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US House honors Burma's Suu Kyi
The US House of Representatives has voted to award Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi its highest honor - the Congressional Gold Medal. Ms Suu Kyi has been under the house arrest for 12 of the past 18 years. Her National League for Democracy (NLD) won polls in 1990 but was never allowed to take power.
"For three decades, Aung San Suu Kyi has valiantly led the non-violent movement in Burma for democracy and human rights," Mr Crowley said after the vote on Monday, December 17. "Her work and dedication to the cause of freedom and individual liberty has earned her recognition throughout the world, including the Nobel Peace Prize. "Today, the US House of Representatives showed her and the world that she has also won the hearts and minds of the US Congress." (BBC NEWS Dec. 18, 2007)
