People
December-6-2012
- Clinton wins majority support for 2016 presidential bid
- A latest poll shows that a majority of Americans now back U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for a presidential bid in 2016.
December-5-2012
- Philippine president announces new China envoy
- Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III has appointed Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Erlinda Basilio as the new Philippine ambassador to China.
December-2-2012
- Pena Nieto sworn in as Mexico's president
- Enrique Pena Nieto was sworn in as Mexico's new president Saturday for a six-year term, marking the return to power of the once long-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
November-28-2012
- Organ transplant pioneer dies at 93
- Dr Joseph Murray, the surgeon who carried out the first successful kidney transplant and later won a Nobel Prize for his work in medicine and physiology, died on Monday in Boston at the age of 93.
November-20-2012
November-15-2012
- Obama rules out arming Syrian opposition for now
- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday categorically ruled out arming the Syrian opposition for the moment, despite the serious deterioration of situation in the Middle Eastern country.
November-12-2012
- Kim Jong Un and wife watch women's volleyball match
- Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju watch a women's volleyball match between the Pongae team and the Pyongyang team.
November-9-2012
- Former Australian PM: World must engage with China
- Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd predicted China will emerge as the world's largest economy before 2020 and said the international community should become more engaged with China.
November-8-2012
- Kim Jong Un visits sports facilities
- Top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un visited the Ryugyong Health Complex in Pyongyang on Nov. 3.
November-6-2012
- Kim Jong Un visits skating rink in Pyongyang
- Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), inspects a skating rink in Pyongyang on Nov 3, 2012.
