Freeing Laura Ling and Euna Lee

What the U.S., and Al Gore, can do after North Korea sentences two U.S. journalists to 12 years of hard labor

What happened

North Korea sentenced two U.S. journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, to 12 years of hard labor for an unspecified "grave crime" and illegally crossing into the country. Ling and Lee, who work for Current TV, were arrested in March near the China–North Korea border. The sentence was handed down as the U.S. said it was considering placing North Korea back on its terrorism blacklist for its recent nuclear tests. (Reuters)

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