The Communist Party's Politburo, the highest ruling body, consists of 25 members.
The on-site court is a miniature version of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the highest ruling body for international sporting disputes, based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
On Friday, the National Defense Commission, the North's highest ruling agency, headed by the country's leader, Kim Jong-il, issued a rebuttal of the major points on the investigative report, which it called a "fake".
North Korea will also wage a "pan-national holy war of retaliation to blow away" the South Korean government, said a statement from the North's highest ruling agency, the National Defense Commission, which is headed by the national leader, Kim Jong-il.
At the personal recommendation of Mr. Kim, Parliament also elected Jang Song-taek, his trusted brother-in-law, to the No. 2 post at the National Defense Commission, the North's highest ruling agency, led by Mr. Kim himself.
Mr. Li has since been promoted to party secretary of Shandong's biggest port, Qingdao, and he sits on the province's Communist Party standing committee, its highest ruling body.
David Shayler, the ex-MI5 officer who was jailed for selling intelligence secrets to a newspaper, is competing against the chat show host Lorraine Kelly to become the student representative on Dundee's university court, its highest ruling body.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport, which is based in the Swiss city Lausanne, is global sport's highest ruling body.
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He challenged a further high court ruling in February 2011 and a court of appeal ruling in the same month.
