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9:22 pm
Sun December 18, 2011

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il, 69, Has Died

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during a visit to Siberia in August. He died Saturday at age 69, according to state-run North Korean television.
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1992: Kim Jong Il (right) and his father and then-leader Kim Il Sung (left) inspect a soccer ground in Pyongyang. Kim Jong Il was named general secretary of the ruling Workers' Party, one of two top posts left vacant since the death of the elder Kim in 1994.
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Feb. 28, 2004: Portraits of Kim Il Sung (left) and Kim Jong Il hang on the wall at the North Korean embassy in Beijing.
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Aug. 4, 2009: Kim Jong Il (right) poses with former U.S. President Bill Clinton in Pyongyang.
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Aug. 24, 2011: Kim Jong Il waves from his car after a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Siberia for secrecy-shrouded talks on energy and food aid.
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Aug. 24, 2011: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right) welcomes North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il during their meeting in Siberia.
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A special edition of a major South Korean newspaper announces the death of Kim Jong ll in Seoul, Dec. 19, 2011.
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1995: Kim Jong Il (right) waves at a military parade to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea.
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Kim Jong Il is seen here while introducing members of his delegation to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Kim Jong Il shakes hands with former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at the Pae Kha Hawon Guest House in Pyongyang, North Korea, in 2000.
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Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 10:11 am

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il has died of apparent heart failure. He was 69.

In a "special broadcast" Monday from the North Korean capital, state media said Kim died on a train due to a "great mental and physical strain" during a "high-intensity field inspection" Saturday. It said an autopsy done Sunday "fully confirmed" the diagnosis.

Kim Jong Il wanted his successor to be his son, Kim Jong Un, who is believed to be in his late 20s. But there was no immediate word on a new leader in North Korea.

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The Two-Way
5:01 pm
Sun December 18, 2011

Former Envoy To Iraq Says Situation Still 'Very Fragile'

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Paul Bremer, former Head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, seen here in 2007, says he believes the U.S. pullout of Iraq is premature and that the country is still very fragile.
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By Steve Mullis

The war in Iraq is officially over and the last troops have pulled out of the country after a nearly nine-year long conflict.

Many of the architects and officials that were a part of the war are now looking back and reflecting on whether it was worth it, and if perhaps the ending of the war came too soon.

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The Impact of War
5:01 pm
Sun December 18, 2011

Report: High Levels Of 'Burnout' In U.S. Drone Pilots

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Around 1,100 Air Force pilots fly remotely piloted aircraft – or drones. These planes soar over Iraq or Afghanistan but the pilots sit at military bases back in the United States.

A new Pentagon study shows that almost 30 percent of drone pilots surveyed suffer from what the military calls "burnout." It's the first time the military has tried to measure the psychological impact of waging a "remote-controlled war."

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3:30 pm
Sun December 18, 2011

War, What Is Good For? Movies, It Seems.

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Remembrances
3:06 pm
Sun December 18, 2011

Albright Remembers Havel As An Artist, Hero

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, left, talks to Czech former President Vaclav Havel, right, at a conference in 2007. Albright remembers her friend as an artist, a jazz lover and as an inspiration to the Czech people.
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Former Czech President Vaclav Havel died Sunday in his weekend home in the northern Czech Republic. He was 75.
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Originally published on Sun December 18, 2011 5:32 pm

Vaclav Havel, the Czech playwright who led a revolution to bring down the country's communist regime, died Sunday morning at his weekend house in the northern Czech Republic. He was 75.

Havel's close friend, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, was born in Czechoslovakia. She says he fit right in the center of the modern history of Eastern Europe.

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