Robert Reid

US Travel Editor, Lonely Planet

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Is still not clear what Laura Ling and Euna Lee did at the Chinese border with North Korea.

Risky Travel and Government to the Rescue

Is still not clear what Laura Ling and Euna Lee did at the Chinese border with North Korea.

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Laura Ling and Euna Lee have been freed from North Korea , but three other Americans are still being detained for crossing from remote Kurdistan into Iran.

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Laura Ling and Euna Lee have been freed from North Korea , but three other Americans are still being detained for crossing from remote Kurdistan into Iran.

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