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Suu Kyi Makes Landmark US Visit

Meanwhile, Burma releases hundreds of political prisoners

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 17, 2012 7:36 AM CDT | Updated Sep 17, 2012 7:53 AM CDT

(Newser) – Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in Washington today, to begin a 17-day US tour that would have been unthinkable a mere two years ago, when the Nobel laureate was still under house arrest in Burma. She will have meetings at the State Department and White...   Read full story »

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