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Mystery deepens over Kim Jong Il's 'French doctor' (AP)

 
AP - A French brain surgeon with links to North Korea denies he is treating the communist country's ailing leader, Kim Jong Il. Yet Japanese TV filmed what appeared to be neurosurgeon Francois-Xavier Roux boarding a plane for the North Korean capital. (link)

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