Ex-dictator's daughter to run for S.Korea presidency
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The daughter of a former dictator many credit for kick-starting South Korea's rise from the ashes of war to Asia's third biggest economy announced she would run for the presidency next year, local media reported on Monday.
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Cindy Sheehan, who became a leading anti-war activist after her son died in Iraq, said on Monday she will run against House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi if the Democratic leader fails to seek the ouster of President George W. Bush within the next two weeks.
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The eldest son of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il has been living the high life in southern China's casino haven Macau for most of the past three years, a media report has said.
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The Socialist nominee for president found a dangerous place for a diplomatic debutante.
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South Korea's first woman prime minister announced on Monday that she would stand in December's presidential election, seeking to represent left-leaning forces.
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South Korean President-elect Lee Myung-bak nominated as prime minister Monday a veteran official with broad international experience to focus on achieving his goal of bolstering economic growth.
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Ban Ki-moon, South KoreaÂs foreign minister, is closer to becoming the United NationsÂ next leader after a Security Council poll.
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TIME talks to South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon, the leading candidate to become the next U.N. Secretary General, about Pyongyang's provocations
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South Korean voters head to the polls on Wednesday ready to end 10 years of rule by liberal presidents by selecting a former businessman who promises to run the world's 13th largest economy like a CEO.
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South Korea's quiet 'harmonizer' Ban Ki-Moon leads the race to lead the U.N.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's wife died of a heart attack earlier this month, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said on Monday, quoting sources in Beijing.
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South Koreans on Wednesday elected as president Lee Myung-bak, a right-wing former CEO vowing to improve the economy and stand up to North Korea, TV exit polls showed.
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As South Koreans headed to the polls for their countryâs presidential election on Wednesday, voters appeared ready to choose Lee Myung-bak, a pro-business candidate.
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South Korea might put forward a candidate  to take over from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan when his  term expires in 2006, a South Korean official said Sunday.
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South Korea's foreign minister, the clear favorite to become the next U.N. secretary-general, vowed Tuesday to pursue crucial reforms of the world body if elected and to seek a peaceful resolution to North Korea's nuclear standoff.
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BUENOS AIRES -- The senator wife of President Nestor Kirchner will run as the government candidate in Argentina's October presidential election after he decided not to seek re election, a government spokesman said yesterday . The decision ends months of speculation fueled by Kirchner's public suggestions that either he or his wife, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, would compete in the ...
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South Korea's incoming leader plans to scrap a ministry handling relations with Pyongyang, his aides say.