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North Korea s new leader Kim Jong-Un has secured a solid power base in both the ruling communist party and the military despite his youth and meagre career credentials, analysts said Wednesday. HT Image They said the North s elite has a shared interest in a stable transition to Jong-Un -- the only choice at hand -- and appears united in helping the new leadership put down roots. The world is waiting to see whether Jong-Un will be a figurehead or forceful leader as he takes over the nuclear-armed nation from his late father Kim Jong-Il. Jong-Un has already established solid control over the military and intelligence authorities since he was anointed as successor to his father in September last year, said Paik Hak-Soon of Seoul stanley cup s Sejong Institute think-tank. The son, in his late 20s, was appoin stanley cup ted to senior military and party posts in September 2010, paving the way for a third-generation hereditary succession after the late Kim succeeded his own father Kim Il-Sung in the 1990s. Despite speculation about power struggles after Kim s death on December 17, Paik and other analysts said he had made careful arrangements as far back as early 2 stanley cup 009 to secure his son s firm grip on the military and party. North Korea Monday described Jong-Un as the great successor after announcing the death of his father at age 69. Kim Jong-Un issued his first military order just before his father s death was announced Monday in an indication he already controls the armed forces, the Sou Hzcn Suu Kyi being tried in prison
The UAE has pledged to donate $ 5 million for the flood relief operations in Pakistan, where nearly 2,000 people have been killed in th stanley cup e natural disaster. HT Image The UAE donation was announced by Reem Al Hashemi, Minister for State, while addressing a two-day special meeting of the United Nations General Assembly to call for global solidarity to help flood-hit Pakistan. The floods, which began at the end of July, have affected 20 million. Over 160,000 sq km have been affected by the flood waters, which also destroyed 3.5 million houses. In her statement before the meeting, al Hashemi expressed profound heart-felt of the gover adidas samba nment and people of the UAE to the government and people of Pakistan for the great loss in lives and properties, and displacement of millions of Pakistanis. While voicing UAE s solidarity with the government and people of Pakistan at these critical times, the UAE minister, who chairs the UAE delegation to the UN gathering, reiterated the UAE s determination to pursue delivery of urgent and much-needed assistance to save flood-victims and secure their basic daily living requirements in order to resume their life at the nearest opportunity. The UAE has allocated thr stanley cup ee helicopters to airlift and drop relief items to areas ravaged by floods and rescue victims, she added. We do realise the tremendous magnitude of devastation Pakistan has experienced and therefore the situation calls boosting international assistance to help Pakistans recovery