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Iran Moving Nuclear Work to Deep Mountain Bunker

Iran will in the near future start enriching uranium deep inside a mountain, a senior official said Sunday, a move likely to further antagonize Western powers that suspect it is seeking nuclear weapons capability.
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Will U.S. End Up in War With Iran in 2012?

The latest threat comes days after U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law sanctions against Iran's central bank which processes most of the country's oil-export payments. Obama and other leaders, including European Union foreign ministers set to meet in Brussels on Jan. 30 to consider a oil-export ban on Iran, hope more sanctions will slow the country from further developing its nuclear weapons program.
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5 Most Important People for 2012

Who will be the five people to shape 2012? It could be anyone on list, or it could be none of them. Such is the state of geopolitics at this important moment in history.
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Kim Jong-Il: Into the North Korean Leader's Mind

Kim Jong-Il died on Dec. 17, 2011, ending his brutal reign over North Korea. Experts have determined that he exhibited the so-called big six personality disorders that include being sadistic, antisocial, paranoid, narcissistic, schizoid, and schizotypal. Now they reveal the impact this will have on his son, Kim Jong-Un.
New North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un pays his respects to his father and former leader Kim Jong-il lying in state at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang

Exclusive: North Korea's military to share power with Kim's heir

North Korea will shift to collective rule from a strongman dictatorship after last week's death of Kim Jong-il, although his untested young son will be at the head of the ruling coterie, a source with close ties to Pyongyang and Beijing said.
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Iran Will Not Be Allowed Nukes, Panetta Says

Iran will not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told CBS News on Monday, adding that despite efforts to spoil Iran's nuclear program the country has already progressed enough to assemble a bomb within a year or less.
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Kim Jong-un to Share Power with Military, Sources tell Reuters

North Korea's new young leader will have to share power with an uncle and the military after the death of his father Kim Jong-il as the isolated country shifts to collective rule from strongman dictatorship, a source with close ties to Pyongyang and Beijing told Reuters.
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IAEA Wants to Send Nuclear Inspectors Back to North Korea

The International Atomic Energy Agency must redeploy its inspectors in North Korea to help with the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, Yukiya Amano, director general of the U.N. nuclear agency, was quoted as saying by Kyodo news agency Tuesday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) and his son Kim Jong Un (3rd R) salute as they watch soldiers attending a military parade in the Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang

Kim Jong-il: reclusive leader in a hermit state

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, revered at home by a propaganda machine that turned him into a demi-god and vilified in the West as a temperamental tyrant with a nuclear arsenal, has died, North Korean state television reported Monday.
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Kim Jong Il Dead: 10 Quotes from North Korea’s ‘Supreme Leader’

North Korea's longtime leader, Kim Jong Il, died at age 69 from a heart attack according to state-owned TV stations. We collected ten quotes from Kim Jong Il on North Korean, communism, the internet and the United States to commemorate the leader's death and shed light on his policies in North Korea.
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Kim Jong-il Dies: Global Reaction

The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il from a heart attack over the weekend has prompted an avalanche of reaction from around the globe.
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Asian Markets Reel on Fears After Kim Jong-il Death

Asian equities and U.S. stock index futures fell, with South Korean shares tumbling as much as 5 percent, while the dollar gained on safe-haven appeal after news of the death of North Korea leader Kim Jong-il raised fears of regional instability.
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North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-il Dead; Neighbors on Edge

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died of a heart attack while on a train trip, state media reported Monday morning, sparking immediate concern over who is in control of the reclusive state and its nuclear program.

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