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Saberi art show coincides with Clinton’s visit to North Korea on behalf of jailed reporters

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.04.09 | 10:51 am

saberi21Update: CNN confirms that North Korea has released and pardoned journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling.
As a Fargo artist renders one local symbol of press freedom in stencils — journalist Roxana Saberi, who was accused of…

Freed Fargo reporter honored as two others face 12 years in Korean labor camp

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.08.09 | 4:55 pm

picture-61As Fargo-born reporter Roxana Saberi — freed last month from an Iranian jail — receives the Medill Medal for Courage from Northwestern University, a pair of

President Defends Iraq Build-Up, Touts Agreement with North Korea

By Leigh Pomeroy | 02.14.07 | 12:28 pm

But withers before tough Iraq questions from reporters

In a rare news conference Valentine’s Day morning, President Bush strongly defended the troop surge in Iraq and touted the recent multinational agreement on nuclear weapons with North Korea. While both received…

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By Matt Martin | 10.09.06 | 1:33 am

NuclearnkFrom The New York Times:

North Korea said Sunday night that it had set off its first nuclear test, becoming the eighth country in history, and arguably the most