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Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses her supporters from her house compound after her release from house arrest in Rangoon.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSBy Bill Schiller

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Still holding fast to her dream of a truly democratic Burma, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was freed from house arrest Saturday, energetically telling a throng of jubilant supporters outside her gate that there was work ahead.

“If we work in unity, we will achieve our goal,” the beaming and confident Suu Kyi shouted to the cheering crowd. “We have a lot of things to do.”

It was a historic — and electric — moment for her supporters who had been waiting 7-1/2 years for her release. And Suu Kyi’s determined tone did not disappoint them.

They sang, chanted and cheered as Suu Kyi, wearing a light fuchsia coloured jacket, and perched on a platform behind her gate, appeared waving to them.

 

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