Lisa Ling on Sister Laura: Shes 'Really Anxious' to Eat Fresh Food: PHOTO
TV journalist Lisa Ling , along with the husband of her newly freed sister Laura Ling , spoke candidly Wednesday about the condition of the journalists on their first day back home from North Korea. Lisa Ling described her sister as being "exhausted," revealing what she's looking forward to: "She said she's really, really anxious to eat fresh fruit and fresh food. She was telling us how there were rocks in her rice…she's just anxious to eat fresh food. I know that there will be a sushi...

Laura - Ling 'Thrilled Beyond Words' By Sister's Release: PHOTO
Revered U.S. newswoman Lisa Ling is "thrilled beyond words" following the release of her journalist sister Laura from a detention facility in North Korea. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton persuaded North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to grant Ling and her colleague Euna Lee a special pardon during a trip to North Korea on Tuesday (04Aug09). Ling and Lee spent five months in captivity after reportedly illegally crossing the Chinese border with North Korea, where they were preparing a report about...

Lisa Ling's Sister Laura Ling and Euna Lee Pardoned in North Korea
Months after their arrest in March in North Korea, journalists Laura Ling , sister of Lisa Ling , and Euna Lee have been pardoned by the country’s President Kim Jong-il, according to multiple reports . Former President Bill Clinton traveled to the country to request the imprisoned journalists’ release. The two women were captured in March crossing over the border from South Korea, and were arrested for illegally entering the country. In June they were sentenced to 12 years in...

Lisa Ling's Sister Sentenced to 12 Years Hard Labor in N. Korea
Lisa Ling 's sister, Laura Ling , and friend, Euna Lee , who had been arrested by North Korean military on the Chinese border March 17, have been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for their alleged "hostile acts."

Lisa Ling's Sister to be Released from North Korean Prison: PHOTO
Journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling have been issued a "special pardon" from North Korea after they were convicted and imprisoned by the North Korean government for allegedly entering the country illegally last March.   North Korean leader Kim Jong IL ordered the women be released from a labor prison following a meeting with former U.S. President Bill Clinton , the Associated Press reports. The release of the women was said to be part of North Korea's "humanitarian and peaceloving policy,"...

Lisa Ling's Sister & Friend Released From N. Korean Prison: PHOTO
-Photo by Getty Images- Way to go, Bill Clinton. The former president has worked some magic and gotten two U.S. journalists released from a N. Korean jail, after meeting with the country's leader Kim Jong Il . Lisa Ling 's sister, Laura Ling , and her friend Euna Lee were convicted for "hostile acts" in June, and sentenced to 12 years hard labor for "committing hostilities against the Korean nation and illegal entry." After what was deemed "exhaustive" talks between Bill...

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Bolton Decries Release Of Euna Lee And Laura Ling
Euna Lee and Laura Ling are safe at home and in the warm embrace of loved ones and it's hard to feel bad about this. But, since Bill Clinton has a hand in their release, someone's got to step up and naysay the effort, and predictably, that task has fallen to former UN ambassador and noted rage-walrus John Bolton , who says the "Clinton trip is a significant propaganda victory for North Korea, whether or not he carried an official message from President Obama." Of course, holding Lee and Ling as...

Lisa Ling's Sister Released From North Korean Labor Camp
After a visit from former President Bill Clinton , North Korean leader Kim Jong Il pardoned and ordered the release of two U.S. journalists who were convicted of illegally entering the nation in March. See photos of stars in court. Laura Ling -- the younger sister of former View cohost Lisa Ling -- and Euna Lee were working as reporters for former Vice President Al Gore 's Current TV when they were captured by North Korean security on the totalitarian state's border with China. On June 8, they...

Freed journalists Laura Ling, Euna Lee reunite with families in California after North Korea pardon: PHOTO
Two American journalists freed by North Korea have returned home to the United States on a flight with former President Bill Clinton . The jet carrying Euna Lee and Laura Ling landed at Burbank's Bob Hope Airport early Wednesday. The women spent more than four months detained in North Korea. The reporters were granted a pardon by North Korea on Tuesday, following rare talks between Clinton and the reclusive leader Kim Jong Il . They had been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for entering the...

Laura Ling & Euna Lee Back In The U.S.: PHOTO
Bill Clinton scores!Clinton, returning from North Korea, accompanied accompanied by the two American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, whose release he secured five months after they were captured on the border with China.In a joint statement, the families of the journalists said they were ‘’overjoyed by the news...

Euna Lee & Laura Ling Home & Healthy: PHOTO
-Photo by Getty Images- Such wonderful news for the two U.S. journalists who were finally released from N. Korean captivity earlier this week. Euna Lee and Laura Ling returned home Wednesday, where they shared a tearful reunion with their families. The women, who were held against their will for over four months and sentenced to 12 years hard labor , are in remarkably good shape . "[Laura] seems like she's in pretty good physical health so we're very happy about...

