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To no-one's surprise, Kony didn't show up and the deal's off for now. Let's hope he's dead. The governments of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan have just launched a joint military offensive against Joseph Kony's Lords Resistance Army bases. He seem to have run out of friends in high places, hopefully he'll be killed at some point in the next few hours, unless he's dead already. If you believe 'Uganda's leading website', the net is closing on Kony in Operation Lightning Thunder (catchy title). Five rebel commanders have allegedly been captured and Brig. Patrick Kankiriho has vowed "my aim is to accomplish my mission and I will do it. We shall get him." Go Patrick. Another operation has been launced to "apprehend or kill" Joseph Kony, this time with the help of American forces...

Christopher Hitchens still well enough to write interminably long article for Vanity Fair about how terminally ill he is.

Sheila Dikshit ?

French animator Bruno Bianchi, 56, the co-creator of Inspector Gadget, has died.

Demented elderly serial killer Juan Corona, 77, who hacked 25 people to death in the early 1970s, has been denied parole for the seventh time. He was once known as America's most prolific murderer, before John Wayne Gacy knocked him off the No 1 spot.

Just beat me to it (not that I was in any way checking out the DDP site to see if my fragile lead was affected). I was struggling to resist the urge to post "BREAKING NEWS - DUNN DIES", so I'm glad someone got there first.

Ukulele maestro Bill Tapia, discussed a few times before on DL, has died at the age of 103.

The president of Guinea Bissau, Malam Bacai Sanha, has been admitted to hospital in Paris after becoming seriously ill.

The ever unreliable Radar Online have a pretty poor "exclusive" on Ali, who was recently hospitalised after passing out.

Outing me as what? Gay?

The American poet Rae Armantrout has written a very lengthy account of her battle with a form of adrenal cancer.

Oh dear, that doesn't look good at all. This is one of my favourite DL threads and I hope Mindy McCready is around to entertain us for many years to come.

According to my profile, it has been viewed 1222 times! I'm sure it was nowhere near that last time I looked. I think I might have been viewed about 200 times in a couple of weeks. Is someone stalking me? I feel violated.

Billy Graham has been admitted to hospital with pneumonia for the second time this year.

Masao Yoshida, the head of the tsunami battered Fukushima nuclear plant - who has spent the last nine months facilitating repairs at the site - has resigned due to ill health. He is currently in hospital, amid speculation that he may be suffering from the effects of exposure to radiation.

How about Mpondombini Sigcau, the legless King of East Pondoland?

A practically bankrupt Kettering will be forced to use youth players to fulfill their fixture against Grimsby tomorrow. I would suggest that everybody puts their house on Grimsby winning. I have, nearly.

Glafcos Clerides, 92, President of Cyprus from 1993 to 2003, has been diagnosed with colon cancer.

David McWane, 35, lead singer of ska-punk band Big D And The Kids Table, has been diagnosed with throat cancer.

Malcolm Brabant, the BBC's man in Athens, has been seriously ill for several months - both physically and mentally - after allegedly suffering a severe allergic reaction to a yellow fever vaccine. The comments at the end of that article quote from his wife's Facebook page:

Nice story here about the fortunes of Latin American leaders who are suffering cancer. Things aren't looking too good for Alberto Fujimori

I do want to read this book, so I thought Ronnie would approve if I broke in to my local WHSmiths at the dead of night, removed the book (and possibly any banknotes I could find), bludgeoned a security guard and then fled to Brazil to read my ill gotten gains on a beach. But seriously, best wishes to the man and thanks very much for the DL plug, I hope he proves us wrong for a good few years yet.

Freedom Online, "Gambia's Premier Online Newspaper", have exclusively revealed that President Jammeh is suffering from pancreatic cancer. Strangely no other media source has chosen to run with this disturbing news...

On this day in 1706 Tsangyang Gyatso, the sixth Dalai Lama died in mysterious circumstances. He didn't take to the monastic lifestyle expected of him and instead chose to live in a tent where he spent his days drinking, entertaining ladies and singing songs.

President Bingu Wa Mutharika of Malawi, mentioned several times before on this thread, has been forced to deny rumours that he is dead. He is currently "on holiday" in Hong Kong. There are some brilliant comments in that article. It's odd to see the English language used in conjunction with something completely different. For example: