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Myanmar opposition holds first party congress

Posted on March 9, 2013 by sysadmin

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — It is a party dominated by a single strong leader. Top positions are made by appointment. Continue reading →

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Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi tells Harvard students: I’m no icon

Posted on September 28, 2012 by admin

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) – Myanmar pro-democracy leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi got celebrity treatment from students at Harvard University on Thursday, but insisted she was not an “icon.” “I don't like to be referred to as an icon, because from my point of view, icons just sit there,” Suu Kyi said during a lecture before an enthusiastic, overflow crowd at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts. “I would like you to think of me as a worker. I put a lot of faith in hard work Continue reading →

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to travel to US to receive award

Posted on July 17, 2012 by admin

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she’ll travel to the United States in September to accept an award from an American think tank. Continue reading →

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Obama: U.S. can do business in Burma

Posted on July 11, 2012 by admin

The Obama administration is allowing U.S. companies to do business in Burma, despite concerns raised by democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Continue reading →

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Myanmar government chides Suu Kyi for calling country Burma

Posted on June 29, 2012 by admin

YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar's government berated Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday for disrespecting the constitution by calling the country Burma, the latest sign of a straining of her ties with the reformist civilian rulers. In an article carried in official newspapers, which serve as mouthpieces for the still reclusive government, the Union Election Commission ordered Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) party to call the country Myanmar, saying parliamentarians were required to do. Continue reading →

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Oxford Memories Helped Suu Kyi In Detention

Posted on June 20, 2012 by admin

Aung San Suu Kyi has told how happy memories of life at Oxford University helped her cope with many challenges when she was under house arrest in Burma and separated from her husband and children. Continue reading →

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Suu Kyi says British support helped sustain her

Posted on June 19, 2012 by admin

LONDON/OXFORD, England (Reuters) – Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi began an emotional visit to Britain on Tuesday, saying her own stubbornness and the support of the British people had given her the strength to endure almost two decades of house arrest in her native Myanmar. Now one of the world's most famous symbols of non-violent political protest, Suu Kyi, 67, left her two sons and husband in Britain in 1988 to take up the fight for democracy in Myanmar as the military crushed pro-democracy protests and seized power. .. Continue reading →

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Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi Honoured In Ireland

Posted on June 18, 2012 by admin

Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has received a rapturous welcome at a concert in Ireland. Continue reading →

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Aung San Suu Kyi: I Won’t Stop Campaigning

Posted on June 16, 2012 by admin

Aung San Suu Kyi has pledged to continue campaigning for democracy in her acceptance speech for a Nobel Peace Prize she won while under house arrest 21 years ago. Continue reading →

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Suu Kyi: Nobel Peace Prize shattered my isolation

Posted on June 16, 2012 by admin

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi declared Saturday that the Nobel Peace Prize she won while under house arrest 21 years ago helped to shatter her sense of isolation and ensured that the world would demand democracy in her military-controlled homeland. Continue reading →

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