Moldova’s parliament fails to elect president, new parliamentary election to be heldCHISINAU, Moldova — Moldovan lawmakers failed for a second time Wednesday to elect a president, meaning the Parliament elected in April will be dissolved and a new election will be held this summer. Hummer’s surprise Chinese buyer an ambitious newcomer to auto industryBEIJING — Hummer owners are an unusual breed, but a little-known Chinese company’s surprise purchase of the American maker of gas-guzzling, military-style SUVs is audacious even by their standards. Regaining freedom: Poland celebrates anniversary of its bloodless revolution of 1989WARSAW, Poland — It began in Poland at the ballot box: A season of revolutions that toppled communist regimes from Berlin to Bucharest was set in motion 20 years ago this week by the first semi-free elections ever to take place in the Soviet-dominated eastern bloc. Report: NKorea assembling long-range missile, 4 others; South Korea beefs up defensesPANMUNJOM, Korea — North Korea is assembling a long-range missile capable of reaching Alaska, a news report said Wednesday, as the communist regime prepared to test-fire a barrage of missiles from both coasts. N. Korea’s Kim taps Swiss-educated 3rd son as eventual successor, S. Korean reports saySEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s Kim Jong Il has anointed his 26-year-old son — said to be competitive, proficient in English and a heavy drinker — as the next leader of the communist state, news reports said Tuesday. North Korea’s Kim taps Swiss-educated 3rd son as eventual successor, reports saySEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s Kim Jong Il has anointed his 26-year-old son — said to be competitive, proficient in English and a heavy drinker — as the next leader of the communist state, news reports said Tuesday. NKorea’s Kim taps Swiss-educated 3rd son as eventual successor, SKorean reports saySEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s Kim Jong Il has anointed his 26-year-old son — said to be competitive, proficient in English and a heavy drinker — as the next leader of the communist state, news reports said Tuesday. Chinese authorities clamp down on dissidents ahead of anniversary of 1989 Tiananmen protestsBEIJING — Chinese authorities blocked popular Web sites like Twitter and Flickr on Tuesday after forcing dissidents from Beijing in a clampdown ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests. Officials warn of missile tests amid reports NKorea’s Kim has chosen son as successorSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is preparing to launch three or four medium-range missiles, along with an intercontinental ballistic missile, amid moves by Kim Jong Il to anoint his third son as heir to the world’s first communist dynasty, reports and experts said Tuesday. US official warns of missile test amid reports NKorea’s Kim has chosen son as successorSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea was preparing to launch a medium- and a long-range missile, following up on its nuclear test last week, amid moves by Kim Jong Il to anoint his third son as heir to the world’s first communist dynasty, reports and experts said Tuesday. Ahead of hemisphere meeting, Hillary Clinton says US committed to new approach to neighborsSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — A diplomatic tug-of-war over Cuba’s outcast status in the Organization of American States takes center stage at the group’s meeting this week in Honduras, testing U.S. efforts to engage the communist nation. Ahead of hemisphere meeting, Clinton says US is committed to new approach to neighbors, CubaSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — A diplomatic tug-of-war over Cuba’s outcast status in the Organization of American States takes center stage at the group’s meeting this week in Honduras, testing U.S. efforts to engage the communist nation. 20 years after bloodbath, Tiananmen democracy movement battles a state-enforced amnesiaBEIJING — As a young poet, Cui Weiping was not much interested in politics. But she says she could never shake the image of her husband returning home on a June night 20 years ago, his pants mottled with the blood of people shot by the Chinese army. US attempts to engage Cuba to be tested at Tuesday meeting of foreign ministers in HondurasSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — A diplomatic tug-of-war over Cuba’s outcast status in the Organization of American States takes center stage at the group’s meeting this week in Honduras, testing U.S. efforts to engage the communist nation. Communist rebels attack Filipino troops on humanitarian mission; military says 3 deadMANILA, Philippines — Communist