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Laura Ling, Euna Lee freed from North Korea, arrive in California

Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee (bottom left) arrive home to their families at Hangar 25 on August 5, 2009 in Burbank, California. Ling and Lee were pardoned and released yesterday by President Kim Jong-Il after a meeting with former U.S. President Bill Clinton. They had been arrested in March for illegally entering the country on the Chinese border and sentenced to 12 years in prison in June. UPI Photo/Kevork Djansezian/POOL


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Lee and Ling write of N. Korean captivity
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The two U.S. journalists imprisoned for months in North Korea before being freed in August said they never intended to cross the North Korea-China border.
BEIJING, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- A Chinese pastor claims video footage shot by two American TV journalists was used by China to round up North Korean refugees.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama met with former President Bill Clinton Tuesday to thank him for his mission to North Korea, the White House said.
Detained reporters return to cheers, tears
BURBANK, Calif., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Two U.S. journalists detained in North Korea for nearly five months were greeted with tears and cheers Wednesday when their airplane landed in Burbank, Calif.
Hillary Clinton happy journalists freed
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed happiness and relief that the two U.S. journalists detained in North Korea were returning to the United States.
Aug. 5, 2009
North Korean officials pardoned and released two journalists after a quick visit from former U.S. President Bill Clinton.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The families of U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee said in a statement they were overjoyed North Korea pardoned the two journalists Tuesday.
Clinton trip helped free journalists
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton's North Korea trip achieved its objective of freeing two U.S. journalists held in the country, South Korea's Yonhap reported.
U.S. seeks release of detained journalists
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, reportedly heading to North Korea, may fulfill a mission he had considered in 2000 during his presidency.
U.S. seeks 'amnesty' for 2 journalists
SACRAMENTO, July 10 (UPI) -- U.S. officials have asked North Korea to grant "amnesty" to two American journalists jailed there, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday.
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