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The writer is an author. CERTAIN events in a nation’s history (however traumatic) need to be retrieved from the cupboard of memory. One such occasion occurred 50 years ago, when, following the surrender at Dhaka on Dec 16, 1971, 93,000 Pakistanis were herded into trains and transported across India to over a dozen jails and 50 detention camps. It took Indian Railways three weeks to carry 79,676 Pakistani combatants deemed Prisoners of War and 13,324 non-combatant Civilians under Protective Cu...

Hopefully it will prevent escalation, but it has to be done quickly. >> reporter: experts say the personal relationship could be more crucial now because they believe failure to reach a deal in hanoi left kim with wounded pride, a dangerous proposition. >> kim jong-un thought he had a deal and could get a deal from president trump wh. when he didnt get a deal, he had a long 60 hour train ride back to pyongyang. he wants to show he is tough, not going to compromise, and youre not going to win if ...

>> to a lot of people its unclear how exactly manning damaged national security. i want to read you a statement that wikileaks gave us. "throughout the proceedings an absence, absence of any victim. the prosecution did not present evidence that or claim that a single person came to harm as a result of bradley mannings disclosure. the only victim was the u.s. governments wounded pride." does wikileaks have a point? >> no. i understand there may not have been a victim of specific violence as a res...

I believe it cost american lives and to me you cannot have people in our government deciding on their own to disclose top secret classified information, which can only help our enemy. you cant play government role yourself. you have an obligation, once you take the oath, whats secret, you keep secret. you cant take it upon yourself to disclose secrets and put american lives at risk. >> so, a life sentence is fair? >> i think a life sentence is more than fair for him, yes. >> julian assange has j...

You cant play government role yourself. you have an obligation, once you take the oath, whats secret, you keep secret. you cant take it upon yourself to disclose secrets and put american lives at risk. >> so, a life sentence is fair? >> i think a life sentence is more than fair for him, yes. >> julian assange has just responded to the verdict and i wanted to play you something very specific he said. >> sure. >> throughout these proceedings, there has been a conspicuous absence. the absence of an...

And people in your government, deciding on their own to disclose top secret classified information, which can only help our enemy. you cant play government role yourself. you have an obligation, once you take the oath, what secret, you keep secret. you cant take it upon yourself to disclose secrets and put american lives at risk. >> so, a life sentence is fair? >> i think a life sentence is more than fair for him, yes. >> julian assange has just responded to the verdict and i wanted to play you ...

in a presidential election run thauf weekend. we should tell you that riot police, military personnel have taken up positions outside the court. ben wedeman joins us in just a few moments with the latest on this. as soon as we get ben wedeman, well bring it to you. back to the u.s. you know the old saying, when it rains it pours. for the obama campaign it appears to be a gully washer. lately the president has had some bad poll number, some bad headlines, some democrats are expressing...

morning? >> reporter: good morning to you, kyra. the body of whitney houston flew back yesterday to new jersey. left the airport here in the los angeles area and is now back in new jersey. the latest is that the investigation, according to the beverly hills police department who came out yesterday and gave a press conference saying the investigation at the beverly hilton hotel is over and theyre saying it is not a criminal investigation, it is a death investigation. theyre saying that ...