In this Aug. 24 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il listens to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, unseen, during a meeting an a military garrison, outside Ulan-Ude. North Korean television announced early today in a "special broadcast" that its leader Kim Jong Il has died in Pyongyang. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service, File)
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