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Southeast Asia
Suu Kyi Party Chalks up Wins in First Myanmar Poll Results
2015-11-10
A long time ago we used to watch this lady as she languished in house arrest at the pleasure of Burma's military junta. Now her party might well form the country's next government, though she will not.
[AnNahar] Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy party on Monday cheered early results from Myanmar's historic election, with hopes boosted of sweeping gains to carry it to power after decades of military dominance.

Election authorities have so far announced only a small fraction of the results, but the National League for Democracy has scooped the lion's share of those, boosting enthusiasm in the crowds in front of Suu Kyi's party headquarters in Yangon Monday evening.

"We'll win tonight, we'll stay until we win anyway," said 24-year-old Wanna Htay, sporting a scarlet bandana with the party's iconic fighting peacock motif as the crowd sung and cheered around him at the height of the celebrations.
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