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• Myanmar and Bangladesh said they had moved closer to the possible repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya, but neither side gave many details apart from a vague commitment to begin the process within two months.

And how many Rohingya would return? The U.S. and others have called the campaign of violence conducted by Myanmar’s security forces crimes against humanity.

“I will never go back home,” a Rohingya cleric said. “How can I go back to a place where they want to kill me?”

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• News of a catastrophic explosion dampened hopes in the search for an Argentine submarine and its crew of 44 that went missing on Nov. 15. Relatives of sailors at the naval base in the Argentine city of Mar del Plata reacted with grief and anger at Argentine authorities.

A spokesman for the Argentine Navy said the U.S. reported on Wednesday that an explosion, described as an “anomalous, short, violent” event, had been recorded a week earlier in the submarine’s last known vicinity.