http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/18/world/asia/north-korea-leader-dead/?hpt=hp_t1
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/12/18/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-il-6-has-died/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16250499
Huh. Just like that.
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There never was a post. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and refracted the light from Venus.