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Burmese leader freed after years under house arrest

Pro-democracy Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been released by her nation's military government after spending 15 of the past 21 years in detention without trial. Freedom for the Nobel Peace Prize laureate comes after 7 ½ years of house arrest.
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Pro-democracy Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been released by her nation's military government after spending 15 of the past 21 years in detention without trial.

Freedom for the Nobel Peace Prize laureate comes after 7 ½ years of house arrest.

The devout Buddhist is the driving force behind a non-violent push for democracy in Burma, a country that has been under military rule since 1962.

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