The U.S. State Department has designated U Min Zin, an American scholar who studied Myanmar, as wrongfully detained in China. He is the second U.S. academic to receive the designation in recent months.
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NYTimes – US U Min Zin, a scholar who studied Myanmar, is one of two U.S. citizens the department has designated as wrongfully detained in China.
NYTimes – World The United Kingdom has announced a ban on trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband accusing Israeli settlers of "ethnic cleansing" and saying Israel's government has turned a "blind eye" to violence against Palestinians. Israel expressed outrage at the move. France and Canada are also reported to be taking similar steps, and TIME reports that 12 countries have now endorsed such sanctions.
NYTimes – US Newly released White House financial disclosures show Donald Trump gave $45,000 cash holiday gifts to four aides, including executive assistant Natalie Harp. The White House called the gifts a personal and longstanding Christmas practice, and said they were legal.
Lindsay Clancy's lawyer has asked President Donald Trump to pardon or grant clemency to Clancy, a Massachusetts woman still under state indictment after her murder trial ended in a mistrial. The attorney cited her character and what she has endured. The reports do not explain how a federal pardon would apply to a state case.
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