Kin of abductees return after speaking in Congress, meeting Bush

NARITA, Japan - Sakie Yokota (L), the mother of Megumi Yokota who was abducted by North Korean agents at age 13 in 1977, smiles during a news conference at Narita airport on April 30 after returning to Japan from the United States with relatives of other abductees, having testified at a congressional hearing and met with President George W. Bush to ask for U.S. backing on the abduction issue.

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