Junta Frees Democracy Leader in Myanmar

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YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's ruling junta released the deputy leader of the country's pro-democracy party from nearly seven years in detention, but offered no indication that he or still-detained party leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be allowed to take part in this year's elections.

The release Saturday of 82-year-old Tin Oo, who helped found the National League for Democracy with Suu Kyi, comes shortly before a U.N. envoy visits Myanmar, also known as Burma, to evaluate the regime's progress on human rights.

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Junta Frees Democracy Leader in Myanmar

"The release of Tin Oo is very welcome, but we should not attach any political sig...

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