Syria’s state news agency says President Bashar Assad has granted a general pardon for crimes committed during the unrest of the past 10 months. SANA says among those covered by the amnesty are people who have peacefully demonstrated and those who carried unlicensed weapons. News
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Read More...Heir to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il receives backing of military leadership Latest World Headlines – CBS News
Read More...SHENZHEN, China – North Korean leader Kim Jong Il left the family business in terrible shape. Under his leadership over the last 17 years, almost 10 percent of his country’s population, about 2 million people, died of hunger. North Korea developed nuclear weapons, but its people sank ever deeper into poverty and isolation, even while [...]
Read More...Kim Jong-il’s son and heir, and senior officials pay their respects as the late North Korean leader lies in state ahead of his funeral next week. BBC News – Home
Read More...Kim Jong Un appears likely to inherit power from his father. But it’s not clear whether he will be able to maintain tight control over most all aspects of North Korean life, as his father and grandfather did. News
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