UN assembly plans moment of silence for Kim Jong-il
None
The UN General Assembly granted a request from North Korea to hold a moment of silence Thursday for Kim Jong-il, the country's former leader who died Saturday, though Western envoys said they would boycott it.
Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, president of the 193-nation General Assembly, said the moment of silence would take place before a meeting of the assembly. (Reuters)
