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Preparatory Committee Formed in Russia
Pyongyang, February 28 (KCNA) -- A Far East regional preparatory committee was formed in Russia on Feb. 18 to commemorate the centenary of birth of President Kim Il Sung and February 16, 2012.

Gennadi Astakhov, chief of the Tynda City Group for the Study of the Juche Idea of the Russian Philosophy Association, was elected its chairman.

The committee set the celebration period from February 2010 to April 2012 and decided to hold various political and cultural events to laud the immortal exploits of Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il, conduct brisk activities to disseminate the Juche idea and widely introduce the Korean people's struggle for the building of a thriving nation and the national reunification through media in this period.

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