Clinton leaves North Korea with journalists
August 5th, 2009 - 7:15 am ICT by IANSPyongyang, Aug 5 (Xinhua) The two American journalists pardoned by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il left the country Wednesday aboard a chartered plane carrying the homebound former US president Bill Clinton.
Clinton arrived unexpectedly in Pyongyang Tuesday and met the North Korean leader to secure the release of two journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were arrested in March for sneaking into the communist country illegally.
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