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A Brief History of Al Gore's Current TV, Keith Olbermann's New Home
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsUPDATE: Olbermann confirmed via Twitter that he has accepted a position as chief news officer of Current Media and will also anchor a prime time program for the cable channel. Keith Olbermann has done time at ESPN, MSNBC, CNN and other media outlets. Now, he seems prepared to add a new employer to his resume. Last night, Olbermann sent out a tantalizing tweet promising big news. But he may have been scooped: The New York Times says Olbermann is likely headed to Al Gore's Current TV. Olbermann, a source tells the Times, will have an equity stake in the channel. Olbermann watchers have been ...
US Missionary: NKorean Captors Sexually Abused Me
By Theunis Bates - AOL News
(Oct. 28) -- An evangelical activist imprisoned in North Korea for six weeks after illegally entering the country late last year says he was subjected to sexual abuse and other extreme torture at the hands of his captors. Robert Park, an American of Korean descent from Tucson, Ariz., crossed the border from China to North Korea on Christmas Day in the hope that "through my sacrifice ... people will come together and they will liberate North Korea," he told South Korean TV. However, almost as soon as he'd walked across the frozen Tumen River into the dictatorship -- shouting "God loves you and ...
Carter Traveling to NKorea to Try to Free American
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Aug. 24) -- Former President Jimmy Carter was preparing to leave for North Korea on Tuesday to try to gain the freedom of an American imprisoned for illegally entering the communist nation, U.S. officials said Monday night. North Korea agreed to release Aijalon Mahli Gomes if Carter were to come to bring him home, a senior U.S. official told The Associated Press. Gomes, of Boston, who was arrested on Jan. 25 after entering North Korea, was sentenced in April to eight years in prison and fined $700,000. Stan Honda, AFP / Getty Images Former President Jimmy Carter, here in 2007, ...
North Korea Detains Second US Citizen
By Michelle Ruiz - AOL News(Jan. 28) -- For the second time in the last month, a U.S. citizen has been detained in North Korea. In a brief news dispatch today, North Korea said it arrested an American man for illegally entering the country from the Chinese border. The unidentified man was detained on Monday and is being questioned, according to the Korean Central News Agency. The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment today. The U.S. embassies in Beijing and Seoul offered no comment. Frederic J. Brown, AFP/Getty ImagesNorth Korean soldiers talk at a guard post along the Chinese ...
Five Things Amanda Knox Should Have Known Before Arriving in Italy
By Aaron Steiner - Politics Daily(Update, 6:45pm EST -- Amanda Knox was convicted late Friday in the throat-slashing murder of her former roommate in Perugia, Italy. Her parents and lawyers say they'll appeal, and we've not likely seen the end of this case yet.) Amanda Knox's parents and lawyers say prosecutors' claims are preposterous and imaginative. Cast as the "Devil with an Angel Face" from America, Knox has been tabloid fodder for the Italian press throughout the drawn-out trial, mostly depicted in a very unflattering way. Contrast that with her depiction in American media: a damsel in distress, facing an inhumane ...
Hillary Clinton Counters John Bolton's Criticism of North Korea Trip
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyHillary Clinton had a response to former U.N. ambassador John Bolton's complaints about her husband's visit to North Korea to free journalists Euna and Laura Ling: a peal of laughter. In an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria that aired on Sunday, the secretary of state chuckled when asked about Bolton's comments, saying that Bill Clinton's trip to North Korea was in no way a negotiation with the belligerent state. Said Secretary Clinton: ...
John Bolton: Bill Clinton's Release of Euna Lee and Laura Ling Puts Americans at Risk
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyThe news that former president Bill Clinton's visit to North Korea ended with the release of journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling was met with celebration -- but not universally. Former ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton has insisted that Clinton's trip increases the risk level of other Americans. Calling the trip a "significant propaganda victory for North Korea," Bolton warned in Tuesday's Washington Post that the increased attention brought by the former president would have dangerous consequences for future hostages. ...
The North Korea Effect: Democrats Are One Big Happy Family
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyContrary to reports from North Korea's state news agency, the White House says Bill Clinton did not apologize during his successful pursuit of pardons for Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee. There were no apologies in this country, either, but the release and homecoming of the two women seems to have washed away some bad blood among Democrats. We may never know exactly what transpired between the former president and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, or for that matter between Clinton and the Obama administration, or Clinton and his former vice president, Al Gore, the co-founder of ...
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