Aung San
(1915–1947), Burmese resistance leader. Aung San is popularly remembered in Burma as principal leader of the resistance against foreign occupation, as hero-martyr in the struggle for i...
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The Burmese political leader Aung San (1915-1947) was the driving force behind the nationalist movement that won Burma (now Myanmar) its freedom from British colonial rule in 1948.Born in the township...
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Key events in life of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi:_ June 19, 1945: Born in Rangoon, main city now known as Yangon._ January 1947: Britain agrees to give Burma independence after nego...
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Yangon (dpa) - Khin Saw, the 101-year-old aunt of Nobel peace
laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, has died, family sources said.
Khin Saw, the wife of Suu Kyi's uncle Ba Win,...
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Yangon (dpa) - Keeping one step ahead of Myanmar's military regime
in their new forms of passive protests, a group of political
activists paid a sympathy call Sunday on two ...
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Yangon (dpa) - Brushing off calls by the international community
for her release, Myanmar's ruling junta has sentenced opposition
leader Aung San Suu Kyi, 61, to another yea...
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State media on Thursday accused pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi of evading taxes by spending her money from the 1991 Nobel Peace prize and other awards overseas.Suu Kyi, the country's opposit...
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Following is the text of the statement by Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, released Thursday by U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari.___"I wish to thank all those who have stood by my side all thi...
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Yangon (dpa) - Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kye was
permitted Friday to leave her home, where she is under house arrest,
to meet a senior member of the military ...
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Yangon (dpa) - United Nations envoy Ibrahim Gambari met democracy
icon Aung San Suu Kyi Sunday in Yangon as part of his mission to
assess the country's situation in the afte...
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Yangon (dpa) - Myanmar's ruling junta has extended Aung San Suu
Kyi's house arrest by another year to assure the successful
conclusion of the National Convention process, a ...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Almost 60 former world leaders and heads of state
on Tuesday issued a letter to Myanmar's junta leader urging him to
immediately release Aung San Suu Kyi, wh...
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