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THE continuing depredations of Kim Jong-Il have obliged the US government to block the export to North Korea of various items deemed essential to a modern tyrant's lifestyle. This eclectic list of comforts includes iPods, jet skis, Cognac, Segway scooters, Rolex watches, plasma TVs, Fender Stratocasters, caviar, and furs, both real and fake. It is expected that the aggressive prosecution of these sanctions will ensure that Mr Jong-Il will suffer a grievous lack of self esteem, pine away and, in ...