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Villagers protest against an investigation commission's report on a copper mine project in Sarlingyi township (Reuters)

Suu Kyi meets more anger over mine

With rare hostility, villagers sharply criticised opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she travelled in northwestern Myanmar.

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Buddhist monks, injured in a protest, rest in a hospital (Reuters)

Forceful crackdown on Burma protesters

Security forces used water cannons, tear gas and smoke bombs to clear protesters from a copper mine in Burma.

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Prime Minister John Key (left) meets Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Prize-winning democracy activist who spent 15 years under house arrest (AAP)

The politics of Myanmar vs Burma video

It wasn't all smiles at today’s meeting between Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and John Key.

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Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (left) and Prime Minister John Key (AAP)

Key promises aid to Burmese province video

Aung San Suu Kyi rebuked the New Zealand Government’s decision to rename Burma as Myanmar.

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Prime Minister John Key meets with Burma's President Thein Sein at the Presidential Palace (AAP)

Gold palace can't hide Burma's poverty

The massive presidential complex paints a stark contrast to the living conditions of the population.

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Prime Minister John Key (right) presents Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi with a pounamu necklace specially carved for her and symbolising friendship (AAP)

Suu Kyi dreamed of 'romantic' NZ video

John Key has met the celebrated democratic reformer Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader in Burma.

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Prime Minister John Key visits Shwedagon Pagoda, a 2600-year-old sacred Buddhist pagoda, in Yangon, Burma (AAP)

Key first NZ PM to visit Burma video

John Key has become the first New Zealand prime minister to visit Burma, also known as Myanmar.

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US President Barack Obama arrives at the ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Reuters)

Obama visits Burma, Cambodia video

President Barack Obama has become the first US president to set foot in Cambodia, a country once known for its Khmer Rouge "killing fields."

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Burma's President Thein Sein addresses the 67th United Nations General Assembly (Reuters)

Burma leader praises Suu Kyi

Burma's president Thursday said his country has taken irreversible steps toward democracy.

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Aung San Suu Kyi (Reuters)

Suu Kyi to meet Obama

Burma democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets Wednesday with President Barack Obama.

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Aung San Suu Kyi walks among her supporters as she arrives at the airport to embark on a trip to the US (Reuters)

Suu Kyi begins landmark US visit

Burma democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be honoured in Washington this week.

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Burma pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi walks among Members of Parliament in a meeting room as she attends a parliamentary meeting at the Lower House of Parliament in Naypyitaw (Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun)

Burma's Suu Kyi plans trip to US

Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Tuesday she will accept an award in the United States in September, making her first U.S. trip in at least two decades.

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Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) at Oxford University (Reuters)

Myanmar's Suu Kyi visits London

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 67th birthday at the start of a week-long visit to Britain, telling hundreds of students and academics that time alone will not heal the wounds of her country.

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Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) with Bono (Reuters)

Suu Kyi walks on with 'star-struck' Bono video

Aung San Suu Kyi and Bono joined forces as the Myanmar democracy activist's European tour moved from the home of the Nobel Peace Prize to the land of U2.

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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi tours the Nobel Peace centre in Oslo (Reuters)

Suu Kyi – Nobel Peace Prize shattered my isolation video

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi declared Saturday that the Nobel Peace Prize she won while under house arrest 21 years ago helped to shatter her sense of isolation and ensured that the world would demand democracy in her military-controlled homeland.

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Exhausted Suu Kyi falls ill

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi fell ill during a news conference in Switzerland on Thursday.

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Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi makes her way through the Yangon International Airport as she leaves for her trip to Europe (Reuters)

Suu Kyi visits Europe

Twenty-four years ago Aung San Suu Kyi left Europe for what was then a military-controlled nation called Burma. She returns today the icon of Myanmar's democracy movement to a continent eager to hear from her whether the country's recent reforms truly spell the end of its cruel dictatorship.

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Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (Reuters)

Myanmar's Suu Kyi given first passport in 24 years

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has received her first passport in 24 years ahead of a planned trip to Norway and Britain.

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Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi signs the register as she arrives at the lower house of parliament (Reuters)

Myanmar begins new era

Aung San Suu Kyi has been sworn in as a lawmaker, capping a tenacious, decades-long journey from political prisoner to parliamentarian that will enable Myanmar's main opposition party to take its struggle for democratic rule inside the country's army-backed government for the first time.

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Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (Reuters)

Suu Kyi is to be sworn in as MP

Aung San Suu Kyi is set to be sworn in to Myanmar's military-backed parliament today to take public office for the first time since launching her struggle against authoritarian rule nearly a quarter century ago.

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