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Excerpt - A special train used by Kim Jong-il was spotted heading toward Russia, raising speculation the North Korean leader may be making a rare overseas trip, a South Korean daily reported today. The Chosun Ilbo cited a source as saying witnesses in northeastern North Korea saw one of the heavily armoured, well-equipped trains that Kim uses for his visits overseas passing the northeast border and on a route that would soon take it to Russia. The paper did not say exactly when the trip may have taken place, but indicated it may have occurred in recent days. ~ snip...