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U.N. rights chief: Free Myanmar activist (AP)
Filed: May 21st 2007: World

AP - Myanmar should release Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest if it wants to show the world it is serious about human rights and democracy, a senior United Nations official said Monday.

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