Tens of thousands in Myanmar turn out for Aung San Suu Kyi's rally

YANGON: Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi addressed a huge rally on the outskirts of Myanmar's biggest city today, offering a message of reconciliation with political opponents if her party sweeps the upcoming general election. Suu Kyi also called for calm and stability as the campaign period nears its end ahead of the November 8 election. Tens of thousands of ecstatic National League for Democracy supporters swarmed onto a large playing field, waiting for hours in the blazing sunshine for Suu Kyi to make her entrance. She had hoped to hold the rally in the center of Yangon, near the revered Shwedagon Pagoda, reviving memories of her first-ever political speech in 1988, but city authorities refused her request.