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Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi wins by-election: NLD party news here!
Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi wins by-election: NLD party : on bbc.co.uk : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17577620
'Burma's Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has won a by-election for parliament, her party says, after a landmark vote which saw 45 seats contested.'
Yes, BIG Day!
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'Supporters of Burma's opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi erupted in euphoric cheers Sunday after her party said she won a parliamentary seat in a landmark election, setting the stage for her to take public office for the first time.
The victory, if confirmed, would mark a major milestone in the Southeast Asian nation, where the military has ruled almost exclusively for a half-century and where a new reform-minded government is seeking legitimacy and a lifting of Western sanctions.
It would also mark the biggest prize of Suu Kyi's political career, and a spectacular reversal of fortune for the 66-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate who the former junta had kept imprisoned in her lakeside home for the better part of two decades.
The victory claim was displayed on a digital signboard above the opposition National League for Democracy's headquarters in Burma's main city, Yangon, where more than 1,000 supporters began wildly shouting upon learning the news.
"We won! We won!" her supporters chanted while clapping, dancing, waving red party flags and gesturing with thumbs-up and V-for-victory signs.' ..
- here on godlikeproductions.com : Burmese opposition (Suu Kyi) win! : http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1824818/pg1
.. and CBCnews : http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57407709/burmese-opposition-claims-suu-kyi-win/
Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi wins by-election: NLD party news here!
Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi wins by-election: NLD party : on bbc.co.uk : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17577620
'Burma's Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has won a by-election for parliament, her party says, after a landmark vote which saw 45 seats contested.'
Yes, BIG Day!
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'Supporters of Burma's opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi erupted in euphoric cheers Sunday after her party said she won a parliamentary seat in a landmark election, setting the stage for her to take public office for the first time.
The victory, if confirmed, would mark a major milestone in the Southeast Asian nation, where the military has ruled almost exclusively for a half-century and where a new reform-minded government is seeking legitimacy and a lifting of Western sanctions.
It would also mark the biggest prize of Suu Kyi's political career, and a spectacular reversal of fortune for the 66-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate who the former junta had kept imprisoned in her lakeside home for the better part of two decades.
The victory claim was displayed on a digital signboard above the opposition National League for Democracy's headquarters in Burma's main city, Yangon, where more than 1,000 supporters began wildly shouting upon learning the news.
"We won! We won!" her supporters chanted while clapping, dancing, waving red party flags and gesturing with thumbs-up and V-for-victory signs.' ..
- here on godlikeproductions.com : Burmese opposition (Suu Kyi) win! : http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1824818/pg1
.. and CBCnews : http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57407709/burmese-opposition-claims-suu-kyi-win/
