American journalists Laura Ling (L) and Euna Lee disembark from the plane that brought them back from North Korea in Burbank, California on August 5, 2009. Ling, 32, and Lee, 36, American journalists freed by North Korea after months of detention, returned to the United States on Wednesday accompanied by former President Bill Clinton, who secured their release in a meeting with the reclusive state's leader Kim Jong-il. UPI/Jim Ruymen
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