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A television grab shows a North Korean TV announcing the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il. The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the Kim "passed away from a great mental and physical strain" at 8.30 am on December 19, 2011, while on a train for one of his "field guidance" tours.
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FILE - North Korea leader Kim Jong-Il with his father President Kim Il-sung. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il died on a train trip, state television reported on December 19, 2011, sparking immediate concern over who is in control of the reclusive state and its nuclear programme.
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Children take pictures with their mobile phones of a TV screen reporting about the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at the Seoul train station in Seoul, South Korea.
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FILE - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il claps from the balcony as soldiers salute him during a military parade, celebrating the foundation of the armed forces in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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A man looks at the pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on display outside the North Korean embassy in Beijing. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died of heart failure. He was 69.
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FILE - This undated handout picture, released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (C), accompanied by his son Kim Jong Un (R), inspecting Korean People's Army Air Force Unit 1016 honored with the title of O Jung Hup-led Seventh Regiment at undisclosed place in North Korea.
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North Korean embassy staff members lower their national flag at half-mast to mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on the roof of the embassy in Beijing. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died of heart failure. He was 69.
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FILE - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il applauds following a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader whose iron rule and nuclear ambitions dominated world security fears for more than a decade, has died. He was 69.
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FILE - An undated official picture released on November 17, 1986 in Pyongyang shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il with his father Kim Il-Sung (R). North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has died aged 69 of a heart attack, plunging the impoverished but nuclear-armed nation into uncertainty amid a second dynastic succession.
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FILE - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (R) South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun (L) share a light moment during a luncheon hosted by Kim for the two Korea Summit in Pyongyang, North Korea, 04 October 2007.
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South Korean soldiers watch a news reporting about the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on a TV screen at the Seoul train station in Seoul, South Korea. Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69.
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FILE - Kim Jong Un, right, along with his father and North Korea leader Kim Jong Il, left, attends during a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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FILE - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (2nd R) inspecting cucumbers harvested inside the 770th army base near Nyon Won power plant in Pyonan-Namdo. North Korean official media reported that Kim will mourn for his father for another year.
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FILE - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, and then US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, left, walk towards a conference room at the Pae Kha Hawon Guest House in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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