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Report: NKorea's Kim Jong Il fires top TV official

North Korea's Kim Jong Il recently fired his top TV official for airing a series of advertisements, apparently out of concern that the commercials represented too much influence of capitalism, a news report said Sunday. Full Article at Ynetnews

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