Euna Lee & Laura Ling Exhausted But in Good Health, Says Family: PHOTO
A few hours after landing on American soil , Euna Lee and Laura Ling were back home resting – and looking forward to a home-cooked meal. "[Laura] seems like she's in pretty good physical health so we're very happy about that," Ling's husband, Iain Clayton, told reporters outside their home in Studio City, Calif. "At the moment now she's going to relax and take it easy." "My sister is absolutely exhausted and just resting," added Ling's sister, Lisa. "She could barely speak she's...

Euna Lee & Laura Ling Exhausted But in Good Health, Says Family: PHOTO
A few hours after landing on American soil , Euna Lee and Laura Ling were back home resting – and looking forward to a home-cooked meal. "[Laura] seems like she's in pretty good physical health so we're very happy about that," Ling's husband, Iain Clayton, told reporters outside their home in Studio City, Calif. "At the moment now she's going to relax and take it easy." "My sister is absolutely exhausted and just resting," added Ling's sister, Lisa. "She could barely speak she's...

Laura Ling Husband: PHOTO
Laura Ling husband Iain Clayton was perhaps one of the most happy people today in the World after he saw his wife arrive to USA safe and sound.

Al Gore Welcomes Euna Lee, Lisa Ling Home (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Former Vice President Al Gore welcomed home the two American journalists who had been detained in North Korea. The journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, were pardoned by Kim Jong-il on Tuesday after former President Bill Clinton made a surprise trip to the nation to negotiate their release. The journalists were arrested in March while on a reporting trip for Current TV, the media outlet founded by Gore. "It speaks well of our country that when two American citizens are in harm's way that so...

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laura ling husband Laura Ling's husband, Iain Clayton, is relieved that his wife has finally returned home from her imprisonment in North Korea. In a phone call with Fox News he described her conditions in confinement as "bearable."

Overheard During The Laura Ling - Euna Lee Coverage
This morning, from the time the plane carrying Laura Ling and Euna Lee touched down until Ling came to the mic to speak, there was that sometimes awkward news coverage downtime - at least a half hour, by our count. And during these kinds of events we invariably end up overhearing lots of interesting, improvised and sometimes inaccurate remarks from the tvnewsers. Here are some of our favorites: FNC's "Fox & Friends": Steve Doocy : We heard from one of the fathers of one of the young women...

ESPN to Staff Tweeters: Back Away from the Keyboard
ESPN throws a flag on staff Tweeters. August 05 Newspaper Rolls Out After Town Waits 166 Years An Alabama town gets a newspaper after waiting 166 years August 05 (3) At Current TV: Joy, and More Attention The mood was overjoyed Tuesday at the headquarters of Current TV, an upstart cable channel that was thrust into the news this year by the detainment of two of its journalists in North Korea. The two journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, were pardoned by the North Korean government Tuesday after...

Trip puts Clinton back in limelight
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- It will be a while before the real impact of former U.S. President Bill Clinton's North Korea trip is known, but it has already kicked up expectations on the future of the two countries' relations, which currently are at their contentious worst. Clinton's main mission was securing the release of two U.S. journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, held in the Communist country since March on charges that have never been clearly explained. That task was achieved...

North Korea Pardons Imprisoned Journalists
Good news from North Korea: Imprisoned journalist Euna Lee and Laura Ling have been pardoned by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. That means that

North Korean Detainees Released!!!: PHOTO
Hooray!!! Laura Ling and Euna Lee , the American journalists detained in North Korean, have finally been pardoned by leader Kim Jong Il. The release was announced during a visit by Bill Clinton , who traveled to Pyongyang hoping to secure the freedom of both reporters. The journalists were sentenced in June to 12 years of hard labor for illegal entry into North Korea and engaging in "hostile acts." Lee has a 4-year-old daughter and husband at home whereas Ling is also married and sister to...

North Korean Captured Journalists Return Home: PHOTO
We won't lie, we teared up at the sight of this. The two American journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling , who were imprisoned in North Korea, are now back in the US! The women were greeted by their families and members of the media capturing the emotional moments of their reunion. At the press conference this morning, Laura Ling explained that she and Euna were told 30 hours earlier by North Korean officials that they were going to a meeting. When they arrived at the meeting to find former...

US journalists return home from North Korea with Bill Clinton
Euna Lee and Laura Ling, the two US journalists freed after 140 days in captivity in North Korea, have returned home with Bill Clinton to a tearful reunion with their families in Los Angeles.