As the body of North Korea's "dear leader" Kim Jong-il lies in state at his palace in Pyongyang, his youngest son Kim Jong-un takes control over the country's nuclear weapons program. Despite being named Kim's successor in 2009, Kim Jong-un remains a bit of a mystery to the western world.
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After a three-year renovation, the historic Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan resort, located on the banks of Egypt’s Nile River, reopened on October 1.
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Companies with fewer than 50 employees were responsible for two-thirds of the jobs created last month. Businesses with fewer than 50 employees added two-thirds of the 91,000 new jobs that private employers created in September, says the ADP National Employment report released Wednesday. The report analyzes payroll data for 337,000 private, non-farm U.S.
Read More »Room for Wine at the Palace
For more than 130 years, Commander’s Palace in New Orleans has been a bastion of the ultimate in genteel Southern dining. Now, after a post- Katrina $6.5 million makeover, this Garden District icon has also become a mecca for serious wine aficionados. The Wine Room and cellar area has doubled in ...
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