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From the (North) Korean News site:

"National Seminar on Undying Feats of Kim Jong Il Held":

A national seminar on the immortal feats performed by leader Kim Jong Il in the building of a great prosperous powerful nation with his Songun revolutionary leadership took place at the People's Palace of Culture on Feb. 8. Speakers at the seminar profoundly explained and proved the immortal feats Kim Jong Il performed in the building of a great prosperous powerful socialist nation with his energetic Songun revolutionary leadership. Song Ja Rip, president of Kim Il Sung University, said that what is important in the ideological and theoretical exploits of Kim Jong Il is that he comprehensively systematized President Kim Il Sung's idea of attaching importance to arms, military affairs and provided a powerful ideological and theoretical weapon to glorify the new century as a century of victory and glory in which independence and prosperity will be achieved. And he has put the President's Songun idea overall into the present revolutionary practice, thus demonstrating the dignity of the country and the nation to the world over and opening a new turning point in socialist construction and the development of the revolution, the speaker added.

"Bulletin Issued in Syria to Mark February Holiday":

An information bulletin titled "The Greatest National Holiday of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" was issued by Damascus University on Feb. 1 on the occasion of the February holiday. The bulletin said that Feb. 16, the birthday of leader Kim Jong Il, is the greatest national holiday of the Korean people, adding that the progressive mankind of the world including the Syrian people extend the greatest glory to him and recollect with deep emotion his revolutionary exploits on the occasion of the day.

It continued:

He provided the world progressives with a powerful ideological and theoretical weapon for carrying out the cause of independence against imperialism based on the scientific faith and the Songun idea. This occupies a particular place among his feats performed for the human cause of independence.

No force on earth can break the single-minded unity of the army and the people of the DPRK around him.

"Floral Basket to Kim Jong Il from Chief of Palestinian National Authority":

Leader Kim Jong Il was presented with a floral basket by Mahmoud Abbas, chief of the Palestinian National Authority, on the occasion of his birthday. It was conveyed to an official concerned by Palestinian Ambassador to the DPRK Mohammad Shahta Jarab on Wednesday.

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