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Excitement Grows in Burma for Aung San Suu Kyi's Release Saturday

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Excitement Grows in Burma for Aung San Suu Kyi's Release Saturday
Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained democracy leader who has been under house arrest in Burma since 2003, is set to be released this weekend.

Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained democracy leader who has been under house arrest in Burma since 2003, is set to be released this weekend.

Her term of house arrest ends Saturday and people have already begun to gather, holding her portraits in anticipation near her house and party headquarters, according to news reports and witnesses.

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