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By Laignee BarronDecember 21, 2017 3:46 AM ESTMyanmar has barred an independent U.N. rights investigator and withdrawn any government cooperation for the rest of her tenure, prompting further indictments of the countryrsquo backsliding on human rights. Observers say the move reflects a possible deepening of a bunker mentality as the country is besieged by international criticism over what the U.N. has labeled an ethnic cleansing campaign.Yanghee Lee, the U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, was due to visit the country in January. She says
stanley cup she learned of the ban after repeated deadlines l
stanley cup apsed regarding her upcoming trip. When she called a government official, she was told there was ldquo ome bad news.
stanley cups Itrsquo a really troubling development, Lee tells TIME. I would be the last to imagine this would happen, especially under the NLD [National League for Democracy] government which operates on a ticket of democracy, human rights, and respect for rule of law. But wersquo;ve seen a real backsliding.Myanmar told Lee the decision to permanently rescind her access stems from what it called a biased and unfair statement she made at the end of her last visit in July. At the time, she accused Aung San Suu Kyirsquo civilian government of behaving like its military predecessors, such as in its persecution of the Muslim Rohingya minority.Leersquo assessments of rampant human rights abuses Nzzz In the Wake of Tragedy in Christchurch, Love Prevails
People walk past the Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J. on July 23, 2014.Mel Evans鈥擜PBy Bill SaporitoAugust 12, 2014 8:00 PM EDTHow big a loser is Atlantic City So big that Donald Trump sued to have his name removed from two casinos he no longer controls. He may have to amend the suit, since one of them, Trump Plaza plans to shut down next month. And it will have company. The two-year old, twice-bankrupt, $2.4 billion Revel casino will also close after its owners failed to find a buyer, company offic
jordan ials announced Tuesday. As the saying goes, you donrsquo;t throw good money after bad.Revelrsquo shutdown brings A.C.rsquo losing streak to four properties that announced a closing this year. The Atlantic Club was taken out earlier this year and Showboat, owned by Caesars Entertainment, locks down at the end of the month. Through June, revenues at the casinos are down 6.3%, continuing a long-term trend. The cityrsquo casinos brought in
af1 $2.86 billion last year compared with $5.2 billion in 2006.Atlantic City is a victim of the saturated mid-Atlantic casino market, and nearly 8,000 workers are slated to lose their jobs as the price to pay. There will be more closings, and not just
nike dunk in the mid-Atlantic states. In Tunica, Miss., Harrahrsquo also part of Caesars is closing a casino, citing declining gaming revenues due to higher competition.In Atlantic City, some of those displaced workers will be able to catch on at the cityrsquo remaining seven casinosmdash;
