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North Korea to put U.S. women on trial

North Korea to put U.S. women on trial
— “The two reporters for Current TV, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, are accused of entering the country illegally and intending ‘hostile acts.'”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/24/nkorea.us.journalists.trial/index.html
— International Press Institute (IPI) Calls for Release of Journalists Being Used as ‘Political Hostages’ in Iran, North Korea
http://www.freemedia.at/cms/ipi/statements_detail.html?ctxid=CH0055&docid=CMS1240232042646&year=2009
— 2 US journalists to be tried in North Korea
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090425/tap-as-nkorea-journalists-3rd-ld-writeth-d3b07b8.html

(North Korea) US reporters face years in North Korea labour camp
— “Two women prosecuted for espionage or ‘hostility toward North Koreans’ could spend up to 10 years in prison”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6159054.ece