news.yahoo.com - 4/9/2009
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SEOUL, South Korea A visibly grayer and thinner Kim Jong Il proved Thursday he remains in charge of communist North Korea, presiding over parliament in a triumphant return to center stage after months out of the public eye following a reported stroke. Limping slightly, Kim arrived at the grand ...
realclearpolitics.com - 4/10/2009
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WASHINGTON -- In his major foreign policy address
in Prague committing the United States to a world...
without nuclear weapons, President Obama took note of North Korea's missile launch just hours earlier and then grandiloquently proclaimed: "Rules ...
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It's Your Country Too, Mr. President
latimes.com - 4/6/2009
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The U.S. and its allies fear that North
Korea was testing its ability to deliver nuclear weapons...
by firing off the three-stage rocket, which flew over Japan on Sunday morning and plunged into the Pacific. President Obama and other leaders were quick ...
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U.N. Security Council fails to agree on North Korea ...
nytimes.com - 4/5/2009
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failed in its highly vaunted effort to fire
a satellite into orbit, military and private experts said...
Sunday after reviewing detailed tracking data that showed the missile and payload fell into the sea. Some said the failure undercut the North Korean ...
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Trackers Deem North Korea’s Missile Flight a Failure
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North Korea's Dictator Gets "Third Term"
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It's a totalitarian dictatorship, but the regime goes through the motions of claiming that Kim Il Jung is elected and chosen by the "people." Kim Jong Il laid to rest speculation about his health with a triumphant return to parliament Thursday for his appointment to a third term as North Korea's supreme leader. Kim, solemnly presiding over the opening session of the reclusive communist country's rubber-stamp legislature, was making his first major public appearance since reportedly suffering a stroke last August. He appeared considerably thinner and older than nine months ago. ...
Almost Lifelike Kim Jong Il Reappears, Coasts to 'Re-election'
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In other news, the Congressional Black Caucus announced plans to visit the Dear Leader , look into his eyes and find out how much he wants to help President Obama. Kim Jong Il laid to rest speculation about his health with a triumphant return to parliament Thursday for his appointment to a third term as North Korea's supreme leader. Kim, solemnly presiding over the opening session of the reclusive communist country's rubber-stamp legislature, was making his first major public appearance since reportedly suffering a stroke last August. He appeared considerably thinner and ...
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CNN Political Ticker 4/5/2009
Former Ambassador Wendy Sherman has engaged in direct talks with King Jong Il.
(CNN) – What is North Korean leader Kim Jong Il — among the most reclusive of all world leaders — really like?
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