Burma Releases Aung San Suu Kyi -- BBC
The Burmese military authorities have released the pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from house arrest.
Appearing outside her home in Rangoon, Ms Suu Kyi told thousands of jubilant supporters they had to "work in unison" to achieve their goals.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner has been detained for 15 of the past 21 years. It is not yet clear if any conditions have been placed on her release.
US President Barack Obama welcomed her release as "long overdue".
The decision to free the 65-year-old comes six days after the political party supported by the military government won the country's first election in 20 years. The ballot was widely condemned as a sham.
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