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The North kept news of Mr. Kim’s death a secret for roughly two days, perhaps a sign that the leadership was struggling to position itself for what could be a perilous transition.
A dictator who kept North Korea at the edge of starvation, Mr. Kim remained an unknowable figure but fostered perhaps the last personality cult in the Communist world.
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-il, in November 2010.
Political leaders and diplomats among North Korea’s neighbors were in a state of uncertainty on Monday.
Mitt Romney’s retirement deal with Bain Capital has been worth millions of dollars each year since 1999.
Development zones in New York City have been drawn so that even projects in affluent areas can generate financing from foreign investors under a federal immigration program.
The House Republican leader’s rejection of a short-term, bipartisan Senate measure to extend a payroll tax break set the stage for a bitter year-end Congressional collision.
Prince Walid bin Talal and his company said they had bought a “strategic stake” in the social media site.
The brutality of Saturday’s attack on a Brooklyn woman stunned even the most hardened of homicide detectives.
A tense showdown between Pakistan’s powerful army and its besieged civilian government brought President Asif Ali Zardari hurrying back from Dubai early on Monday.
As American troops leave Iraq, Michael Kamber reflects on eight years of war photography.
A two-month payroll tax cut is not much of a stimulus, but the House should pass this compromise to spur economic recovery.
Some limits have been eased on a federal program to move people who owe more than their home is worth into less risky and lower-rate mortgages.
The Verano joins cars like the Audi A3 and Volvo C30 that are exploring whether Americans will pay a premium for upscale compacts.
Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Children’s Zone says that in addition to nurturing new ideas, organizations should reinforce those that have already made it succeed.
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