11/13/2010, 00.00
MYANMAR
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Aung San Suu Kyi freed

Yangon (AsiaNews) - Aung San Suu Kyi, the democracy leader that has become an icon of freedom and of the brutality of the Burmese junta, was freed from house arrest at 6pm (local time).

According to witnesses “The Lady”, who greeted the crowd gathered since yesterday outside her home, it is very thin, but determined. Among other things, she said: "We must work together to achieve our goal."

Thousands of her supporters, who stayed until one am outside the front gates of her home, returned again this morning at 4 to wait for this moment shouting slogans, wearing shirts with her picture, carrying large banners.   (More to follow…)

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