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SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea acknowledged Tuesday it had detained an American for illegally entering the reclusive country, news welcomed by relatives of an Arizona missionary who feared they would never hear from him again after he sneaked across the border.

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea announced Tuesday that it has custody of an American who entered the country illegally last week - the first possible word from Pyongyang about an Arizona man who activists say wanted to bring international attention to the reclusive country's dire human rights situation.