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21 June 2010
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Activists from Myanmar (1st R to 3rd R) and South Korea pose for photographs in front of a portrait of Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as they cut a cake during an event celebrating her birthday in Bucheon, west of Seoul June 20, 2010. Supporters of Suu Kyi marked her 65th birthday on Saturday and Sunday amid renewed calls in the West for her release. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
The Elders, a group of global leaders founded by former South African President Nelson Mandela, pose for a picture during their meeting in Johannesburg, in this May 29, 2010 handout photo made available June 17, 2010. The group kept an empty seat, covered with Burmese silk, to commemorate the upcoming birthday of their fellow Elder, Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. Suu Kyi will be aged 65 on June 19. Pictured from left are: Martti Ahtisaari, Graca Machel, Ela Bhatt, Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter, Lakhdar Brahimi, Mary Robinson, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Desmond Tutu, Gro Brundtland. REUTERS/Jeff Moore/The Elders/Handout (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
Filipino activists sing a birthday song while holding a cake during a protest outside Myanmar's embassy in Manila's Makati financial district June 18, 2010. About 100 members of the Free Burma Coalition held a rally in Makati to observe Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu-Kyi's 65th birthday and to demand the release of all political prisoners in Myanmar. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ANNIVERSARY IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Filipino activists display a poster of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest outside Myanmar's embassy in Manila's Makati financial district June 18, 2010. About 100 members of the Free Burma Coalition held a rally in Makati to observe Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu-Kyi's 65th birthday and to demand the release of all political prisoners in Myanmar. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ANNIVERSARY)
A birthday candle is lit in front of an image of Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest outside Myanmar's embassy in Manila's Makati financial district June 18, 2010. About 100 members of the Free Burma Coalition held a rally in Makati to observe Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu-Kyi's 65th birthday and to demand the release of all political prisoners in Myanmar. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ANNIVERSARY)
A graffiti artist finishes a mural of Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an event to mark her 65th birthday in Prague June 18, 2010. REUTERS/David W Cerny (CZECH REPUBLIC - Tags: POLITICS)
A Burmese refugee living in Malaysia writes a birthday greeting to Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a gathering in Kuala Lumpur June 19, 2010. Supporters of Suu Kyi marked her 65th birthday on Saturday amid renewed calls in the West for her release. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: POLITICS)
File photo of an NLD supporter.
File Photo: Win Tin speaks at a celebration to mark Suu Kyi's 65th birthday, which she spent under house arrest in 2010.
A Buddhist monk walks in front of a house belonging to a member of Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD), as fellow members celebrate the 65th birthday of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon June 19, 2010. Supporters of Suu Kyi marked her birthday on Saturday amid renewed calls in the West for her release. The Nobel peace prize winner has spent 15 of the last 21 years in detention because of her fight for democracy in the army-ruled country, also known as Burma, and is under house arrest in her home in the former capital, Yangon. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun(Myanmar - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)
A Burmese activist sings a song in front of a portrait of Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an event celebrating her birthday in Bucheon, west of Seoul June 20, 2010. Supporters of Suu Kyi marked her 65th birthday on Saturday and Sunday amid renewed calls in the West for her release. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

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Inside the dilapidated lakeside mansion where Aung San Suu Kyi has been held a prisoner of the Burmese regime for nearly 15 years, the Burmese opposition icon on Saturday celebrated her 65th birthday. World leaders including Barack Obama and Desmond Tutu marked the day with statements of support and urged the release of the world’s only imprisoned Nobel laureate, one of more than 2,100 political prisoners in Burma. Meanwhile, party colleagues and activists across the world paid tribute to The Lady.