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Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100

www.reuters.com Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100

Former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger died on Wednesday at his home in Connecticut at the age of 100, Kissinger Associates, Inc said in a statement.

Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100

He was known for his practice of "realpolitik" — engaging with the world based on practical objectives rather than moral ideals — and was credited with the secret diplomacy that helped thaw U.S. relations with China. But he was also accused of alleged war crimes for the bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War, backing Pakistan's genocide in Bangladesh, and green-lighting the Argentine dictatorship's "dirty war" against dissidents.

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