Sunday, August 09, 2009

Bill Clinton's North Korea "rescue" in show-business mode...

John Stewart, the master of the satirical newscast, teased viewers on Wednesday on the Comedy Central channel. Was the big story of the night the safe return home of two US reporters after their nightmare incarceration in North Korea? "No!" he yelled. "Our big story tonight is: the Big Dog is back!"

That would be Bill Clinton, who has had a good week. In a span of 20 hours, he shook up the world of international diplomacy by jetting into Pyongyang, dining and conversing with the most elusive leader on the planet, Kim Jong-Il, then returning with the pardoned correspondents, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, in tow. More...

Don't miss:

  1. North Korea: 2 US journalists pardoned...
  2. Al Gore silent as his journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee...
  3. Hillary Clinton "mis-spoke" about Bosnia...
  4. Jade Goody: death as entertainment...

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