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| Burma's ruling junta has renewed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest. | Burma's ruling junta has renewed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest. |
| Police earlier detained about 20 activists as they marched to the Nobel Peace Prize laureate's home in Rangoon, where she has been held since May 2003. | |
| The decision came at a tricky time for the generals, who have been criticised for their response to Cyclone Nargis. | The decision came at a tricky time for the generals, who have been criticised for their response to Cyclone Nargis. |
| Ms Suu Kyi's party won a resounding election victory in 1990, but she was denied power by the military. | Ms Suu Kyi's party won a resounding election victory in 1990, but she was denied power by the military. |
| The 62-year-old National League for Democracy (NLD) leader has spent more than 12 of the last 18 years in detention. | The 62-year-old National League for Democracy (NLD) leader has spent more than 12 of the last 18 years in detention. |
| Police bundled a number of opposition activists into a truck as they marched on Tuesday from the NLD party headquarters to her lakeside villa in Rangoon. | Police bundled a number of opposition activists into a truck as they marched on Tuesday from the NLD party headquarters to her lakeside villa in Rangoon. |
| Correspondents had expected her house arrest - which has been renewed annually - to be rolled over for another year. | Correspondents had expected her house arrest - which has been renewed annually - to be rolled over for another year. |
| Her supporters have argued that she must now legally be either released or put on trial. | Her supporters have argued that she must now legally be either released or put on trial. |
| Extending her detention will likely provoke further criticism of the junta by an international community already frustrated by the military's handling of the relief effort after Cyclone Nargis. | Extending her detention will likely provoke further criticism of the junta by an international community already frustrated by the military's handling of the relief effort after Cyclone Nargis. |
| class="" href="/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7408423.stm">Map of the cyclone zone class="" href="/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7417203.stm">Will Burma keep its word on aid? class="" href="/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7416952.stm">Burmese anger at junta The cyclone, which struck on 2 May, has left 134,000 people dead or missing and another 2.4m clinging to survival, and donors pledged nearly $50m (£25m) in aid at a landmark summit in Rangoon on Sunday. | |
| The regime has been under fire for stalling foreign aid destined for cyclone victims. | The regime has been under fire for stalling foreign aid destined for cyclone victims. |
| Ms Suu Kyi's detention has long been the cause of friction between the junta and the international community. | Ms Suu Kyi's detention has long been the cause of friction between the junta and the international community. |
| Her party used the anniversary to denounce the regime's claim that 93% of voters had endorsed a new military-backed constitution at a recent referendum. | Her party used the anniversary to denounce the regime's claim that 93% of voters had endorsed a new military-backed constitution at a recent referendum. |
| It said the vote was a "sham" that was not free or fair, and claimed the authorities "used coercion, intimidated, deceived, misrepresented and used undue influence" to boost the number of "yes" votes. | It said the vote was a "sham" that was not free or fair, and claimed the authorities "used coercion, intimidated, deceived, misrepresented and used undue influence" to boost the number of "yes" votes. |
| The party also denounced the regime for holding the referendum so soon after Cyclone Nargis, saying the ruling generals only considered "power politics and self-interest", not public welfare. | The party also denounced the regime for holding the referendum so soon after Cyclone Nargis, saying the ruling generals only considered "power politics and self-interest", not public welfare. |
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