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Nearly three months pass as detained American awaits N. Korean trial

Details on court apperance yet to emerge, but could take place before end of month

Nearly three months have passed since North Korean state media said American citizen Jeffrey Edward Fowle would be tried.

In contrast, Kenneth Bae, an American detained in November 2012, was sentenced within just two weeks of the announcement of his trial in April 2013.

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