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- Author(s): Hammer, Joshua
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New Yorker. 1/24/2011, Vol. 86 Issue 45, p24-30. 7p. 1 Color Photograph.
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The article focuses on Burmese dissident and Nobel Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and discusses political conditions under the military dictatorship of Burma. Emphasis is given to the activities of the National League for Democracy (NLD), her time under house arrest, and the role of her Buddhist beliefs in managing family disputes and conflict. Other topics include boycotting elections, the democracy movement, and the effect of international sanctions.
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