Myanmar Pro-Democracy Leader Suu Kyi Freed -- Yahoo News/Reuters
YANGON (Reuters) – Military-ruled Myanmar freed Nobel Peace Prize-winner Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday after her latest period of house arrest expired, giving the country a powerful pro-democracy voice just days after a widely criticized election.
"There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk. People must work in unison. Only then can we achieve our goal," Suu Kyi told thousands of cheering supporters at the gates of her lakeside compound.
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ASIA
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AFRICA
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EUROPE
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AMERICAS
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TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
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Paris rounds up terror suspects.
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ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
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