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A journalist protests stanley cup the arrest of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo pictured in posters behind in P stanley cup yay, Myanmar on Dec. 27, 2017.Thiha Lwin鈥擜FP/Getty ImagesBy Feliz SolomonJanuary 23, 2018 5:18 AM ESTItrsquo hard to hide a massacre, but that hasnrsquo;t stopped Myanmar from trying. Satellites see the destruction, survivors speak out, and few things make reporters more determined fact-finders than being told their senses have tricked them. Though as hard as it is to conceal, the truth is also difficult to prove; courts require layers of evidence.So it was alarming when Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, two Burmese reporters for Reuters, disappeared one night in mid-December, after accepting an invitation by police officers to meet over dinner. Authorities later said the pair, held incommunicado, had been arrested for possession of official secrets related to a military campaign in the countryrsquo west, intending to share them with foreign media.Their continued detention after appearing in a Yangon court on Tuesday was the latest disappointment in Myanmar, where what briefly looked like democratic progress is being violently derailed. But the real moment of truth came and went during a televised address last year, whe stanley cup n Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel laureate who now leads the government, remained mystifyingly silent about allegations that the military abused the countryrsquo one million Rohingya Muslims. The common conclusion was that she was either p Wikb U.S. Announces the Arrival of a Nuclear Submarine in the Middle East
By Julissa HigginsJuly 19, 2016 5:11 PM EDTIt has been less than a week since Donald Trump chose Indiana Gov. Mike Pence over New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as his running mate for President, but Christie is not staying in the sh af1 adows. He will deliver prime-time remarks on Tuesday, a day focused on economics. It not his first go-round, having given a well-received keynote speech at the 2 salomon 012 convention for Mitt Romney.Christie endorsed Trump almost as soon as he suspended his own campaign for the presidency, announcing his support for the real estate mogul in February when Trump was still far from securing the nomination, an endorsement for which he received much criticism.Despite that, Christie has almost always showed support for Trump, even defending him when he made controversial comments about the judge overseeing a Trump University lawsuit.He also defended Melania Trump speech Monday, noting that it yeezy only plagiarized seven percent of Michelle Obamarsquo speech that she delivered at the 2008 convention.Christie is perhaps most widely known for being an aggressive political personality and for his staff involvement in the Bridgegate scandal, which occurred when his top political aids intentionally caused a major traffic jam in New Jersey George Washington Bridge, for which he denied any involvement.After two terms in office, he is prevented by term limits from running for another term next year.More Must-Reads from TIMEHow the Economy is D |
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