Former U.S. president Bill clinton gestures aboard a plane at an airport in Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), August 5, 2009. Bill Clinton left Pyongyang early Wednesday accompanied by American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling after DPRK's top leader Kim Jong Il issued a "special pardon" for the pair.[Xinhua]

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                        Clinton meets Kim Jong-il