Myanmar's Suu Kyi seeks votes in regime's heartland

3/6/2012

NAYPYIDAW — Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi urged members of Myanmar's powerful military Tuesday to support her opposition party in April by-elections as she campaigned for votes on the regime's doorstep.

In a sight almost unthinkable until recently, several thousand people turned out each time the National League for Democracy (NLD) party leader delivered a speech in areas on the fringes of the showpiece capital Naypyidaw.

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