Pyongyang, February 10 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Tuesday:

- The 11th National Pencil Drawing Festival opened to celebrate the 84th birth anniversary of Chairman Kim Jong Il.

- Construction projects for the new year began in Hwaphyong, Phyonggang, Riwon, Myonggan and Samsu counties.

- Youth and students from across the country held a meeting to kick off their expedition of the revolutionary battle sites in the area of Mt Paektu.

- "Nyomaeng" small tractors were conveyed to farms in South Hwanghae Province.

Rodong Sinmun

A meeting was held to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the Working People's Organizations Publishing House.

Minju Joson

- An article says that the internal discord and "vortex" of political strife will further deteriorate in European countries. -0-