Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is released from house arrest!

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace laureate who was confined 15 of the last 21 years, was freed from house arrest.
Imagine 2 decades of house arrest...
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/world/asia/13myanmar_timeline.html

What is next for Burma and the Burmese people?

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