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**RECROPPED VERSION OF TOK802 of SEPT. 4, 2003** Sitting under a statue of late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, North Korean senior leaders, including leader Kim Jong Il, center, attend the11th Supreme People's Assembly in Pyongyang Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2003. Kim Jong Il was re-elected Wednesday as head of the country's 1.1 million-strong military National Defense Commission (NDC) , the backbone of the reclusive Stalinist regime, the official news agency said. Also, North Korea's No. 2 leader and ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam, second from left, was reelected as president of the assembly's presidium while Jo Myong Rok, second from right, regarded as No. 3 in the hierarchy, was reelected as first vice chairman of the NDC. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Korea News Agency) === JAPAN OUT, , EDITORIAL USE ONLY ===