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Former South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun committed suicide today by leaping to his death from a hill behind his house, the South Korean government announced. Roh, 62, left a suicide family for his family. "I am in debt to too many people," the note reads.

Events are being held across the US to mark 200 years since former President Abraham Lincoln was born.

The former President earned nearly $6 million in speaking fees last year, almost all of it from foreign companies, according to documents filed by his Secretary of State wife, Hillary Clinton.

Two former presidents reflected on their greatest regrets in office Monday, each looking back to issues that continue to plague the nation years later.

Former French President Jacques Chirac was rushed to a hospital after being mauled by his pet dog who is being treated for depression, in a dramatic incident that rattled his wife Bernadette.