Myanmar releases UN Aid workers

Reuters news agency is reporting that two UN aid workers in Myanmar who were convicted of various charges, including inciting violence in the western province of Rakhine, have been pardoned and released.  The news agency says a UN spokesman announced the news Tuesday, but said a third aid worker remains in custody.  The trio had been sentenced to terms of two to six years in jail.
Fighting between Buddhists and Muslims in Rakhine has claimed dozens of lives since June, and displaced tens of thousands of people.  Most of the Muslims are members of the Rohingya minority group, which the UN has described as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world.