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/ 30 September 2010
A photograph of a plump young man seated near North Korea’s ailing ruler confirmed the rise of Kim Jong-il’s youngest son as the leader-in waiting.
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/ 28 September 2010
North Korea’s ailing leader Kim Jong-il gave his youngest son his first public title on Tuesday, naming him a general.
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/ 27 September 2010
North Korea’s military has nominated the third son of ailing leader Kim Jong-il as a delegate to a rare meeting of the ruling party.
A bomb in a police car killed at least eight Afghans on Monday as Nato forces took control of security in southern Afghanistan to begin one of the biggest ground operations in the alliance’s history. The blast occurred in the eastern city of Jalalabad, far from the transfer-of-command ceremony on a base outside the southern city of Kandahar.