Kim Jong-il, dictator of North Korea, ascended to power following the death of his father, Kim Il-sung, the founder of North Korea. With Kim Jong il’s death, his son, Kim-Jong-un, is poised to perpetuate the Kim family rule. (more…)

On November 28, 2011, the presidential election of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was being held. The two major presidential candidates were the incumbent Joseph Kabila and Etienne Tshisekedi, but there were nine other contenders. The election was only the second time citizens of the country were able to vote for a president. (more…)

Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, also spelled Qaddafi, was a Libyan leader born in June 1942 in the Qasr Abu Hadi region outside Sirte, Libya. He was a member of the Qadhadfa tribe and had a rural desert upbringing, living in a Bedouin tent and attending a Muslim elementary school in Sebha. (more…)

Has Wikileaks done any damage? Does Julian Assanges belong in jail? In today’s world, most people are unaware of the back and forth of diplomatic cables through which countries communicate among themselves. Only those who have been dedicated to the vague old concepts of human rights even acknowledge that there must be a lot of open give and take amongst countries to protect borders and the rights of the everyday citizen. (more…)

Greece debt continues to threaten the euro that provides the basis for EU economic exchange. In June 2011, a second European rescue fund of €109 billion was approved by the Eurozone Countries and the I.M.F. to rescue Greece. The I.M.F. share of this bailout was €3.3bn. The European rescue fund came from the €440bn European Financial Stability Facility that the European Union countries had approved as a general rescue fund May 2010. The IMF had provided an additional €250bn to the EFSF European rescue package. (more…)