Fall of Singapore prisoners remembered
Fall of Singapore prisoners remembered Updated: 13:07, Wednesday February 15, 2012 More than 15,000 Australians taken prisoner by the Japanese are being remembered on the 70th anniversary of the fall of Singapore on Wednesday.
Myanmar freed many of its most prominent political prisoners on Friday in a long-awaited step toward national reconciliation that also has been a key condition set by Western nations for easing sanctions against the country.