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Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi freed Aung Hla Montreal Gazette 11/14/2010	The sneezing monkeys of Myanmar BBC News 10/28/2010
Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, walked free Saturday after seven years as a prisoner in her own home, calling on a sea of jubilant supporters to unite in the face of repression.	A new species of snub-nosed monkey has been discovered living in the forests of northern Burma.
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UN Human Rights Envoy Visits Myanmar as Opposition Leader Freed Paul Tighe BusinessWeek 02/14/2010	Myanmar Sentences American to Prison THOMAS FULLER The New York Times 02/11/2010
The United Nations sent its human rights envoy to Myanmar for talks on elections scheduled for this year that would be the first in two decades as the military government released an opposition leader from house arrest.	KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A court in Myanmar sentenced an American citizen on Wednesday to five years in prison and hard labor on charges of carrying a forged identity card and two other offenses.
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Seven killed, 11 injured in Myanmar bombing Reuters 12/18/2009	Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi Reaches Out to Military Leaders VOA News 09/26/2009
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Seven people were killed and 11 injured when a bomb exploded in southeastern Myanmar, official media reported on Friday, blaming ethnic Karen separatists for the attack.	Burma's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has written a letter to the country's military leader, General Than Shwe, saying she is prepared to work with the military government to get international sanctions lifted.
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US signals major policy shift towards Burma Ewen MacAskill The Guardian 09/24/2009	UN chief hails release of Myanmar dissidents AFP 09/19/2009
The US government is to embark on a major policy shift towards Burma after concluding that its long-term policy of sanctions had failed to sway the junta.	UNITED NATIONS — UN chief Ban Ki-moon welcomed Friday the release of a batch of political prisoners in Myanmar but urged the junta to free those still being held, including democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi to hear appeal result in October Hla Hla Htay AFP 09/18/2009	China says Myanmar promises border stability NG HAN GUAN AP 09/01/2009
YANGON — A Myanmar court will rule next month on Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal against her extended house arrest, lawyers said Friday, as the junta released several activists amid growing foreign pressure.	NANSAN, China — Myanmar has pledged to restore peace to a border area where its troops battled ethnic rebels, in fighting that sent more than 30,000 refugees fleeing into China, Beijing said Tuesday.
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