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A secret North Korean document obtained by Western intelligence states the late dictator Kim Jong-Il conceived and directed a program to kidnap foreigners and bring them back to his communist country to force them to become spies against their home countries, The Washington Times has learned. (Associated Press/Korea News Service)

Kim Jong-il of North Korea ordered foreign kidnappings to create spies: secret document

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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Westerners press for more control over their land

By Meghan Drake - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Feb. 28, 2014, file-pool photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin during his working meetings at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti Presidential Press Service, Alexei Nikolsky, File-Pool)

ORTEL: Why America’s feeble response to Putin Doctrine threatens world order

By Charles Ortel

Pro-Russian troops control a ferry terminal on the easternmost tip of Ukraine's Crimea region just 12 miles from Russia, intensifying fears that Moscow will send even more troops into the strategic Black Sea region. (Associated Press)

Moscow shakes up the financial world

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

Iranians look at a doll display in a toy shop in Tehran on Friday. Police have closed down dozens of toy shops for selling Barbie dolls, part of a decades-long crackdown on signs of Western culture in Iran. (Associated Press)

Toy shops in Iran shut down for selling Barbies

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press