Stalin's Admirers Celebrate 125th Birthday
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Dozens of residents of Josef Stalin's hometown celebrated the 125th anniversary of his birth Tuesday, singing, dancing and drinking champagne toasts to the late Soviet dictator.
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The two have formed a mutual admiration club.
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Mongolians celebrated the 800th anniversary of Genghis Khan&#039;s march to world conquest on Tuesday with festivities that mixed commercialism with appeals to nationalism.
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MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - Communists and other Left-wing opposition forces rallied on Theater Square, in Moscow&#39;s center, on the 87th Bolshevik Revolution anniversary.
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As China marks the centenary of the birth of its late supreme leader Deng Xiaoping, the Chinese press lavishes praise on his achievements.
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China is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Deng Xiaoping, its late supreme leader. For most Chinese the diminutive figure was the man who set the country on a pragmatic reformist
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A military parade in Kiev marks the 60th anniversary of Ukraine's liberation from Nazi occupation.
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MARIETTA, Ga. - About 800 friends and family members gathered Saturday to remember the humor and kindness of Jack Hensley, an American executed by terrorists in Iraq on his 49th birthday...
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Beijing marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of its late supreme leader, Deng Xiaoping.
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Bells gently tolled as Ukrainian and foreign dignitaries on Wednesday commemorated the 65th anniversary of the Nazi massacre of Jews at the Babi Yar ravine, placing flower-encircled candles at the foot of a giant monument to the tens of thousands of victims.
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THEY were always a bolshie lot at The Age, which may account for the newspaper's old nickname of "the Spencer Street Soviet". And little has changed as the paper approaches the dual milestones of Sunday's 150th ...
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It was supposed to be a ballet fit for a party boss: Winsome maids from the local collective farm prance around the stage carrying 5-foot long potatoes, while happy Soviet farmers celebrate yet another bountiful harvest.
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North Korea celebrates Kim Jong-il's 65th birthday, amid recent progress over plans for nuclear disarmament.
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The 15th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution that toppled the Communist Party is marked by Czechs.
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Admirers of late president Slobodan Milosevic marked the first anniversary of his death with wreaths and speeches on Saturday, even as Serbia continues to grapple with consequences of his ruinous rule.Comment
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BEIJING, China -- China has hailed its late former leader Den Xiaoping on the 100th anniversary of his birth. President Hu Jintao praised Deng as a man who made the people&#39;s interests a priority.
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The Person of the Year choice was greeted with media fanfare and complaints by critics. TIME's Moscow correspondent appraises the reaction