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 sentenced to12 years' labor
American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee were convicted in North Korea - Zap2it

Lisa Ling's Plea To North Korea: Release My Sister & Friend
Video:  http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid16157557001/bctid25299349001 It was an emotional night for National Geographic correspondent Lisa Ling and her family who gathered with hundreds of friends and well-wishers in Santa Monica,

Lisa Ling Begs North Korea to Set Journalist Sister Laura Ling and Euna Lee Free (Video)
Laura Ling and Euna Lee to go on trial for spying this week in North Korea; families publicly appeal for their release, saying the women are ‘very, very scared.’ By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Journalist Laura Ling, Sister of Lisa Ling, Detained in North Korea
Laura Ling, the sister of former View host Lisa Ling, has been detained by North Korean officials on the border of North Korea and China. According to the AP, Laura, along with another journalist, Euna Lee, were “detained by North Korea for ignoring warnings to stop shooting footage of the reclusive country.” I am familiar [...]

Lisa Ling’s Sister Going To Court In North Korea
Ugh, its getting ugly in North Korea. Lisa Lings sister Laura Ling is currently jailed in the communist country, and it looks like she will officially be tried for illegal entry and hostile a

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."

Stephen Bing & Elizabeth Hurley: Bing fathered Hurley's son (photos)
Stephen Bing is a billionaire and Hollywood producer. Bing has been a staunch supporter of Bill Clinton, the Democratic Party and the Clinton Foundation. Bing supplied his private jet for Clinton to fly to North Korea. Clinton helped to bring home the jailed journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee. Stephen Bing was named by Elizabeth Hurley as the father of her son, Damian Charles. Hurley was pregnant with Damian in 2001. A DNA test has proven beyond doubt that Bing is the father of Damien Charles....

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...

The Wall Street Journal On Clinton's Successful Trip To North Korea: PHOTO
In the wake of Bill Clinton's successful trip to North Korea to secure the release of jailed journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, some Republicans couldn't wait to express their hearty congratulations on a job well done: You get the idea. And perhaps realizing that their rightwing brethren were sounding a little harsh about the safe return of two American citizens who had been imprisoned by a branch of the "Axis of Evil," the Wall Street Journal editorial page decided to be a little more...

Detained Journalist Makes Contact, And Michael Jackson Wanted To Help [Axis Of Evil]
Yesterday, journalist Lisa Ling received a third phone call from her sister Laura, now imprisoned in North Korea for 114 days, and a friend of Michael Jackson says the King of Pop wished he could help Laura and Euna Lee.

Bill Clinton Frees US Reporters From Kim Jong-Il's Clutches [Reporters In Peril]
Bill Clinton went on over to North Korea, met the crazy dictator there, and won: North Korea has pardoned Current TV reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee for their slanders and calumnies.

Journalists held in North Korea ask for pardon - Yahoo! News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The sister of an American journalist sentenced with a co-worker to 12 years in a North Korean labor camp said Thursday that they're seeking a pardon as their only hope for freedom. Lisa Ling told The Associated Press that her sister, Laura, made the plea during a 20-minute telephone call Tuesday. Lisa Ling said her sister called to say that she and fellow journalist Euna Lee had broken the law in North Korea when they were captured in March on the China-North Korean...

Laura Ling and Euna Lee: 113 days
The Los Angeles staffers for Current TV have now been held in North Korea for 113 days. Lisa Ling sends word of a new website — lauraandeuna.com — to galvanize support for their release. Vigils are scheduled tomorrow in Paris, Washington, San Francisco, Sacramento and Phoenix. Previously on LA Observed

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...

Freed journalists home in US after NKorea pardon: PHOTO
Two American journalists jubilantly reunited with family and friends early Wednesday upon returning to the United States with former President Bill Clinton , whose diplomatic trip to North Korea secured their release nearly five months after their arrests. The jet carrying Euna Lee and Laura Ling , reporters for Al Gore 's San Francisco -based Current TV, and Clinton arrived at Burbank 's Bob Hope Airport at dawn. Clinton met with communist leader Kim Jong Il on Tuesday to secure the women's...

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...

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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...

North Korea Detainees Update!
Lisa Ling , the sister of one of the two US reporters jailed in North Korea, received a phone call on Tueday that allowed her the smallest bit of relief in this tragic circumstance. "It was a tremendous relief to hear Laura's voice last night," said the journalist regarding a call from her sister Laura. "It was only the first time I have heard her voice in weeks. That silence has been just so terrifying and deafening." Laura Ling and Euna Lee were sentenced by North Korean courts to 12 years of...

BILL CLINTON TO BRING IMPRISONED JOURNALISTS HOME FROM NORTH KOREA
Former President Bill Clinton has won the release of Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who have been jailed in North Korea since March on charges of entering the country illegally. The state-run Korean Central News Agency announced that the two women had been pardoned by North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and would be allowed to leave the country with Clinton. No mention of Clinton's visit to the country was made by either the North Korean or U.S. governments until the former...

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...

RELEASED JOURNALISTS: “WE STAND HERE HOME AND FREE”: PHOTO
Two American journalists freed from North Korea after a visit by former president Bill Clinton arrived in California around 8:30 am ET today (August 5) aboard Clinton’s private plane. Details of the surprise mission are beginning to emerge. Among them: the deal began when the journalists, in phone calls to their families, said North Korea would accept Clinton as a mediator. Although The White House calls the Clinton visit a “private humanitarian” act, the former president met...

Next week on "The View": Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Hudson, Miss Piggy, Lisa Ling and Bill Maher
Movie and TV series promotion will be big business on ABC's "The View" next week. I'm most looking forward to seeing Anne Hathaway, who's gaining positive buzz for the movie "Rachel Gets Married." Hathaway, star of "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Brokeback Mountain," will be on Friday's show. "The View" airs at 11 a.m. weekdays on WFTV-Channel 9. Here's the rest of the guest list: Monday: Lisa Ling (pictured) returns to the show. Oscar-winner Jennifer Hud