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Mrs. Suu Kyi (left) walks out of a polling station on the outskirts of Yangon on Sunday, a day that would see her elected to her first public office since launching her decades-long struggle against the military-dominated government of Myanmar.

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi reported winning historic vote

By Todd Pitman and Aye Aye Win - Associated Press

Once persecuted by her government, Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is seen as having a good chance to win a seat in parliament. (Associated Press)

Myanmar’s Sunday elections could be ‘political theater’

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Michelle Yeoh calls Myanmar’s Suu Kyi her ‘hero’

By THANYARAT DOKSONE - Associated Press

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (center) waves to supporters on her arrival in Dawei, Myanmar, on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Thousands of supporters in Myanmar's countryside cheered Mrs. Suu Kyi as she made a political tour ahead of parliamentary by-elections. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Suu Kyi galvanizes once-repressed Myanmar politics

By Aye Aye Win and Todd Pitman - Associated Press

Pyone Cho (center), an activist of the 88 Generation Students Group, joins his parents upon his arrival at Yangon airport after released from a prison in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar freed some of its most famous political inmates Friday, sparking jubilation outside prison gates while signaling its readiness to meet Western demands for lifting economic sanctions. (Associated Press)

Myanmar frees many prominent political prisoners

By Aye Aye Win - Associated Press

**FILE** Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks Jan. 12, 2012, during a news conference the State Department in Washington with Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci. (Associated Press)

U.S., Myanmar to exchange diplomats

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Myanmar President Thein Sein (right) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the President's Office in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

Clinton challenges Myanmar to expand reforms

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Suu Kyi intends to run for parliament

By Aye Aye Win ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (left) meets with President Thein Sein at the presidential office in the capital of Naypyitaw in 2010. (Associated Press)

Loosening of restrictions is no revolution

By Grant Peck - Associated Press

Aung San Suu Kyi (left), Myanmar's democracy icon, and Labor and Social Welfare Minister Aung Kyi (right) listen to questions from reporters during a press conference after their meeting at Seinleikanthar government guest house on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Suu Kyi holds talks with Myanmar government minister

Associated Press

Film on Myanmar activist opens festival

By TRISHA THOMAS - Associated Press

Cheers in Myanmar as travel tests Suu Kyi’s freedom

By Aye Aye Win - Associated Press

Yeoh ‘saddened’ by deportation from Myanmar

By MIN LEE - Associated Press

Myanmar deports Michelle Yeoh after Suu Kyi movie

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Myanmar deports Hollywood star Michelle Yeoh

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her party say Western sanctions against Myanmar hurt the military junta, not the people, and should continue. (Associated Press)

Myanmar opposition: Sanctions work, should continue

Associated Press

A girl sells flowers at a tourist spot in Mandalay, northern Myanmar. Myanmar appeals to travelers with its spectacular landscape and wide offerings from ancient Buddhist monuments to jungle trekking, bucolic villages and beach holidays. (Associated Press)

Release of Suu Kyi might boost tourism in Myanmar

Associated Press

Briefly

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, shakes hands with Vijay Nambiar, chief of staff for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, after their meeting at her home on Saturday in Yangon, Myanmar. Mrs. Suu Kyi met for more than an hour with Mr. Nambiar and said she hopes the talks will be the first of many with the world body to solve the country's problems. (Associated Press)

Suu Kyi seeks to review sanctions on Myanmar

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi holds the hands of her son Kim Aris, right, as they leave Rangoon International Airport Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

CHELLANEY: Lift sanctions burden from Burma

By Brahma Chellaney - The Washington Times