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Events relating to southeast asia
Aung San Suu Kyi wins the Nobel Peace Prize for her courageous fight for democracy in Burma
After a single term as president of the Philippines, Corazon Aquino returns to private life
President Suharto is finally forced to resign, after more than 30 corrupt and embezzling years as Indonesia's dictator
A plebiscite in East Timor delivers a vote for independence from Indonesia
Terrorists detonate bombs in two crowded nightclubs in the Bali resort of Kuta, killing 202 people
A deadly new form of pneumonia, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is first reported in Hanoi and soon spreads globally
A massive earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggers a tsunami that kills nearly 200,000 people
Just three years after the first attack, suicide bombers kill more than 25 people in the same Balinese town of Kuta
Aung San Suu Kyi remains under house arrest nearly 20 years after winning Burma' only free election
A military coup in Thailand removes the prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, from office
Aung San Suu Kyi is released from house arrest in Rangoon under certain conditions
In a relaxation of military rule in Burma Thein Sein is sworn in as the first civilian president
Aung San Suu Kyi and her party win almost all the 45 available seats in Burma's nation-wide by-elections
Burma's president Thein Sein says that he would accept Aung San Suu Kyi as his successor
