Unix Timestamp: 1249344000
Tuesday, August 4. 2009, 12:00:00 AM UTC

North Korean leader Kim Jong-ilpardons two American journalists, who had been arrested and imprisoned for illegal entry earlier in the year, after former U.S. President Bill Clinton meets with Kim in North Korea.

Former United States President Bill Clinton arrives in Pyongyang, North Korea, and secures the freedom of two detained American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee. //news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8182716.stm (BBC) //english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2009/08/04/49/0301000000AEN20090804007300315F.HTML (Yonhap) //www.kcna.co.jp/item/2009/200908/news04/20090804-06ee.html (KCNA) //english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/08/20098421911294599.html (Al Jazeera) //www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6738245.ece ("The Times") //news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8184583.stm (BBC)