Myanmar halts promised prisoner release.(UPI Top Stories)

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YANGON, Myanmar, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Myanmar's junta government has apparently halted its promised gradual release of political prisoners, the International Herald Tribune said Wednesday.

Bo Kyi, an exile of the country, formerly known as Burma, told the newspaper from Thailand several hundred prisoners have been released, but the...

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