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North Korea Frees American Detained for Half Year

North Korea freed an American it held for a half year for reportedly proselytizing, handing him Saturday to a U.S. envoy who said Washington had not promised to provide aid in exchange for the man's release.

 

U.S. envoy Stephen Bosworth arrives in North Korea for high-level talks

Washington hopes to coax the nuclear-armed nation back into six-party disarmament negotiations, but Pyongyang wants one-on-one talks with the U.S.

 

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