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Suu Kyi to Be Freed in November

Release may come too late for this year's elections

By NxBigmouthery, Newser User

Posted Jan 25, 2010 6:35 AM CST | Promoted on Newser Jan 25, 2010 6:35 AM CST

(User Submitted) – Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be freed when her house arrest ends in November, according to an announcement made by Burma's home minister. That's a month after the country is expected to hold its first parliamentary elections since 1990, notes Reuters, which Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party won in a landslide that the junta refused to recognize. It's unknown whether any conditions will be attached to her release, which her lawyer could not confirm.

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Members of the National League for Democracy in Burma protest the detention of pro-democracy leader Suu Ky. (Getty Images)

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SalParadise

Jan 26, 2010 3:58 AM CST

It's called Myanmar.

Blackbird

Jan 25, 2010 2:14 AM CST

Again? This November?

ILikeMyDogMoreThnU

Jan 25, 2010 1:22 AM CST

hopefully this will actually happen this time.

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