Kim Dae Jung

NORTH KOREA -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, an enigmatic leader who had led the reclusive state for nearly two decades, has died, according to news reports Sunday. He was believed to be 69. According to his official biography, Kim was born in...

by Mark Silva Bill Clinton didn't go to Pyongyang for nothing. For all the appearances of high-level negotiations over two jailed American journalists created by the surprise visit of the former president to North Korea and Clinton's meeting with leader.....

Beryl W. Sprinkel Economic advisor to Reagan Beryl W. Sprinkel, 85, who served as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Reagan administration and who helped guide the administration's response to the October 1987 stock market crash,...

SEOUL -- The birth of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was heralded by a double rainbow, a bright star and a swallow predicting that the newborn would become a great general and rule the world, according to his official biography. With a fairy-tale resume...

To some, the United States is a global protector, to others it's a predatory "hyperpower." As President Bush tours Europe this week, he'll no doubt gather mental postcards of some fairly large crowds. Will the faces be smiling or contorted in rage? How...