we haven't yet seen kyaw soe oo, she might be in the car.ck to it. —— as soon as we. let's carry on and look at the life of neil simon. i think i always liked the play most, because that's the origin of it, that's the beginning. robert redford once called him the most successful playwright since shakespeare. neil simon was certainly prolific, averaging at least one play per year for much of his career, and penning material so popular his name became synonymous with broadway success. born in the bronx in 1927, he endured, he said, an unhappy childhood, storing up tragically comic situations that would later define much of his work. those close to him remember feeling like their personal lives were suddenly being made into international hits. he was writing about me, and about everybody i grew up with. it was as if we had our own playwright, who was telling our story. when he wrote brighton beach memoirs, we all grew up right near brighton beach. every scene was familiar. when he wrote the odd couple, it was our friends. so he was writing abou

if convicted, 32—year—old wa lone and 28—year—old kyaw soe oo face jail terms of up to 1a years.. the reporters say they were set up by police to block or punish them, for their reporting of a mass killing of rohingya muslims. the us playwright, neil simon has died, at the age of 91. simon wrote more than 30 plays, including comedy classics, come blow your horn and the odd couple. he was the first playwright to have a broadway theatre named after him, and won the pulitzer prize for drama in 1991 for lost in yonkers. andrew plant looks back at his life. i think i always liked the play most, because that's the origin of it, that's the beginning. robert redford once called him the most successful playwright since shakespeare. neil simon was certainly prolific, averaging at least one play per year for much of his career, and penning material so popular his name became synonymous with broadway success. born in the bronx in 1927, he endured, he said, an unhappy childhood, storing up tragically comic situations that would later define much of his work. those close to him remember feelin

if convicted, 32—year—old wa lone and 28—year—old kyaw soe oo face jail terms of up to m years.yangon has been holding hearings since january. the reporters claim they were set up by police to block or punish them, for their reporting of a mass killing of rohingya muslims. the british—iranian charity worker nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has not been granted an extension to her temporary release from imprisonment in iran. according to her husband, richard ratcliffe, she's now returned to evin prison. ms zaghari—ratcliffe was jailed in 2016 for five years after being convicted of spying, which she denies. she had been granted a three—day release, spending the time with her li—year—old daughter. zimbabwe's newly—elected president, emmerson mnangagwa, has been sworn in at the national stadium in harare. a host of african leaders attended the ceremony, along with tens of thousands of mr mnangagwa's supporters. the main opposition mdc has refused to recognise his victory in last month's vote. dutch police hunting for the person who killed a schoolboy 20 years ago have said their prime sus

at the time of their arrest, kyaw soe oo and wa lone were investigating a massacre committed by the burmese military targeting rohingya muslims in the village of inn din nearly one year ago. they are facing up to 14 years in prison. their verdict will now be announced on september 3. in afghanistan, authorities say the head of isis in afghanistan was killed in an airstrike in nangarhar province saturday night. abu saad erhabi and 10 other members of isis were reportedly killed in the airstrikes carried out by the afghan military and u.s.-led coalition forces. in more news from afghanistan, a suicide bombing outside an election commission office in the eastern city of jalalabad killed at least seven people on saturday. in argentina, a corruption scandal has engulfed the country as prosecutors investigate an alleged kickback scheme involving government contracts under former president nestor kirchner and his widow and successor, cristina fernandez de kirchner. authorities have already arrested more than two dozen people and raided the home of cristina fernandez de kirchner. she says the inves