"I don't have any words to express the sorrow and suffering I feel when knowing his body will soon disappear, " Hin Mal, 79, told the Associated Press news agency.

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"When people contact me and they want to disappear, I tell them: don't burn bridges, you might want to come back, " he says.

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My wife didn't share my Sundance obsession, which became a problem when January came around and I'd disappear to Park City for a week.

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Ms. IKOKWU: You know, like I said before, people don't think that the election of Barack Obama would make their problems disappear overnight.

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