Henry Kissinger Dies

Henry Kissinger, after the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy that caused deaths and impacted generations, played a controversial role in shielding the American chemical company Union Carbide from legal accountability.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor described the death of Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State who played a key role in shaping diplomacy in the post-World War II world, as the "end of, by any definition, an extraordinary life".

Mr Kissinger played a pivotal and polarising role in US foreign policy during the Cold War. Mr Kissinger's family would hold a private funeral, with a memorial service to take place later in New York, where he grew up.

Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, who passed away Wednesday at the age of 100, shaped American foreign policy like few others, with a long -- and highly controversial -- record.

Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state whose unapologetic promotion of raw American power helped shape the post-World War II world, died Wednesday at the age of 100, his consulting firm said.

In July 2005, the US Department of State declassified taped conversations between former US President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger shortly before the India-Pakistan war in 1971 war that would lead to the birth of Bangladesh.

Brilliant, abrasive and ruthlessly ambitious, Henry Kissinger towered over post-World War II US foreign policy like no one else and shaped a fateful new course for the world's relationship with China.

Henry Kissinger, a controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner and diplomatic powerhouse whose service under two presidents left an indelible mark on U.S. foreign policy, died on Wednesday, according to Kissinger Associates Inc.

Former president Bill Clinton will lead a delegation from the United States to the state funeral of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's founding leader who died at age 91 on Monday.

Henry Kissinger, after the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy that caused deaths and impacted generations, played a controversial role in shielding the American chemical company Union Carbide from legal accountability.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor described the death of Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State who played a key role in shaping diplomacy in the post-World War II world, as the "end of, by any definition, an extraordinary life".

Mr Kissinger played a pivotal and polarising role in US foreign policy during the Cold War. Mr Kissinger's family would hold a private funeral, with a memorial service to take place later in New York, where he grew up.

Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, who passed away Wednesday at the age of 100, shaped American foreign policy like few others, with a long -- and highly controversial -- record.

Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state whose unapologetic promotion of raw American power helped shape the post-World War II world, died Wednesday at the age of 100, his consulting firm said.

In July 2005, the US Department of State declassified taped conversations between former US President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger shortly before the India-Pakistan war in 1971 war that would lead to the birth of Bangladesh.

Brilliant, abrasive and ruthlessly ambitious, Henry Kissinger towered over post-World War II US foreign policy like no one else and shaped a fateful new course for the world's relationship with China.

Henry Kissinger, a controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner and diplomatic powerhouse whose service under two presidents left an indelible mark on U.S. foreign policy, died on Wednesday, according to Kissinger Associates Inc.

Former president Bill Clinton will lead a delegation from the United States to the state funeral of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's founding leader who died at age 91 on Monday.