rebels threw two grenades at army troops helping treat villagers in the central Philippines, killing two soldiers and a civilian who covered a child with his body during the attack, the military said Sunday. Campus building in Chicago named after ex-Polish President Lech WalesaCHICAGO — A campus building in Chicago now bears the name of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate whose Solidarity movement in the ’80s helped trigger communism’s collapse. Old dissidents still a voice in Russia, but their influence fades under PutinMOSCOW — They would meet in secret, terrified of a KGB knock on the door. They laboriously typed out banned publications. Many ended up in prison, labor camps and exile. Wired, worldly and apolitical: Chinese born in Tiananmen Square-era come of ageKAIFENG, China — Twenty years ago, on the night of June 3, rumors were flying about an impending military crackdown against demonstrators in Beijing. That’s when Feng Shijie’s wife went into labor in his hometown, Kaifeng. Oleg Shenin, Soviet Communist Party official who backed hardline coup, dies at 71MOSCOW — Soviet Communist Party official Oleg Shenin, who played an active part in an abortive attempt to overthrow Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991, has died in Moscow, the Russian Communist Party said Friday. He was 71. North Korea test-fires another missile, criticizes UN Security Council as hypocritesYEONPYEONG, South Korea — North Korea warned Friday it would act in “self-defense” if provoked by the U.N. Security Council, which is considering tough sanctions over the communist country’s nuclear test, and followed the threat with the test launch of another short-range missile. North Korea test-fires another missile, slams UN Security Council as hypocritesYEONPYEONG, South Korea — North Korea warned Friday it would act in “self-defense” if provoked by the U.N. Security Council, which is considering tough sanctions over the communist country’s nuclear test, and followed the threat with the test launch of another short-range missile. Report: Pathologist says he may have found body of German communist founder Rosa LuxemburgBERLIN — The chief pathologist at Berlin’s Charite hospital is investigating whether a corpse he found stored in a basement could be that of German Communist Party founder Rosa Luxemburg, who was slain in 1919, a magazine report said Friday. North Korea test-fires another missile, slams UN Security Council as hypocritesYEONPYEONG, South Korea — North Korea warned Friday it would act in “self-defense” if provoked by the U.N. Security Council, which is considering tough sanctions over the communist country’s nuclear test, and followed the threat with the test launch of another short-range missile. Report: NKorea test-fires another short-range missileSEOUL, South Korea — A news report says North Korea has test-fired another short-range missile off its east coast. As tensions rise off coast, NKorea calls UN Security Council hypocritesYEONPYEONG, South Korea — North Korea defiantly test-fired another short-range missile Friday and warned it would take “self-defense” action if provoked by the U.N. Security Council, which is considering tough sanctions against the communist regime for conducting a nuclear test. Secret tapes basis for memoir of ousted Chinese leader sympathetic to Tiananmen protestersBEIJING — It took hours of secret recordings and years of clandestine planning to get the material smuggled out and translated. Moldova’s Communist ex-president voted head of parliament, opposition boycotts voteCHISINAU, Moldova — Moldova’s former president was voted head of parliament Tuesday by his Communist Party colleagues, but three opposition parties boycotted the ballot, claiming the country’s April 5 election was rigged. South Africa swears in Jacob Zuma as president, who faces tough challengesPRETORIA, South Africa — Jacob Zuma took power Saturday in the culmination of an extraordinary political comeback, pledging to Nelson Mandela and the nation to renew the spirit of commitment and hope of South Africa’s first black presidency. South Africa prepares to swear in Jacob Zuma, who faces tough challengesPRETORIA, South Africa — South Africans started gathering before dawn and danced in chilly rain Saturday as the country prepared to swear in Jacob Zuma with an excitement that recalled Nelson Mandela’s 1994 inauguration. Riot police stop hundreds of female protesters demanding the sacking of Nepal’s army chiefKATMANDU, Nepal — Riot police beat back hundreds of women from Nepal’s Maoist party who protested Thursday in front of the president’s house to demand that he fire the country’s army chief. |
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