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Freed Journalist Laura Ling Thanks 'Supercool' Clinton Team, Feared Labor Camp

Agence France Presse August 5, 2009.

"The past 140 days have been the most difficult heart-wrenching time of our lives," she told reporters. "...We are so happy to be home."

Bill Clinton in North Korea on Apparent Bid to Free U.S. Journalists

Agence France Presse August 3, 2009.

The surprise trip by the former U.S. president is aimed at negotiating the release of two American journalists sentenced to 12 years of hard labor.

North Korea Rocket Launch Fails, World Leaders Condemn \'Provocation\'

Simon Martin, December 31, 1969.

North Korea\'s New Leader Kim Jong-un Inherits Father\'s Nuclear Legacy and Country\'s Uncertain Future

Amy Goodman, December 31, 1969.