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Myanmar Court Rejects Appeal for Reuters Journalists

BBC World Service - Newsday, Myanmar Court Rejects Appeal for Reuters Journalists

Their original sentence of seven years in prison will stand

Their original sentence of seven years in prison will stand.

A court in Myanmar has rejected the appeal of two Reuters journalists who were jailed for seven years on the charge of collecting state secrets. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were convicted in September after reporting on a massacre by the army of Rohingya Muslims. The appeal court judge said the original sentence had been reasonable.

In Manila, we hear about a community of homeless people push commuters in metal carts along rails which are still used by the Philippine National Railway.  It’s a dangerous business.

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