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Mandalay: The Myanmarese democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, made a triumphant arrival in Mandalay on Wednesday afternoon to a tumultuous welcome by some 5,000 people on her first political trip outside Yangon since she was released from house arrest last month. The cheering, festive crowd packed the streets, climbed trees and filled the tops of buildings surrounding the headquarters of her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), to give a roaring welcome to the hugely popular leader. It took some 15 minutes for her to make her way from her car to the headquarters as the throng fought for a glimpse of her. ``The Lady'', as she is popularly called here, eventually clambered to the terrace at the top of the four-storey headquarters, where she threw flowers from the garlands people had given her and addressed her supporters by microphone. ``I thank the people of Mandalay for extending such a warm welcome... Mandalay may be the nation's second biggest city but in the hearts of its citizens it is the nation's first city,'' she said, before speaking of the importance of their support. ``Your strength and support is very important for us. We hope we can always depend on your support. If the people are not on our side we cannot be successful.'' The NLD's Mandalay headquarters is housed in an impressive, freshly-painted building — - a sharp contrast to the ramshackle NLD headquarters in Yangon. It reopened on May 21. — AFP
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