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/begin my translation Japanese Media "No Movement of Kim Jong-il's Special Train" Tokyo Shimbun, "Standing Still at the Special Train Station in Pyongyang since August" [2008-11-15 12:04 ] Tokyo Shimbun reported on Nov. 15 that it was confirmed Kim Jong-il's train have remained at the special station in Pyongyang since mid-August when reports on his health problem started to come out. Quoting multiple sources from S. Korean gov., they confirmed it, based on the analysis of satellite images. It said that S. Korean and American intelligence believe that Kim's health problem prevents him from traveling far because his special trains...

The following article appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News on December 22, 2005 Here's a Yule Story That Ought to be a Movie By Ronnie Polaneczky AND NOW, in time for the holidays, I bring you the best Christmas story you never heard. It started last Christmas, when Bennett and Vivian Levin were overwhelmed by sadness while listening to radio reports of injured American troops. "We have to let them know we care," Vivian told Bennett. So they organized a trip to bring soldiers from Walter Reed Army MedicalCenter and Bethesda Naval Hospital to the annual Army-Navy football game in...