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Aung San Suu Kyi, the chairperson of the Burmese National League for Democracy and a member of Parliament, speaks at a Women's Forum dinner in France on Friday, June 29, 2012. Photo: Women's Forum for the Economy and Society The audience at the  Women's Forum special dinner in France in honour of Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, June 29, 2012. Photo: Women's Forum for the Economy and Society Marianne Mathieu shows Aung San Suu Kyi a painting at the Women's Forum dinner in France on Friday, June 29, 2012. Photo: Women's Forum for the Economy and Society Hélène Carrère D'Encausse, Aung San Suu Kyi and Micheline Pelletier at the Women's Forum dinner in France on Friday, June 29, 2012. Photo: Women's Forum for the Economy and Society Aung San Suu Kyi with Sorbonne University officials on Thursday, June 28, 2012. Photo: La Sorbonne An official at Sorbonne University presents Aung San Suu Kyi an award on Thursday, June 28, 2012. She spoke to students at the university as she winded up her tour of France and prepared to return to Burma. Photo: La Sorbonne Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to an audience at Sorbonne University in France. Photo: La Sorbonne An overview of the audience at Sorbonne University. Photo: La Sorbonne A Sorbonne University student asks Aung San Suu Kyi a question on Thursday, June 28, 2012. Photo: La Sorbonne Burmese minister Aung Min gives Dr. Cynthia Maung a donation of 150,000 baht (about US$ 4,500) for the Mae Tao Clinic in the border town of Mae Sot, Thailand, on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Aung Min was the first Burmese government official to visit the clinic, which serves thousands of ethnic Burmese on the border. Photo: Mizzima Burmese Immigration Minister Khin Yee, Dr. Cynthia Maung, Railway Minister Aung Min and peacemaker committee member Hla Maung Shwe at the Mae Tao Clinic in the border town of Mae Sot, Thailand, on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Photo: Mizzima French President Francois Hollande welcomes Aung San Suu Kyi to Elysee Palace on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Suu Kyi called for more democratic reforms and international aid designed to improve the lot of Burmese citizens. Photo: Presidency of the Republic - L.Blevennec / C.Alix / P.Segrette Aung San Suu Kyi and French President Francois Hollande inside Elysee Palace. The president said France with work with all parties in bringing more democracy and development to Burma. Photo: Presidency of the Republic - L.Blevennec / C.Alix / P.Segrette President Francois Hollande and Aung San Suu Kyi walk on the grounds of the Elysee Palace in Paris on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Photo: Presidency of the Republic - L.Blevennec / C.Alix / P.Segrette Aung San Suu Kyi and President Francois Hollande at a press conference on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Suu Kyi said the recent sectarian violence in western Burma called for clarification in Burma's citizenship laws and more religious tolerance in the country. Photo: Presidency of the Republic - L.Blevennec / C.Alix / P.Segrette French citizens welcome Aung San Suu Kyi to Paris on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Phto: jeanfrancois beausejour / flickr Aung San Suu Kyi is greeted by a French official upon her arrival in Paris by train from London on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Phto: jeanfrancois beausejour / flickr British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg met with Burmese opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi at the Cabinet Office before she departed for France on Tuesday. Photo: Crown Office Dr. Robin Niblett, left, Aung San Suu Kyi and Dr. Vincent Cable, a British Member of Parliament, at Chatham House in London on Friday, June 22, 2012. Photo: Chatham House London / flickr Aung San Suu Kyi at the Royal Festival Hall in London, speaking to the Burmese Community, on Friday, June 22, 2012. Photo: Burma Campaign UK Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to the Burmese community at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Friday, June 22, 2012. Photo: Burma Campaign UK Guests including peers, members of Parliament and diplomatic guests gather in Westminster Hall ahead of Aung San Suu Kyi’s arrival and address. Photo: UK Parliament / Roger Harris Aung San Suu Kyi accompanied by Prime Minister David Cameron arrives at Westminster Hall's members’ entrance in New Palace Yard. Photo: UK Parliament / Roger Harris Aung San Suu Kyi enters Westminster Hall accompanied by Mr. Speaker and the Lord Speaker. Photo: UK Parliament / Roger Harris Aung San Suu Kyi delivers her address to parliamentarians and guests in Westminster Hall. Photo: UK Parliament / Roger Harris Accompanied by Mr. Speaker and the Lord Speaker, Aung San Suu Kyi makes her way through Westminster Hall, leaving through the East Door following her address. Photo: UK Parliament / Roger Harris Aung San Suu Kyi makes her way through Westminster Hall, leaving through the East Door following her address. Photo: UK Parliament / Roger Harris  British Foreign Secretary William Hague with Aung San Suu Kyi in London, on Thursday, June 21, 2012. She will address a joint session of the British Parliament, an honour granted to few politicians. Photo: British Foreign & Commonwealth Office Aung San Suu Kyi at the Oxford University ceremony in which she was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in civil law on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Her address was televised by the BBC in Britain. She