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World News: Kim Jong-il dies aged 69 after heart attack

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North Koreans are in mourning after the death of their leader, Kim Jong-il. People wept openly on the streets of the capital, Pyongyang. State media said he had suffered a heart attack on Saturday, aged 69. He had been unwell. The official news agency KCNA described one of his sons, Kim Jong-un, as the "great successor" whom North Koreans should unite behind. Pyongyang's neighbours are on alert fearing instability in the poor and isolated nuclear-armed nation. Comrade Kim Jong-il was the great leader of the North Korean people and a close friend of the Chinese people” - Liu Weimin Chinese foreign ministry Fears were compounded by unconfirmed reports from South Korean news agency Yonhap that the North had test-fired a missile off its eastern coast before the announcement of Kim Jong-il's death. Following news of Mr Kim's death, South Korea put its armed forces on

Gaddafi - The Man, the myth, the legend

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1. He nationalised Libya's oil industry & has worked to improve the price that Libya is paid for that oil. 2. He used oil revenue to build hospitals, schools, universities, roads, free housing for all Libyan people, the Great Man Made River project which provides 70% of Libyans with pure deep aquifer water. He achieved this without borrowing a penny from Rothschild. 3. Libya has no debt. It has the highest standard of living in Africa, & above Russia, Brazil & Saudi Arabia according to the UN. 4. All loans are debt free. Usury (interest on loans) is against the law. 5. Before Qaddafi came to power, less than one fifth of the people were literate. Now it's 83%. 6. Free healthcare. If treatment is not available in Libya, then the government will fund foreign healthcare. 7. Libya is largely self sufficient in food production. Anyone wishing to be a farmer is given free use of land, a home, equipment, livestock & seeds. 8. He promised that his own parents w