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News paper Diagnoses Kim Jong it With Cancer, A South Korean newspaper is reporting that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il has pancreatic cancer, based on information from Chinese and South Korean intelligence. Whether or not Kim actually suffers from that especially deadly disease, he appeared ill during a rare public appearance last week and is rumored to have appointed his youngest son successor.

Today’s report came a week after Kim attended an annual memorial for his late father, North Korea’s founder Kim Il-sung. The appearance was only his second at a state event since his reported stroke last year.

While he looked thin and limped slightly, analysts said his attendance sent out the message that he was still in charge.