Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, and Aijalon Gomes, right, prepare to leave North Korea from Pyongyang, on Friday August 27, 2010. Looking gaunt but relieved, American Gomes freed after nearly seven months jailed in North Korea left Pyongyang on Friday in the company of the former U.S. president. Gomes hugged Carter just before they boarded a plane at Pyongyang's airport, footage aired by broadcaster APTN in North Korea showed. (AP Photo/APTN)
