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North Korean soldier defects to South across border

A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea on Saturday across their heavily fortified land border, which the two sides have begun to demilitarise as relations between the Cold War-era foes warm, the South’s military said. The rare defection came as the two Koreas push ahead with a […]

Former US president George H.W. Bush dead at 94

Former US president George H.W. Bush, who helped steer America through the end of the Cold War, died Friday at age 94, his family announced. “Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro and I are saddened to announce that after 94 remarkable years, our dear Dad has died,” his son, former […]

George H.W. Bush in his own words

Here are some key phrases from former US president George H.W. Bush, who died on Friday at the age of 94: – ‘Thousand points of light’ – “We are a nation of communities… a brilliant diversity, spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad […]

Former US president George H.W. Bush dead at 94

who guided America through the end of the Cold War and launched the international campaign to drive Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein’s forces from Kuwait, died Friday at his home in Houston. He was 94. Tributes quickly poured in for the 41st US president — a decorated World War […]

George H.W. Bush: One-term president helmed political dynasty

George H.W. Bush — the upper-crust war hero-turned-oilman and diplomat who steered America through the end of the Cold War as president and led a political dynasty that saw his son win the White House — died at his Texas home on Friday. He was 94. The 41st […]

Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94

HOUSTON — George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was 94. […]

The Latest: Gulf Arab nations offer condolences

HOUSTON  — The Latest on the death of former President George H.W. Bush (all times local): 4:48 a.m. Gulf Arab nations allied with the U.S. have offered their condolences over the death of President George H.W. Bush. Bush’s death at the age of 94 takes on greater importance […]

Presidents, others praise former President George H.W. Bush

Praise for former President George H.W. Bush, who died Friday: (He) “was a man of the highest character. The entire Bush family is deeply grateful for 41′s life and love, for the compassion of those who have cared and prayed for Dad.” — Former President George W. Bush […]

George H.W. Bush, ‘kinder and gentler’ president, dies at 94

HOUSTON — He was the man who sought a “kinder, and gentler nation,” and the one who sternly invited Americans to read his lips — he would not raise taxes. He was the popular leader of a mighty coalition that dislodged Iraq from Kuwait, and was turned out […]

Papua New Guinea’s ‘gay village’ offers sanctuary, hope

As an openly gay man in Papua New Guinea, where sex between men is illegal and stigma and violence widespread, 24-year-old Kapera Patrick remembers thugs pelting him with abuse, stones and bottles. His life changed when he was taken in by a family in Hanuabada, a settlement in […]

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