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Aung San Suu Kyi, center, attends the Pyithu Hluttaw (lower house of parliament) in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on July 9, 2012.
Agence France Presse reports — Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi made her historic parliamentary debut Monday, marking a new phase in her near quarter century struggle to bring democracy to her army-dominated homeland.
Suu Kyi appeared calm as she arrived to take her seat as an elected politician for the first time in the capital Naypyidaw.
"I will try my best for the country," she told AFP. Read the full story.
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Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi addressed the World Economic Forum in Bangkok saying, "we just want to improve the state of Burma" and urged the international community to not be overly optimistic about her country's reform process. NBC's Ian Williams reports.
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Democracy may start from improving living environment, such as water system, sewage system, road system, or technology system.
Democracy is not just talking but taking actions to improve life of people who live in a poor condition.
Democracy is about to improve life on earth, against proverty, against disparity, against corruption, against human right, and against any system that is against equality.
as heard from several Trailer Parks in rural Alabama upon hearing this news:
- "hey Kooder, looks like you done won that bet we did maded last year"
- "Dagummit Jimbo... the Wolrd is gunna never be the same"
- "Hey Junior, Who the FFFF is she, where the FFFF is Myannar, and what the FFFF is a Parlament?"
- "Wilma....git your pants on, we're goin to Golden Corral!!!"
And that's all anyone can do.
While she was on her World Tour, accepting prizes for her sacrifice...
The people that voted for her, were dying by the hundreds...
Things in Myanmar have not changed for the people in the North and South...
Now it is time to see what she can accomplish...