North Korea leader Kim Jong-il has pancreatic cancer: report

Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:48pm EDT
 
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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has pancreatic cancer, South Korean broadcaster YTN said on Monday in an unsourced news flash.

Kim's health is one of the most closely guarded secrets in the reclusive communist state.

(Reporting by Jack Kim, Editing by Dean Yates)

 
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