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Saturday, December 24, 2011

North Korea leader Kim Jong Il dies - latimes.com

North Korea leader Kim Jong Il dies - latimes.com: "Reporting from Seoul— North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the mercurial strongman who styled himself as a "Dear Leader" while ruling over an impoverished police state, died at 69, according to North Korean state media.

Kim was believed to have suffered from multiple chronic illnesses, but his death — reportedly from a heart attack while traveling by train on Saturday morning — was sudden. He had been grooming a son to succeed him, and his death creates uncertainty about the future direction of a nation with few international friends but a nuclear weapons capability."

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