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20 Years Later, Myanmar Dissident To Make Nobel Prize Speech | In 1991, Aung San Suu Kyi, the most prominent dissident and opposition leader in Myanmar, won the Nobel Peace Prize. Now, more than 20 years later, after a U.S.- and U.K.-led effort to open up the country formerly known as Burma’s military-dominated political system, Suu Kyi arrived in Oslo, Norway, Friday to finally deliver her Nobel acceptance speech this weekend. Free from house arrest and now a member of parliament amid the sweeping political changes, Suu Kyi no longer fears that the country’s military authorities will deny her re-entry. Here’s a photo of the renown dissident being greeted by Nobel committee chair Thorbjørn Jagland:
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