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Sunday, July 12, 2009
REPORT: NORTH KOREA'S KIM
HAS PANCREATIC CANCER
AP/MSNBC: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has life-threatening pancreatic cancer . . . The 67-year-old Kim was diagnosed with the cancer around the time he was felled by a stroke last summer, Seoul's YTN television reported . . . READ MORE
STORMS FORCE SHUTTLE DELAY
WASHINGTON POST: Thunderstorms have forced NASA to delay Sunday evening's launch of space shuttle Endeavour. The launch team came within minutes of sending Endeavour and seven astronauts to the international space station. But storms moving in from the west . . . and managers called everything off. They will try again Monday . . . READ MORE
U.S., ALLIED CASUALTIES
INCREASE IN AFGHAN WAR
WALL STREET JOURNAL: A series of attacks in Afghanistan has left four U.S. Marines and eight British soldiers dead in recent days, stoking concern among U.S. and allied forces over a surge in battlefield deaths . . . So far this year, 192 foreign soldiers have been killed, including 103 Americans -- a 40% jump from the same period last year . . . READ MORE
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