text: N.Korea Says Kim Portrait Reports a 'U.S. Plot'  BEIJING (Reuters) - Reports that portraits of North Korean  leader Kim Jong-il had been removed were a U.S. plot to  overthrow the government and a "groundless fabrication," Xinhua  news agency quoted a North Korean official on Friday as saying.
inputs: N.Korea Says Kim Portrait Reports a 'U.S. Plot'  BEIJING (Reuters) - Reports that portraits of North Korean  leader Kim Jong-il had been removed were a U.S. plot to  overthrow the government and a "groundless fabrication," Xinhua  news agency quoted a North Korean official on Friday as saying.