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Former President Bill Clinton is said to have arrived in Pyongyang on a surprise trip to try to win release of American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who have been sentenced to 12 years hard labor.

The reclusive nation’s official Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday that Clinton was greeted at the airport by North Korean officials, including the country’s chief nuclear negotiator Kim Kye Gwan.

KCNA says, “A small girl presented a bouquet to Bill Clinton.”

Earlier, South Korean Yonhap news agency reported the ex-president was en-route to Pyongyang.

Last month Secretary of State H

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Some of the wealthiest people in Dallas are swimming in more than just money. They’re also consuming water at a rate that’s 40 to 90 times greater than the typical Dallas household.

The water bills of the DFW elite look more like mortgage payments. Huge mortgage payments. And, the water they polish off on their sprawling estates is measured not in thousands of gallons, but in millions.

To find out who uses the most water in Dallas and Fort Worth, we questioned the water departments in both cities for lists of largest water users. (pdf)

The lists we include some of the most prominent names in loca

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

AFP – An aircraft believed to be carrying former US president Bill Clinton landed in North Korea on Tuesday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back