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What They’re Saying about Suu Kyi’s DetentionThe Burmese regime’s decision to incarcerate democratic opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon’s notorious Insein Prison as she faces charges of allowing an American intruder to stay overnight at her lakeside home has provoked a strong outcry. Below is a sampling of some of the statements coming from foreign governments and others in reaction to the junta’s latest attempt to sideline the...

Aung San Suu Kyi The Nobel Peace Prize 1991 Biography1942: September 6. Marriage of Aung San, commander of the Burma Independence Army, and Ma Khin Kyi (becoming Daw Khin Kyi), senior nurse of Rangoon General Hospital, where he had recovered from the rigours of the march into Burma.1945: June 19. Aung San Suu Kyi born in Rangoon, third child in family. "Aung San" for father, "Kyi" for mother, "Suu" for grandmother, also day of week of birth. Favourite brother is to drown tragically at an early age. The older brother, will settle...