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Detained Burmese leader seeks to overturn extension of house arrest

By the Associated Press

Posted Sep 18, 2009 5:33 AM CDT

(AP) – Lawyers for detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi today appealed her recent conviction that extended her years of house arrest, a day after the ruling junta announced it was releasing thousands of prisoners. Reporters were banned from the hearing, where her lawyers insisted... Read full story »

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