Politics Jun 03 Obama Seeks Saudi King's Counsel on Eve of Address to Muslim World President Barack Obama began his latest effort to open a dialogue with the Muslim world with a visit to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
Politics Jun 02 Earlier Sotomayor Senate Appearances Hold Clues for Supreme Court Confirmation As Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor finishes her first round of closed-door visits with lawmakers Tuesday, it won't be the first time she's faced questions from some of the senators who will decide if she ascends to the nation's highest…
Politics Jun 02 Leader Profile: Student Activist Yang Jianli Yang Jianli, a student activist at the Tiananmen Square anti-government protests in 1989, now lives in the United States and continues to advocate for human rights 20 years later.
Politics Jun 02 Leader Profile: Student Activist Wang Dan Leading up to the crackdown in Tiananmen Square in June 1989, Wang Dan was one of the most high-profile student activists, spearheading efforts to try to bring democratic change to China's regime.
Politics Jun 02 Leader Profile: Chinese Prime Minister Li Peng In the weeks leading up to the military crackdown in Tiananmen in 1989, Chinese Premier Li Peng came to represent the conservative wing of the Communist Party leadership, speaking for those who favored the harshest response to student demonstrators.
Politics Jun 02 Leader Profile: Chinese Communist Party Official Zhao Ziyang On May 19, 1989, Chinese Communist Party Secretary General Zhao Ziyang picked up a bullhorn and urged student demonstrators to end their hunger strike against the Chinese government in the name of peace and national stability.
Politics Jun 02 Leader Profile: Chinese Patriarch Deng Xiaoping While Deng Xiaoping held many positions within the Communist Party and was never head of government or state, but did serve as the de facto party leader and leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to the early…
Politics Jun 02 Kim Jong Il Reportedly Taps Youngest Son as Heir, South Korean Media Say Amid recent military moves, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has signaled that his youngest son will assume the ruling family dynasty and become the secretive nation's next leader, South Korean news reports said Tuesday.
Science Jun 01 China Appears to Tighten Internet Access Around Tiananmen Anniversary In the lead-up to the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen protests on June 4, concerns over Chinese censorship of the Internet are running strong, although problems with unpredictable Web access and other matters are proving just as tricky.
World Jun 01 Militants Abduct 400 in Northwest Pakistan Taliban militants abducted at least 400 students, staff and relatives from a military-run college in a northwest Pakistani tribal region on Monday.