In June, they were sentenced to 12 years in a North Korean prison camp for "committing hostilities against the Korean nation and illegal entry".
The Central Court, the highest court of North Korea, held the trial of the two Americans, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, from Thursday to Monday and convicted them of "committing hostilities against the Korean nation and illegal entry," the North's official news agency, KCNA, said in a report monitored in Seoul.
BEHIND THE NEWS The two were working for Current TV, co-founded by former Vice President Al Gore, when they were stopped in March near the North Korean-Chinese border; they were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for "committing hostilities against the Korean nation and illegal entry".
It added that it hoped the "other party will commit to stop the hostilities completely and withdraw its troops from the disputed areas so as not to put SAF [Sudanese Armed Forces] in a situation where it has to defend itself".
Cairo is a long-time ally and recipient of some $30 billion in foreign aid over the last two decades, though it's hard to imagine any modern Egyptian government that has to be paid not to commit suicide by restarting hostilities with Israel, the main justification for Washington's expensive Egyptian bribe.
"Through this formalized cease-fire the parties commit themselves to putting an end to hostilities," he said.
In a statement, a foreign ministry spokesman said Sudan would "fully commit to what has been issued in the resolution about stopping hostilities with South Sudan according to the time limits issued".
In a statement, Sudan's foreign ministry spokesman said Sudan would "fully commit to what has been issued in the resolution about stopping hostilities with South Sudan according to the time limits issued".
Brown had notified the Massachusetts Committee of Safety in March of his opinion that Ticonderoga "must be seized as soon as possible should hostilities be committed by the King's Troops".
Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country had been accused of a crime it did not commit, adding that the resolution would hamper efforts by Turkey and Armenia to end a century of hostility.
