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Will heir be unveiled at North Korean convention?
Rome News-Tribune - Rome GA, 44 minutes ago / North Korea is preparing its largest political meeting in 30 years, and leader Kim Jong Il is expected to appoint a son to a key Workers Party position in what would be the strongest sign yet of a succession movement in the secretive communist country.
Will heir be unveiled at North Korean convention?
Boston.com - Boston MA, 5 hours 54 minutes ago / He has two elder brothers, but a former sushi chef to Kim Jong Il wrote in a 2003 memoir the third son looks and acts just like his father and is the leader's favorite.
S Korea's top nuclear envoy visits Washington for talks
China Daily, Sep 01, 2010 / South Korea's top nuclear envoy to stalled six-way nuclear disarmament talks left for the United States Thursday for talks, hinting at a fresh momentum for a new round of talks.
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The News & Observer - Raleigh NC, Aug 31, 2010 / An article on Page 1A on Saturday did not correctly describe the hiring process that Raleigh staffing firm Headway Corp. uses to help fill managerial positions for the Casual Male retail chain.
Chinese state TV confirms visit by NKorea's Kim
Daily Journal - Franklin IN, Aug 30, 2010 / China is confirming that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has visited the country, signaling the end of a secretive trip.
NKorean leader's trip spurs succession speculation
TMCnet, Aug 30, 2010 / North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il was said to be traveling with his youngest son on a rare trip to China on Friday, re–igniting speculation the younger Kim will take over the reigns of the reclusive communist nation in coming years.
Editorial: North Korea, state of insanity
Chicago Tribune - Chicago IL, Aug 29, 2010 / If extraterrestrial creatures ever land on this planet and an intermediary is needed to meet with them, earthlings could do worse than to send former President Jimmy Carter .
Man freed from North Korea prison returns to Boston with Jimmy Carter
Austin American-Statesman - Austin TX, Aug 27, 2010 / Former President Jimmy Carter landed Friday in Boston with a U.S. citizen whose release he obtained from a North Korean prison, achieving the main goal of a trip to Pyongyang.
Kim Jong Il's trip spurs succession speculation
FOX News, Aug 27, 2010 / North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il reportedly met top Chinese leaders on Friday in an apparent bid for Beijing's diplomatic and financial support for a succession plan involving his third and youngest son, who is said to be traveling with him.
North Korean leader makes visit to China
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack NJ, Aug 27, 2010 / North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il has turned up in China in a strangely timed visit for the reclusive leader while former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is in North Korea trying to win the release of an imprisoned American.
US police say 2 arrested for shoplifting among 60 officers at 'Shop With a...
Wills Point Chronicle - Wills Point TX, Aug 26, 2010 / RCMP report An RCMP evaluation report of Canada's long-gun registry concludes that the program is cost effective, efficient and an important tool for law enforcement, CBC News has learned. 4 on missing B.C. plane confirmed dead The four men aboard an aircraft missing in southern B.C. for eight days are confirmed dead, police say.
US police say 2 arrested for shoplifting among 60 officers at 'Shop With a...
Van Zandt News, Aug 26, 2010 / RCMP report An RCMP evaluation report of Canada's long-gun registry concludes that the program is cost effective, efficient and an important tool for law enforcement, CBC News has learned. 4 on missing B.C. plane confirmed dead The four men aboard an aircraft missing in southern B.C. for eight days are confirmed dead, police say.
North Korea's Leader Kim Jong Il Visits China
Lake Stevens Journal - Lake Stevens WA, Aug 26, 2010 / North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il was in China Thursday on his second visit this year to his country's biggest source of diplomatic and financial support, according to teachers at a school he visited.
Seoul Says Kim Jong Il Traveling to China
NHL Blog - New York Post - New York NY, Aug 26, 2010 / SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is traveling to China, South Korea's presidential office said Thursday, in what would be his second trip there this year.
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Somali MPs killed in suicide bomb attack on Mogadishu hotel
Telegraph - London - UK
Telegraph - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ The attack comes amid two days of fighting that have killed at least 40 civilians and wounded more than 130 in the capital according to Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance service.
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Plane crashes in Nepal; foreigners among 14 dead
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA, Aug 24, 2010/ A small passenger plane heading to the Mount Everest region crashed in heavy rain Tuesday outside Nepal's capital, killing all 14 people aboard, including four Americans, a Briton and a Japanese national, officials said.
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The Daily Mirror - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ Two Britons were rescued from a horrifying bus siege in which eight hostages died yesterday after a sacked policeman made a crazed attempt to get his job back.
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Kim Jong-il (also written as Kim Jong Il, , Hanja: ; born 16 February 1941) is the de facto leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (most commonly known as North Korea); the official leader of the country is still his long-deceased father Kim Il-sung, the founder of North Korea.
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Will heir be unveiled at North Korean convention?
AP
posted:
Friday 09/03/10 04:11 PM EDT
SEOUL, South Korea -North Korea is preparing its largest political meeting in 30 years, and leader Kim Jong Il is expected to appoint a son to a key Workers Party position
China calls for compromise on NKorea talks
AP
posted:
Thursday 09/02/10 10:13 AM EDT
in North and South Korea and Japan. Later he will visit Russia.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told China President Hu Jintao during a secretive trip that ended Monday that he
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AP
posted:
Wednesday 09/01/10 06:42 PM EDT
was able to persuade the regime of Kim Jong Il to release American Aijalon Mahli Gomes, who had been sentenced to eight years of hard labor for entering the country illegally
Japan says too early to resume Korea nuclear talks
AP
posted:
Tuesday 08/31/10 07:13 AM EDT
. But Chinese state media reported Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told President Hu Jintao that he would like to see the talks restarted.
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NKorea confirms Kim's not-so-secret trip to China
AP
posted:
Tuesday 08/31/10 03:55 AM EDT
SEOUL, South Korea -After Kim Jong Il's safe return, North Korea confirmed what for days had been clear: the Dear Leader was on a not-so-secret trip to northeastern China
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