From AP via NYT.com:

North Korea's state news agency says the country's top court has convicted two U.S. journalists and sentenced them to 12 years in labor prison.

The Korean Central News Agency says the Central Court tried American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee from June 4 to 8.

It said Monday the trial confirmed an unspecified ''grave crime'' against the nation, and of illegally crossing into North Korea.

The report says the court ''sentenced each of them to 12 years of reform through labor.''

The Globe and Mail had one article on Saturday saying the worst of the recession might be over.

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In voting for the European Parliament, citizens punished left-leaning parties, with conservative -- and in some cases, disturbingly far-right parties -- making gains as voter turnout came in between 43 and 44 per cent.