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Diane Sawyer Will Take Over the Anchor Chair ABC’s World News Tonight

In moving Sawyer from GMA to World News Tonight next year, ABC News is shifting a star resource from a hugely profitable morning show to a dying legacy newscast. All so she can sleep in a few hours later.

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Diane Sawyer Will Take Over the Anchor Chair ABC’s World News Tonight

Laura Ling and Euna Lee Suspect They Were Set Up

The detained journalists “regret” crossing the North Korea border – in what might have been a trap

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Discuss Laura Ling and Euna Lee’s statement on North Korea, "Hostages in the Hermit Kingdom"

Hostages in the Hermit Kingdom While covering human trafficking between North Korea and China, two American journalists wound up becoming the story.

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Discuss Laura Ling and Euna Lee’s statement on North Korea, "Hostages in the Hermit Kingdom"

South Korea launches first rocket

“South Korea launched its first space rocket on Tuesday but failed to put a scientific satellite into its planned orbit in a setback for the country's nascent space program. The launch was expected to rile prickly North Korea, which was hit by U.N. sanctions after it fired a long-range rocket in April in what was widely seen as a disguised missile test

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North Korea to reopen border with South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea (Associated Press) – North Korea agreed Monday to lift border restrictions with South Korea to allow reunions of separated families and restart stalled tourism ventures in its latest gesture of conciliation toward Seoul after nearly 18 months of rising tensions. The North, however, said in a separate statement it was putting its army on “special alert” because of South Korea's joint military drills with the United States this week, a sign that tension between the rival countries is still running high.

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Corea del Norte: ¿más que un golpe de efecto?

El ex presidente de Estados Unidos Bill Clinton tiene motivos para sentirse satisfecho. Durante su visita a Corea del Norte esta semana, el presidente Kim Jong-il indultó a dos periodistas estadounidenses condenadas a 12 años de cárcel por entrar ilegalmente en territorio norcoreano

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Watch: Jon Stewart Hails Return of Bill ‘Big Dog’ Clinton

(Getty Images | Inset from the Daily Show) Jon Stewart opened Wednesday night's Daily Show by welcoming former President Bill Clinton back to the international stage and mocking the way the media covered his dramatic rescue of imprisoned journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling . ALSO ON ZIMBIO Emotional Homecoming Greets Euna Lee, Laura Ling, Upon Return to US Watch: Clinton in North Korea: How It Happened Photos: Bill Clinton Returns Journalists Euna Lee And Laura Ling To U.S.

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Bill Clinton Wants Katherine Heigl’s Ugly Truth?

How does a former president of the United States of America relax after helping to free two jailed American journalists in North Korea? How about with a movie? A source says..

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Bill Clinton Wants Katherine Heigl’s Ugly Truth?

The Tearful Homecoming

Laura Ling and Euna Lee are safely back on American soil in Burbank, California. After the jump, Lee reunites with her daughter, and Ling talks about the emotional end of the Current TV journalists captivity in North Korea . It’s a heartening bit of good journalism news.

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The Tearful Homecoming

DiCaprio Spots DiBoobies

Filed under: Paparazzi Photo , Hot Bodies The topless chick happened to catch the eye of Leonardo DiCaprio in Ibiza yesterday — and if track records mean anything, we all know what happened next…He may have split with Bar Refaeli, but this trip proved there’s plenty of other hot, topless …

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