Security tight as she calls for unity, thousands turn out
(NEWSER) - Testing the limits of her newfound freedom and perhaps the patience of Burma's military junta, Aung San Suu Kyi ventured today outside Rangoon in her first political trip since being released from house arrest last November. Thousands gathered to see the Nobel laureate, who used the trip to Bago, some 50 miles from Rangoon, to call for unity in her fractious nation. "Unity is a strength, unity is needed everywhere, and it is needed especially in our country," she said. More»
