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Aung San Suu Kyi, Still Under House Arrest, Turns 60

HeadlineJun 20, 2005

Nobel laureate and Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi turned 60-years-old on Sunday. Protests were held around the world calling for her release from house arrest, which she has been under for almost ten of the past sixteen years.

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