase for 160 million American workers.
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