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Bill Clinton Bring Journalists Home-Mission Accomplished
politicolnews.com - 8/5/2009
Bill Clinton Bring Journalists Home-Mission Accomplished
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Laura Ling and Una Lee sisters are heading home with former President Bill Clinton and they are on the flight home to Los Angeles. Bill Clinton negotiated a deal with North Korea to free the two female American Journalists who have been held captive for 5 months in a N. Korean prison. The plane ...
news.yahoo.com - 8/4/2009
North Korea: 2 US journalists pardoned - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — SEOUL, South Korea North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has issued a "special pardon" to two American... journalists convicted of sneaking into the country illegally, and he ordered them released during a visit by former U.S. President Bill Clinton , North ... (more) North Korea: 2 US journalists pardoned - Yahoo! News

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AFP: Bill Clinton rewarding NKorea for bad behavior: Bolton
— google.com — (AFP) 4 hours ago WASHINGTON The Obama administration is rewarding North Korea for its bad behavior by... sending ex-president Bill Clinton to Pyongyang to win the release of two US journalists, the former US ambassador to the UN said Tuesday. John ... (more) AFP: Bill Clinton rewarding NKorea for bad behavior: Bolton

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Bill Clinton Visits North Korea, Secures Release of Captive Journalists
— online.wsj.com — The last time an American civilian was held prisoner by North Korea, in 1996, it took a... visit from then-Congressman Bill Richardson to secure his release. Yesterday, it required the full prestige of a former U.S. President to win the freedom of ... (more) Bill Clinton Visits North Korea, Secures Release of ...

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