US journalist freed from Myanmar prison, saved from 11 years hard labor

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The American journalist Danny Fenster has been freed from prison in Myanmar after he was sentenced to 11 years of labor.

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson issued a statement on Monday, announcing that Fenster had been handed over in Myanmar by authorities and that he would return to the U.S. via Qatar shortly.

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