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FILE - In this March 28, 2006 file photo, Jang Song Thaek, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's brother-in-law and first vice director of the Workers' Party of Korea, leaves Beijing international airport for home. Jang, the husband of the late leader's younger sister Kim Kyong Hui, is a Soviet-trained technocrat who was a rising star until a demotion in early 2004 seen as a warning from his brother-in-law against cultivating too much influence. Kim Jong Il brought him back into the fold in 2006, and he has been gaining influence since then. (AP photo/Kyodo News, File) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA