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Suu Kyi to Leave Burma for First Time in Quarter Century

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041812 AungSanSuuKyiStateDept?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1334767892467US State Department (LONDON) — Aung San Suu Kyi will travel outside her native land for the first time in 24 years. The Nobel Peace laureate has accepted an invitation to visit the U.K. in June – and she will also go to Norway, where she was awarded the Nobel in absentia in 1991.

In the UK, she will visit Oxford, where she studied as an undergrad in the 1960s and lived for 15 years with her late husband.

Earlier this month, Suu Kyi became a Member of Parliament when her party won 43 or 44 local elections – the first elections in more than two decades. She takes her seat in parliament on April 23, although her debut may be delayed over a dispute concerning the oath of loyalty to the constitution, which Suu Kyi has pledged to amend.

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