ARLINGTON, Virginia: Democratic lion Edward Kennedy has been
reunited with his slain brothers laid to rest in a Virginia cemetery
as a lone bugle player brought the curtain down on a US political
dynasty.
Surrounded by his tight-knit family, which has
dominated US politics for half a century, Kennedy’s body was
brought to Arlington National Cemetery Saturday, to rest on a
hillside overlooking the nation’s capital.
TOKYO: Japan voted on Sunday in a historic election expected to end
more than half a century of almost unbroken conservative rule and
sweep an untested center-left party to power in a landslide.
HANOI: Government loudspeakers are spreading communist propaganda
over the streets of Hanoi ahead of the 40th anniversary Wednesday of
Ho Chi Minh’s death.
DILI: East Timor on Sunday celebrated the 10th anniversary of the
UN-backed vote that ended a bloody 24-year occupation by Indonesian
forces and ushered in the birth of Asia’s youngest nation.
SEOUL: The US point man on North Korea will be in Asia next month to
discuss how to bring the communist state back into nuclear
disarmament talks, officials here said Sunday.
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