SEOUL, South Korea - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is headed to North Korea to negotiate the freedom of two detained American journalists, news reports said Tuesday, nearly five months after they were seized on the China border. ...full story at CNews
from CNews on Tue, Aug 04 2009
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