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Aung San Suu Kyi Falls Ill

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Suspends campaigning for Parliament.

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Burmese opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has suspended her campaign for a Parliament seat because of ill-health one week before the vote. A spokesman said she was vomiting and suffering from low blood pressure because of exhaustion. She is contesting one of 45 seats and had given herself a punishing schedule, traveling for hours in hot weather.

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