1.0 link 229273 <![CDATA[Laura Ling, Euna Lee Held In North Korean Guest House: Report]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/10/laura-ling-euna-lee-held-_n_229273.html SEOUL, South Korea &mdash; North Korea might release two convicted American journalists if the United States offers a gesture such as an official apology, a U.S.-based scholar who visited Pyongyang said in interviews published Friday.

Laura Ling and Euna Lee were detained in March near the North Korean border with China and sentenced last month to 12 years of hard labor for entering the country illegally and for "hostile acts." The two work for former U.S. Vice President Al Gore's California-based...

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