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| Bill Clinton arrives in N Korea | Bill Clinton arrives in N Korea |
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| Former US President Bill Clinton has arrived in Pyongyang, North Korea's state news agency KCNA reports. | Former US President Bill Clinton has arrived in Pyongyang, North Korea's state news agency KCNA reports. |
| He travelled there to discuss the fate of two jailed US reporters, South Korea's Yonhap news agency says. | He travelled there to discuss the fate of two jailed US reporters, South Korea's Yonhap news agency says. |
| It says Mr Clinton will try to negotiate the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were sentenced to 12 years hard labour in June. | It says Mr Clinton will try to negotiate the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were sentenced to 12 years hard labour in June. |
| They were found guilty of of entering North Korea across the Chinese border in March. | They were found guilty of of entering North Korea across the Chinese border in March. |
| The journalists were arrested while working on the China-N Korea border | The journalists were arrested while working on the China-N Korea border |
| "A little girl presented a bouquet to Bill Clinton" on his arrival, KCNA said. | |
| Mr Clinton is the second former US president to visit North Korea. Jimmy Carter went to Pyongyang in 1994. | |
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| The two US reporters admitted entering the country illegally, according to KCNA. | |
| They were arrested by North Korean guards on 17 March while filming a video about refugees for California-based internet broadcaster Current TV. | |
| The women's families have always claimed that Lee, 36, and Ling, 32, had no intention of crossing into North Korea. | The women's families have always claimed that Lee, 36, and Ling, 32, had no intention of crossing into North Korea. |
| They fear the two reporters may become political pawns in negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang, amid growing tensions over North Korea's nuclear programme and recent missile tests. | They fear the two reporters may become political pawns in negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang, amid growing tensions over North Korea's nuclear programme and recent missile tests. |