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This undated picture, released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on September 4, 2009 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (C) visiting the Songjin Steel Complex. The United States said Friday it is prepared to hold direct talks with North Korea in a bid to bring Pyongyang back to six-nation nuclear disarmament negotiations. (AFP/KCNA-HO/File)

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits the Munchon Middle School in Munchon in this undated picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency August 29, 2009. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA