country's late leader was captured in southern libya in november while trying to flee into neighboring niger. north korea has announced it will issue a special pardons for convicts to mark the birthdays of two late leaders a state news agency says the amnesty will begin on the first of february in honor of kim jong il who died last month and is far. kim il sung it's unknown what kind of crimes will be pardoned or how many inmates will be released the u.n. estimates are the country holds around two hundred thousand people and political prisoner. north korea denies the claim. well a lot more online for you at r.t. dot com including america's foreign policy future president obama received a response from china after saying the u.s. should reduce its military might in asia but. just where it's placed in the region also for you on our web site. the possible reasons behind the failure of russia's first interplanetary mission in years. at r.t.