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In Rodman, a controversial US opening to N.Korea
Mar 02, 2013 11:49 EST
Reclusive North Korea in the past month refused to hear foreign entreaties not to test a nuclear bomb, but its leader found time to entertain the mercurial basketball hall-of-famer Dennis Rodman.
In Rodman, a controversial US opening to N.Korea
Mar 01, 2013 21:42 EST
Reclusive North Korea in the past month refused to hear foreign entreaties not to test a nuclear bomb, but its leader found time to entertain the mercurial basketball hall-of-famer Dennis Rodman.
Rodman in N. Korea on 'basketball diplomacy' trip
Feb 26, 2013 15:05 EST
Flamboyant retired NBA star Dennis Rodman, known as much for his piercings and tattoos as for his court skills, arrived in North Korea on Tuesday to bring it a bit of "basketball diplomacy."
Rodman, Harlem Globetrotters visit N. Korea
Feb 26, 2013 10:31 EST
Flamboyant retired NBA star Dennis Rodman, who is known as much for his piercings and tattoos as his court skills, arrived in North Korea Tuesday on a "basketball diplomacy" mission, organizers said.
Rodman and NBA group 'visit N. Korea'
Feb 26, 2013 09:03 EST
Retired US basketball superstar Dennis Rodman is among a group of current and former NBA coaches and players visiting North Korea, Chinese state media reported Tuesday.
Supersonic skydiver's records confirmed
Feb 22, 2013 12:45 EST
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner broke three world records when he jumped from the edge of space in October, the World Air Sports Federation confirmed on Friday.
River Phoenix's last movie hits Berlin 20 years after death
Feb 14, 2013 11:26 EST
The late River Phoenix made a haunting reappearance on the big screen Thursday as the last movie to feature the acclaimed star, who died of a drug overdose at 23, was presented at the Berlin film festival two decades after he made the picture.
Iran's exiled opposition urges June election boycott
Feb 02, 2013 17:58 EST
An exiled Iranian opposition group called in Paris on Saturday for a boycott of the June presidential election that will choose a successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
After N. Korea visit, Richardson urges dialogue
Feb 02, 2013 05:33 EST
Former US ambassador to the UN Bill Richardson urged the United States on Saturday to engage in dialogue with North Korea, but only if Pyongyang refrains from further nuclear tests and missile launches.
US state eyes 'tampering with evidence' abortion law
Jan 24, 2013 23:53 EST
A Republican state lawmaker in New Mexico has proposed a bill outlawing abortion in cases of rape, arguing that to conduct a termination would amount to "tampering with evidence" of a crime.
Anger as US records show Catholic sex abuse cover-up
Jan 22, 2013 22:35 EST
Victims of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic clerics voiced anger after newly-released records showed church leaders discussing how to cover up priests' alleged crimes in California in the 1980s.
US teen held in shooting of five people: police
Jan 20, 2013 15:26 EST
A teenager has been arrested and charged in the murder of five people, including three children, with a military-style assault rifle in the southwestern US state of New Mexico, police said Sunday.
'After Tiller' gives voice to US abortion doctors
Jan 20, 2013 11:56 EST
Forty years after the legalization of abortion in the United States, just four doctors offer controversial late-term procedures, and are the subject of a documentary at the Sundance film festival.
In Mexico, Obama gun initiative a long time coming
Jan 17, 2013 08:10 EST
Mexican officials have urged the United States for years to enact the type of gun control proposed by President Barack Obama, arguing that drug gangs were using US assault rifles in brutal turf wars.
Google's Schmidt urges N. Korea Internet freedom
Jan 10, 2013 13:12 EST
Google chairman Eric Schmidt said Thursday he had told North Korea it would not develop unless it embraces Internet freedom, as he returned from a controversial visit to the communist state.
Google's Schmidt urges N.Korea Internet freedom
Jan 10, 2013 09:48 EST
Google chairman Eric Schmidt told North Korea it will not develop unless it embraces Internet freedom, he said on Thursday as he returned from a controversial visit to the communist state with US politician Bill Richardson.
Richardson did not meet US detainee in North Korea
Jan 10, 2013 05:52 EST
US politician Bill Richardson, who returned Thursday from a controversial visit to North Korea, said he did not meet a detained American whose case he had cited as part of the reason for the trip.
Just why has Google's Schmidt gone to North Korea?
Jan 09, 2013 10:08 EST
What is one of the world's most prominent advocates of Internet freedom doing in a country where unregulated access to information is generally either impossible or criminal?
US visitors pay respects to late N. Korea leaders: KCNA
Jan 09, 2013 09:25 EST
US politician Bill Richardson and Google chairman Eric Schmidt visited North Korea's largest library and paid respects to its late leaders on the third day of their visit Wednesday, the state news agency said.
The challenge of Googling North Korea
Jan 08, 2013 23:40 EST
What is one of the world's most prominent advocates of Internet freedom doing in a country where unregulated access to information is generally either impossible or criminal?
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