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  Suu Kyi On Campaign Trail For Own Parliament Seat

  World | February 11, 2012 7:54 IST

  Kawhmu (Myanmar), Feb 11: Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will today begin campaigning in the constituency near Yangon where she is standing for parliament after years of official marginalisation.The democracy icon has already

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  Suu Kyi Could Get Government Role : Myanmar Official

  World | January 08, 2012 18:52 IST

  Yangon, Jan 8: Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi could be given a job in Myanmar's nominally civilian government if she is elected to parliament in April by-elections, a presidential adviser said on Sunday. The

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  Michelle Yeoh Slots Into Lead In 'The Lady'

  Hollywood | December 22, 2011 16:00 IST

  Hong Kong, Dec 22: The star of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Memoirs of a Geisha” slots into the leading role of Luc Besson's biopic of Aung San Suu Kyi with effortless ease.But Yeoh says

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  Aung San Suu Kyi Decides To Contest Parliamentary By-elections

  World | November 21, 2011 13:05 IST

  Yangon, Myanmar, Nov 21: Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi intends to run for parliament in upcoming by-elections, a decision that was expected after her party decided last week to rejoin mainstream politics in long-isolated

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  Suu Kyi Hopes For Real Changes In Myanmar Soon

  World | September 22, 2011 16:09 IST

  New York, Sep 22: Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said she hopes for signs of real changes in Myanmar very soon.Speaking via satellite link to the Clinton Initiative Forum being held in

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  Aung San Suu Kyi Makes First Trip Into Countryside

  World | July 04, 2011 20:25 IST

  Yangon, Jul 4 : Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday made her first trip into the countryside since her release from house arrest in November.Suu Kyi visited  Bagan, an ancient city of

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  Nirupama Rao Meets Aung San Suu Kyi

  World | June 22, 2011 19:06 IST

  Yangon, Jun 22:  In the first high-level Indian contact with Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao met the Nobel laureate here and both expressed a desire for the bilateral relationship

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  Aung San Suu Kyi Demands Freedom Of Speech In Myanmar

  World | November 14, 2010 18:31 IST

  Yangon, Nov 14 : Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on Sunday for freedom of speech in army-ruled  Myanmar, urged thousands of supporters to stand up for their rights, and indicated she may urge

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  Myanmar Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Released

  World | November 13, 2010 22:40 IST

  Military authorities in Burma have released the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi after she spent 15 of the last 21 years under house arrest.It had been expected that she would be released but the