Aung San Suu Kyi, a Life of Sacrifice

2009-08-13

From her birth in 1945, Burma’s icon of democracy—and the daughter of its independence hero, Gen. Aung San—seemed destined for a life of duty. Following are key milestones in the life of Burma’s Nobel peace laureate and opposition leader, sentenced this week to a further 18 months of house arrest.

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