Selasa, 04 Agustus 2009

Bill Clinton Coming, 2 U.S. Journalists freed

North Korea to free two journalists imprisoned after the U.S. visit of former President Bill Clinton, in the highest-level contact with North Korea the U.S. since Clinton became president nearly a decade ago. North Korean news agency KCNA, said Korut leader Kim Jong-il has issued a special pardon for the two journalists that, Euna Lee and Laura Ling.

Bill Clinton is the highest U.S. official who visited North Korea since foreign minister of his country, Madeleine Albright, went to that country in 2000. He was greeted with warm welcome at the time of his arrival and what the KCNA news agency lukiskan as a "deep discussion" on the dinner with Korut leader Kim Jong-il is in pain and the importance of adjuvant.

White House disputed the report by the KCNA said Clinton brought a message from North Korea on the U.S. President Barack Obama. "That's not true," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the journalist in Washington. Obama advisor, David Axelrod, said, on MSNBC that Clinton in the "humanitarian mission personal."

The two journalists are arrested at the border of North Korea-China, March, allegedly entered the country because it is not legitimate. North Korea a court sentence to 12 years hard labor on their days ago by Pyongyang that is classified as a serious crime.

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