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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il dead

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il has died at age 69. The mysterious, often erratic leader of the north, which has maintained a perpetual state of still war with the south, was believed to be in ill health f...
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Iran captures American unmanned drone

On Sunday, Iranian news network Fars News Agency announced that an Iranian electronic warfare unit had downed and captured a American RQ-170 Sentinel, an unmanned aerial drone manufactured by American defense a...