praised the university in making her who she is, and called for aid in bringing Burmese educational institutions up to international standards. Photo: the Oxonian / flickr Aung San Suu Kyi delivers an address at Oxford University on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, in which she recalled her student days and said that Burma's road to the future will not be easy. She said she wished for the university system and schools in Burma to be brought up to the best international standards. Photo: Video screenshot A video screenshot of Aung San Suu Kyi at Oxford University on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. A video screenshot that shows the audience at Oxford University, which listened to Aung San Suu Kyi recall her happy days as a student there. She asked for the world to aid Burma in its movement toward democracy, and to make investments that benefited the people who needed their help. On Thursday, June 21, 2012, she will speak to a joint session of the British Parliament.  His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Aung San Suu Kyi in London, England, on June 19, 2012. Photo: Jeremy Russell / OHHDL Happy Birthday! Aung San Suu Kyi looks at a birthday cake presented to her by the London School of Economics Director Judith Rees after Suu Kyi delivered a speech on the rule of law on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. Photo: LSE Aung San Suu Kyi at a press conference at the London School of Economics and Political Science on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. She will receive an honourary degree at her alma mater, Oxford, on Wednesday. Photo: LSE / Nigel Stead Aung San Suu Kyi waves to the crowd at the “Electric Burma” concert in Dublin on Monday, June 18, 2012. Photo: AI A view of video monitors at the “Electric Burma” concert in honour of Aung San Suu Kyi in Dublin on Monday, June 18, 2012. Photo: AI Bono of U2 sings at the “Electric Burma” concert, after Suu Kyi was presented the Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award. Former recipients were Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. Photo: AI One of the performers at the concert. Photo: AI Burma's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi holds a birthday cake as the crowd sings “Happy Birthday” at a ceremony where she also received the freedom of Dublin City award in Dublin, Ireland, on Monday, June 18, 2012. Suu Kyi will be 67 on Tuesday. Photo: Stephen Roden / flickr Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at a ceremony where she received the freedom of Dublin City award on Monday, June 18, 2012. Aung San Suu Kyi landed in Ireland with U2 star Bono by her side for a six-hour visit and to attend the “Electric Burma” concert in her honour. Photo: Stephen Roden / flickr Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore, right, welcomes Aung San Suu Kyi to Ireland on Monday, June 18, 2012. With her is the U2 singer Bono. Photo: The Irish Labour Party Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Bono at a press conference at Losby after the opening of the Oslo Forum on Monday, June 18, 2012. Photo: Kjetil Elsebutangen, UD Aung San Suu Kyi in Oslo, Norway, where she delivered her Nobel Peace Prize speech on Saturday, June 16, 2012.  Photo: SARA JOHANNESSEN / NOBELS FREDSSENTER Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi met with Burmese Industrial Minister Soe Thane at the Oslo Forum on Monday, June 18, 2012. Photo: Kjetil Elsebutangen, UD Aung San Suu Kyi attended a photography exhibition “Mother Democracy” in Oslo, Norway. Director Bente Erichsen and exhibition manager Liv Astrid Sverdrup show her around with Nobel committee chairman Thorbjorn Jagland on Saturday, June 16, 2012. Photo: SARA JOHANNESSEN / NOBELS FREDSSENTER Burma's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi delivers her Nobel speech during the Nobel ceremony at Oslo's City Hall on Saturday, June 16, 2012.  Giving her Nobel lecture in Oslo 24 years on, she said the award committee “was recognizing that the oppressed and the isolated in Burma were also a part of the world; they were recognizing the oneness of humanity”. Photo: AFP Suu Kyi and Norway's  Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg speak at a press conference. Suu Kyi said she wanted only “people friendly” companies to invest in Burma and said the country is still dominated by a military that could pose a threat to democratic development. Photo: Torbjørn Kjosvold, Forsvarets mediesenter / Statsministerens kontor / flickr Suu Kyi and Prime Minister Stoltenberg walk on the grounds of Norway's Government House.  Suu Kyi flies to Dublin on Monday with U2 lead singer Bono to receive an award from Amnesty International at a rock concern dubbed “Electric Burma.” Photo: Torbjørn Kjosvold, Forsvarets mediesenter / Statsministerens kontor / flickr Aung San Suu Kyi and Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference at Government Guest House in Oslo. She will deliver her Nobel Prize speech at 1 p.m. on Saturday (Oslo time). Photo: Office of the Prime Minister Rangoon residents hold the new Burmese 10,000-kyat banknote which the Ministry of Finance and Revenue released on Friday, June 15, 2012. The new note is intended to make transactions easier and is part of the country's revision of its currency and financial system. Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima Rangoon residents hold the new Burmese 10,000-kyat banknote which the Ministry of Finance and Revenue released on Friday, June 15, 2012. The new note is intended to make transactions easier and is part of the country's revision of its currency and financial system. Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima Aung San Suu Kyi talks with Swiss officials and young people on the train to Bern, the Swiss capital, on Friday, June 15, 2012. She leaves for Oslo, Norway, on Saturday where she will accept her long-delayed Nobel Peace Prize. It is her first trip to Europe in 24 years. Photo: eda.admin.ch Aung San Suu Kyi greets the president of the Swiss Confederation, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga, and Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter in Bern prior to her visit to the Swiss Parliament on Friday. Photo: eda.admin.ch Aung San Suu Kyi addresses the International Labour Organization in Geneva. ILO this week reinstated Burma to ILO membership in recognition of its labour law reforms and its commitment to end forced labour. Photo: ILO Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is greeted by the president of the International Labour Organization Juan Somavia, right, on Thursday, June 14, 2012, at the United Nations Office in Geneva, during her first trip to Europe since 1988. Suu Kyi will visit Switzerland, Norway, Britain, France and Ireland on her more than two week tour, which will include a speech in Oslo to formally accept the Nobel Peace Prize that thrust her into the global limelight two decades ago. Photo: AFP Rohingya Muslims, trying to cross the Naf River into Bangladesh to escape sectarian violence in Burma, look on from an intercepted boat in Teknaf on Wednesday, July 13, 2012. Bangladesh on Wednesday refused three more boatloads of Rohingya Muslims fleeing sectarian violence, officials said, despite growing calls for the border to be opened. Bangladeshi has turned back 16 boats carrying more than 660 Rohingya, most of them women and children, since Monday. Photo: AFP Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is surrounded by media representatives ahead of her departure at Yangon International Airport on Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi left Burma on her first trip to Europe since 1988 to formally accept the Nobel Peace Prize that thrust her into the global limelight two decades ago. Photo: AFP Demonstrators who support President Thein Sein's statements on violence in Rakhine (Arakan) State hold a state-run newspaper in front of Rangoon City Hall on Monday, June 11, 2012. About 15 Hindu, Muslim, Christian and Buddhists took part in the demonstration against recent violence in the state. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo / Mizzima People hold placards in a demonstration in front of Rangoon City Hall on Monday, June 11, 2011. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo / Mizzima People call for an end to violence in Rakhine State on Monday, June 11, 2012.  President Thein Sein appealed to the nation on Sunday to keep the violence from spreading to other areas. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/Mizzima. People call for a halt to sectarian and racial violence in Rakhine State which has claimed 17 lives amid the burning of hundreds of homes and businesses.  Photo: Lynn Bo Bo / Mizzima Rangoon Region Chief Minister Myint Swe speaks at a press conference in the Rangoon Region Parliament building on Sunday about the current unrest in Rakhine (Arakan) State. He cautioned the media not to arouse sectarian greivances. Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima A group of protestors in Rangoon called for the removal of “Bengali terrorists” from Rakhine State at Shwedagon Pagoda on Saturday. Sectarian and racial violence has flared up in the state, causing the government to declare a curfew and state of emergency. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo / Mizzima The sixth meeting of the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights meet to discuss the drafting of the Human Rights Declaration at the Park Royal Hotel in Rangoon on Wednesday, June 6, 2012. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo / Mizzima David Ensor, the director of Voice Of America, speaks at a press conference at the Park Royal Hotel in Rangoon on Wednesday, on June 6, 2012. Ensor and Burma’s state-run radio and television MRTV director-general Thein Aung have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to allow VOA to broadcast English language programs in Burma. Ensor said VOA was interested in opening a branch office in Burma. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo / Mizzima Yangon Media Group CEO Ko Ko, Voice Of America Burmese Service chief Than Lwin Tun and VOA director David Ensor, left to right, at a press conference at the Park Royal Hotel in Rangoon on Wednesday, June 6, 2012.  The VOA will make three joint broadcasts in English each week on state-run MRTV. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo / Mizzima Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr speak to the media at Suu Kyi's house in Rangon on Wednesday, June 6, 2012. Carr is in Burma for a three,-day visit. Suu Kyi will visit Australia next year. Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr after a meeting at Suu Kyi's house in Rangon on Wednesday, June 6, 2012. Carr will meet with President Thein Sein on Thursday to discuss further easing of sanctions and development aid. Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima Two Muslim men wait to speak with Aung San Suu Kyi at the National League for Democracy office in Rangoon on Wednesday, June 6, 2012. They waited to discuss the murder in Arakan State of at least nine Muslims this week by a mob in the worse sectarian violence in recent years. Photo: Ye Min/Mizzima After returning home from her first tour abroad, Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at a press conference at the National League for Democracy office in Rangoon on Wednesday, June 6, 2012. She said that during her foreign trips this month, she would urge officials from international countries to donate more to aid Burmese refugees in Thailand, who have suffered problems because some donors have cut back on donations. Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima A man stands above the crowd holding a picture of some of the murdered Muslims in a sectarian clash which involved a rampaging mob who ambushed a bus returning to Rangoon. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo / Mizzima Muslim protesters in Rangoon hold a sign that says “enforce the law,” asking for justice in the murder of at least nine Muslims on Sunday. Photo: Min Min Oo / Mizzima An overview of the crowd of 50 protesters and about 300 onlookers. Photo: Min Min Oo / Mizzima Mya Aye and Muslim protestors hold placards bearing the message “enforce the law.” Mya Aye, center, told the crowd to remain peaceful and respect the law. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/Mizzima Mya Aye, a member of the 88-Generation student group, talks to Muslim protestors at Bengali Sunni Mosque near Sule Pagoda in Rangoon at noon on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. He said he objected to the state-run media's use of the word “Muslim Kalar,” which is an offensive term. Photo: Min Min Oo / Mizzima  Photo: Min Min Oo / Mizzima Mya Aye is surrounded by media at the Islamic protest calling for justice in the murder of at least nine Muslims on Sunday in a violent sectarian clash. Photo: Min Min Oo / Mizzima Labour Minister Aung Kyi speaks at a workshop on Burma’s clothing industry on Sunday, June 3, 2012 in Rangoon. Government officials, political parties, 88-generation students’ group leaders, workers’ representatives and workers rights activists attended the workshop on labour issues. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo / Mizzima Ko Ko Gyi, a leader of the 88-Generation student group, speaks at the workshop on Burma’s clothing industry on Sunday, June 3, 2012. “Not acknowledging problems is a problem,” Ko Ko Gyi said, regarding current labour issues. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo / Mizzima Industry Minister Soe Thein at the workshop on Burma’s clothing industry on Sunday, June 3, 2012. Soe Thein said that he supports forming workers’ organizations as soon as possible. He said the former governments did not listen to peoples' problems which led to the current issues. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo / Mizzima Ko Ko Gyi, one of the 88-Generation group leaders, speaks at a workshop on labour issues on Sunday,  June 3, 2012 in Rangoon. He said there was evidence that one factory faked a document, saying it paid 50,000 (about US$ 55) kyat when the actual salary was 7,000 kyat. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo / Mizzima Former political prisoner and 88-General student leader Ko Ko Gyi, center, with university classmates at the M-ZINE+ launch of the new Mizzima Media business magazine in English, which is now available online or in a print edition in Rangoon, Mandalay, Chiang Mai and New Delhi. To subscribe, see the ad on the website. Photo: Mizzima / Lynn Bo Bo Soe Myint, the founder and editor of Mizzima Media, in white shirt, escorts Min Ko Naing into the launch party for M-ZINE+ business magazine in Rangoon on Saturday, June 4, 2012. Photo: Mizzima / Lynn Bo Bo Ko Nay Win of the Vertical Vibration Band at the M-ZINE+ business magazine launch party in Rangoon. Photo: Mizzima / Lynn Bo Bo A MRTV4 reporter covers the launch of the M-ZINE+ business magazine, which is devoted to providing magazine style articles and information about the Burmese business community. Photo: Mizzima / Lynn Bo Bo Mizzima founder Soe Myint is interviewed by a Sky Net reporter at the launch party. Photo: Mizzima / Lynn Bo Bo Soe Myint, founder of Mizzima Media, discusses the importance of a new business magazine in English devoted to provide in-depth news and and information about the business community in Burma. Photo: Mizzima / Lynn Bo Bo Ko Ye Lwin of the Vertical Vibration Band plays at the launch party of the new English-language business magazine by Mizzima Media. The magazine is available online on in a print version. To subscribe, see the Mizzima.com website. Photo: Mizzima / Lynn Bo Bo 88-generation student leader Min Ko Naing recites a poem at the launch party for Mizzima Media Company’s print version of a new business weekly magazine in English, M-ZINE+ on Saturday, June 2, 2012, in Rangoon. The party was attended by officials, politicians, activists and former political prisoners. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo / Mizzima Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at the 21st World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok on Friday, June 1, 2012. Photo: AFP Burma's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi smiles as she attends the 21st World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok on Friday, June 1, 2012. Suu Kyi urged Burma's government to carry out urgent judicial reform to cement recent political progress and foster clean investment in the country. Photo: AFP Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi answers a question from the media during a press conference as part of the 21st World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok on Friday, June 1, 2012. It was her first trip abroad after 15 years of house arrest in Burma. Photo: AFP


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