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North Korea to Try U.S. Journalists as Launch Nears

Reuters reports that North Korea plans to try the two American journalists arrested while reporting on North Korean refugees in China: The reclusive state accused the two women reporters, Laura Ling and Euna Lee from the U.S.-based media outlet Current TV, of unspecified “hostile acts.” Pyongyang’s announcement comes just days before North Korea plans to put what it says is a sat