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News - Aung Kyi

2009-07-28 11:43:00

Concert Footage, Interview with Edge Available to Press DUBLIN, Ireland, July 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amnesty International (AI) awarded its most prestigious honor, the Ambassador of Conscience Award to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Laureate who is currently under house arrest and on trial in Myanmar.

2009-06-27 13:41:05

Irish rockers U2 have asked fans attending their concerts to put on masks of Myanmar dissident Aung San Suu Kyi when they strike up the song Walk On. The band provided a copy of the Nobel Prize winner's image on its Web site so fans can print it out before the shows on the 360 Tour that begins Tuesday in Barcelona. Wear it to work or college, the Web site said.

2008-05-27 15:00:02

The extension of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest by Myanmar's ruling junta is troubling, U.S. President George Bush said Tuesday. The military junta in Myanmar, formerly Burma, Tuesday extended the detention of Suu Kyi by six months.

2008-02-12 09:00:16

Text of report in English by Thailand-based Burmese publication Irrawaddy website on 11 February Burma's state-run media has announced that the junta will hold a referendum on a new constitution in May, to be followed by elections in 2010.

2008-02-10 12:00:15

By Aye Aye Win Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's military government, a target of sharp international criticism for failing to hand over power to a democratically elected government, announced Saturday that it will hold elections in 2010.

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