Kurt Waldheim (born 1918) was an Austrian diplomat and politician who served as secretary general of the United Nations from 1972 to 1982. In 1986 he was elected president of Austria despite a controv...
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Former U.N. chief Kurt Waldheim, who was barred from the United States for two decades after revelations he belonged to a German army unit that committed World War II atrocities, died Thursday. He ...
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Vienna (dpa) - A low-key funeral of former Austrian President and
UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim began on Saturday morning in
Vienna's St. Stephens cathedral according t...
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Today is Thursday, Dec. 21, the 355th day of 2006. There are 10 days left in the year. Winter arrives at 7:22 p.m. EST.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 21, 1620, Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower w...
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Ruth GrahamMONTREAT, N.C. (AP) _ Ruth Graham, who surrendered dreams of missionary work in Tibet to marry a suitor who became the world's most renowned evangelist, has died. She was 87.Graham died ...
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon met Friday with a scandal-stung predecessor, Kurt Waldheim, and his spokeswoman described the visit as "private and personal" while sidestepping questions about t...
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Vienna (dpa) - Austria's government on Friday sold its former
presidential residence for nearly 8 million euros (10.75 million
dollars).
The auction price fet...
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Former President Kurt Waldheim was buried Saturday in the presence of Austrian dignitaries who declared he was unjustly smeared by allegations linking him to the Nazis.Waldheim, who also served as ...
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Vienna (dpa) - Former Austrian President and UN Secretary General
Kurt Waldheim was laid to rest on Saturday in Vienna, with a large
number of Austrians paying last respects...
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute Friday to Kurt Waldheim for leading the U.N. during the Cold War with "perseverance," but the United States was less generous to a man whose Nazi-era past...
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Kurt Waldheim
Former U.N. chief Kurt Waldheim dies
