Posted on 06/09/2006 8:53:47 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
he US has expressed deep concern about reports that Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been taken to hospital.
A state department spokesman said he could not confirm the reports but urged Burma's military rulers to assure she had any necessary medical assistance.
Ms Suu Kyi has been held since May 2003, and has spent 10 of the last 16 years under house arrest.
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