North Korea has pardoned and released Laura Ling and Euna Lee two months into a 12-year jail sentence following a meeting between Bill Clinton, the former U.S. president, and Kim Jong-il, North Korea’s leader. Washington has said that Clinton’s trip was made as a private citizen and was not linked to North Korea’s nuclear programme or efforts to end it. (2:02 min)

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