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Burma's Suu Kyi taken to prison

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Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to face trial for breaching the conditions of her detention under house arrest, her lawyer has said.

She was taken to a prison from her home in Rangoon, where she has spent most of the past 19 years, to hear the charges.

Her lawyer also said that a US man, whose apparently uninvited visit to her home led to the charges, will be tried on immigration and security offences.

Jonathan Head reports from Bangkok.

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