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YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's Election Commission has given opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi the green light to run for parliamentary by-elections, which are seen as a key test of the long-repressed country's commitment to democratic reforms.
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar Opposition Leader, May Run For Parliament The Huffington Post News Editors 2012
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Souhayr Belhassen, president of the International Federation of Human Rights, said her long-repressed countrymen appear poised for unprecedented freedoms.
Tunisia's Presidential Security Chief Arrested As Violence Continues AP 2011
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Maybe he's some oracle of the odometer who's picking up on my long-repressed dream of attending the Air Force Academy in the hopes of becoming an aviator!
Jamie Reidy: Self-Control Jamie Reidy 2011
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Souhayr Belhassen, president of the International Federation of Human Rights, said her long-repressed countrymen appear poised for unprecedented freedoms.
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Souhayr Belhassen, president of the International Federation of Human Rights, said her long-repressed countrymen appear poised for unprecedented freedoms.
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Maybe he's some oracle of the odometer who's picking up on my long-repressed dream of attending the Air Force Academy in the hopes of becoming an aviator!
Jamie Reidy: Self-Control Jamie Reidy 2011
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The challenge was balancing the goals of long-repressed populations impatient for change with American interests that depend on stable rule, Mrs. Clinton said.
Obama Administration Wants Punishment for Libyan Violence Jess Bravin 2011
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Souhayr Belhassen, president of the International Federation of Human Rights, said her long-repressed countrymen appear poised for unprecedented freedoms.
Tunisia's Presidential Security Chief Arrested As Violence Continues AP 2011
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Now, as Mubarak's health fails, the US and Israel are increasingly alarmed his death could produce a political eruption in long-repressed Egypt.
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He had just retired from the IAEA last fall to write his memoirs and lecture around the world on such hot topics as disarmament and Iranian nukes when he found himself the focus of so much long-repressed hope for change in his homeland that he could not, or at least did not, resist the call to speak out against the government.
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