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STORY: U.S. Secretary of State Clinton, meeting with her Japanese counterpart in Washington, D.C. Monday (December 19), said that the United States has an interest in, "peaceful, stable transition in North Korea".
Kim Jong-il, the 69-year old leader of North Korea died on Saturday of what a North Korean newscaster said was, "physical and mental over-work."