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North Korea: American journalists sentenced to 12 years

Pyongyang, North Korea - They will be detained in a labor camp. There will be no appeal

Pyongyang's high court condemned Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years of "Reform through labor camp". The two American journalists had been arrested in North Korea on last March 17 for illegally trespassing the Chinese border while working on a reportage for former vice-president Al Gore's Current TV (see AVIONEWS). The sentence was announced today by state press agency "KCNA", specifying that "The...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1105490
Rome, Italy, 06/08/2009 10:16
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