| September 23, 2008 | - The military government of Myanmar freed 9,002 prisoners, including the country's longest-serving political prisoner, journalist Win Tin.
| Source:
The New York Times
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| September 16, 2008 | -
Reporters traveling on McCain's Straight Talk Air, who had not had time with the candidate for over a month, staged a protest. “Bring Mac back!” they chanted, in the coach cabin of the plane. “Bring Mac back!”
| Source:
Politico
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| April 30, 2004 | - Six American soldiers, including a general, were facing court martial over the torture and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison, which was famous for its torture chambers under Saddam Hussein. Photographs of the abuse were broadcast on U.S. television; one image depicted a hooded prisoner standing on a box with wires attached to his genitals.
| Source:
BBC
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| April 21, 2004 | - The editor of USA Today resigned in a scandal over a star reporter who made up his stories.
| Source:
USA Today
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| February 28, 2004 | - Six U.S. soldiers were killed by roadside bombs in Iraq; two employees of CNN were killed in an ambush.
| Source:
Los Angeles Times
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| December 4, 2003 | - Three Rwandan journalists were convicted by an international court in Tanzania for inciting the 1994 genocide on the radio and in print.
| Source:
New York Times
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