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May 19 2009, View Point

There is an uproar in the world over indicting Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. However, nine Nobel peace prize recipients are bearing the torch high. The Nobel laureates have called Suu Kyi trial a mockery and have written to UN...

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