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                    [Title] => Aung San Suu Kyi wins seat in Myanmar vote
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Myanmar's election commission has announced that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won her seat in this weekend's parliamentary elections.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-10 21:21:52 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20151111/myanmar-elections2015.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1520053 [Title] => Myanmar pro-democracy icon Suu Kyi casts her 1st-ever ballot [Summary] =>

Though championed worldwide as a pro-democracy icon, there is something Aung San Suu Kyi was unable to do until yesterday: vote.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-08 12:00:24 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1155336 [AuthorName] => Aye Aye Win [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1519049 [Title] => Myanmar's Suu Kyi eyes post 'above the president' [Summary] =>

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday that she will be the true power above the country's president if her party wins historic elections this Sunday, circumventing a constitutional clause that bars her from the top job.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-05 23:44:06 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1703121 [AuthorName] => Robin McDowell [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20151106/aung-san-suu-kyi.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1497753 [Title] => Myanmar's Suu Kyi opens election campaign on Facebook [Summary] =>

Just five years ago, when Aung San Suu Kyi was still under house arrest, she commented that one day she hoped to get a Twitter account and chat with the outside world.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-08 13:32:43 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1392069 [Title] => Obama oozes support for Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi [Summary] =>

President Barack Obama mounted a warm show of support Friday for Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, voicing opposition to a constitutional rule that's preventing the pro-democracy icon from seeking the presidency next year. While crediting Myanmar for progress in its transition to democracy, he offered a blunt assessment of the distressing shortcomings that have called that transition into question.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-15 06:03:35 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1421446 [AuthorName] => Josh Lederman [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20141114/Barack-Obama-Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-Myanmar.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1324238 [Title] => Activists join Suu Kyi for Myanmar charter change [Summary] =>

Democracy activists in Myanmar joined opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday in calling for constitutional amendments ahead of next year's general elections.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-17 15:47:08 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20140515/aung_san_suu_kyi.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 951545 [Title] => P-Noy amazed by Suu Kyi, gives tips to Myanmar [Summary] =>

The only son of the Philippines’ two democracy icons was amazed by Myanmar’s own, as they met here for the first time yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 922164 [Title] => Myanmar parliament agrees to review constitution [Summary] =>

Myanmar's parliament has agreed to set up a commission to review the 2008 pro-military constitution, a process that could eventually change the political landscape and allow opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to take the presidency.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-20 20:35:35 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 918156 [Title] => Suu Kyi selected to remain Myanmar opposition head [Summary] =>

Aung San Suu Kyi was selected Sunday to remain head of Myanmar's main opposition party, keeping her leadership post even as the party undergoes a makeover to adjust to the country's new democratic framework.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-10 20:10:10 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 879981 [Title] => Myanmar’s Suu Kyi shows pragmatism [Summary] =>

For Aung San Suu Kyi the democracy activist, the 25-year struggle against Myanmar’s former army rulers was a largely black-and-white affair — a clear fight for freedom against one of the world’s most oppressive regimes.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134176 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1775126 [AuthorName] => Todd Pitman [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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