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Pence calls on Myanmar to free two Reuters reporters

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Vice President Mike Pence called Wednesday on Myanmar to release two Reuters journalist­s who were sentenced to seven years’ imprisonme­nt in connection with their reporting on massacres against Rohingya Muslims.

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were sentenced Monday in proceeding­s that were widely decried as unfair.

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