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Mourners gather in Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, to pay their respects to North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, who died Saturday. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

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Emergency responders assists victims of a multiple-vehicle accident on westbound Interstate 40 about 15 miles west of Amarillo, Texas, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/The Amarillo Globe News, Michael Schumacher)

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Kyodo News via Associated Press The body of longtime North Korean leader Kim Jong-il lies in state Tuesday in a memorial palace in Pyongyang, North Korea. The Stalinist Northeast Asian nation is in an 11-day period of official mourning.

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The body of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is laid out in the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/KRT)

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Paul Locke, chairman of the committee that wrote a National Academy of Sciences report on the safety of mining uranium in Virginia, says "there are still many unknowns" about the safety of lifting a ban on mining the radioactive material. (Associated Press)

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'TIME IS NOW': Federal Communications Commissioner Robert McDowell issues a warning about the Internet. (Rod Lamkey Jr./ The Washington Times)

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Commuters board a bus that was one of the few still operating during a 24-hour bus strike in Lima, Peru, in July. Most bus drivers struck to protest an increase in fines and the reorganization of the bus system. The nation's capital contends with exasperating traffic congestion and gridlock on major thoroughfares. (Associated Press)

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Soldiers and health workers carry the body of a flash-flood victim in preparation for a mass burial at a public cemetery on Monday in Iligan city, southern Philippines. Tropical storm Washi blew away Monday after devastating the southern Philippines with flash floods that killed hundreds of people as they slept and turned two coastal cities into a muddy wasteland filled with overturned cars and uprooted trees. (Associated Press)

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Hundreds of North Koreans gather in front of a giant statue of former leader Kim Il-Sung in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, to mourn the death of Kim Jong-il. (AP Photo/APTN)

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A man reacts as he walks with flowers towards the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Kim Jong-il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died, North Korean state media announced Monday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Women collapse in tears as North Koreans gather on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, in Pyongyang, North Korea, after learning of the death of their leader, Kim Jong-il. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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Under framed portraits of the late North Korean leaders Kim Il-sung (left) and his son, Kim Jong-il, airline passengers arrive at the Pyongyang, North Korea, airport on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. North Korean state media reported Monday that Kim Jong-il died on Saturday of a heart attack. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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In this undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Saturday, May 28, 2011, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (center right), accompanied by his son Kim Jong-un (third from right), inspect the construction site of the Huichon Power Station in Jokang Do, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

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** FILE ** In this Aug. 4, 2009, photo, former U.S. President Bill Clinton (left) meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in Pyonggyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

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In this undated photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency, the country's leader, Kim Jong-il, is shown on a boat in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP Images)

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In this undated photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency, a young Kim Jong-il works at the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP Images)

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In this undated photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency, leader Kim Il-sung and son Kim Jong-il (upper left) in his childhood observe the cockpit of a fighter aircraft. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP Images)